S.Amdt. 2497

SA 2497. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2266 proposed by Mr.
McConnell to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to exempt employees with health care coverage under TRICARE or the
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

Strike part IV of subtitle D of title XXXV and insert the
following:

PART IV--POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL

SEC. 35441. POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL GRANT PROGRAM.

Section 20157 is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
``(i) Grant Program.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Railroad
Administration, shall establish a grant program through which
passenger railroad carriers are awarded grants to implement a
positive train control system in accordance with the plan
submitted pursuant to subsection (a).
``(2) Transfer of funds.--There shall be available from the
general fund of the Treasury $500,000,000 for the 6-year
period beginning on the first day of fiscal year 2016 to
carry out the grant program established under this
section.''.
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