S.Amdt. 2504

SA 2504. Mr. BROWN 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
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:

On page 406, after the undesignated matter following line
24, add the following:

SEC. 31304. FIRE-RETARDANT MATERIALS EXEMPTION.

Section 3503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2008, this section''
and inserting ``2028, this subsection''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``of this section'' and inserting ``under subsection (a)'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and crew'' after
``prospective passengers'';
(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or crew member''
after ``passenger'';
(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
and
(E) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the
following:
``(D) the owner or managing operator of the vessel shall--
``(i) make annual structural alterations to not less than
10 percent of the areas of the vessel that are not
constructed of fire-retardant materials;
``(ii) provide advance notice to the Coast Guard regarding
the alterations made pursuant to clause (i); and
``(iii) comply with any noncombustible material
requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard; and
``(E) the requirements referred to in subparagraph (D)(iii)
shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the
preservation of the historic integrity of the vessel in areas
carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to
the public.''.
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