S.Amdt. 2520

SA 2520. Mr. THUNE 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:

At the end of subtitle A of title XXXI of division C, add
the following:

SEC. 31108. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS FOR POSITIVE TRAIN
CONTROL.

(a) Authorization of appropriations.--There shall be
available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust
Fund to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of
fiscal 2016 and 2017 to assist in financing the installation
of positive train control systems.
(b) Programs.--The amounts made available under subsection
(a) of this section may be used to assist in financing the
installation of positive train control systems through--
(1) grants made under the rail safety technology grants
program under section 20158 of title 49, United States Code;
(2) grants made under the consolidated rail infrastructure
and safety investments program under section 24408 of title
49, United States Code; and
(3) funding the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees
under sections 502 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization
and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 801 et seq.).
(c) Eligible Recipients.--The amounts made available under
subsection (a) of this section may be used only to assist a
designated recipient (as defined under section 5302 of title
49, United States Code) through the programs described in
subsection (b).
(d) Project management oversight.--The Secretary may
withhold up to 1 percent from the amounts made available
under subsection (a) of this section for the costs of project
management oversight of grants authorized under that
subsection.
(e) Savings clause.--Nothing in this section may be
construed as authorizing the amounts appropriated under
subsection (a) to be used for any purpose other than
financing the installation of positive train control systems.
(f) Sunset.--This section shall remain in effect until
September 30, 2017.
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