S.Amdt. 5059

SA 5059. Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. McCain)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2848, to provide for the conservation and development of water and
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the end, insert the following:

SEC. 8003. EXEMPTION FROM INDIVIDUAL MANDATE PENALTY OF
PARTICIPANTS IN TERMINATED PLANS UNDER CONSUMER
OPERATED AND ORIENTED PLAN PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 5000A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(6) Participants in certain terminated consumer operated
and oriented plan program plans.--Any applicable individual,
if--
``(A) the individual was enrolled in a qualified health
plan offered by a qualified nonprofit health insurance issuer
(as defined in subsection (c) of section 1322 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act) receiving funds through
the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program established
under such section for such plan, and
``(B) during any month while the individual was so
enrolled, such issuer terminated or otherwise discontinued
providing all plans of the issuer in the area in which the
individual resides,

for such month and any subsequent month.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
shall apply to months in taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2013.
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