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  SA 3196. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Scott, Mr. Isakson, Ms. 
Murkowski, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Boozman, 
and Mr. Donnelly) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill H.R. 3474, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE 
or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for 
purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

                       TITLE __--OTHER PROVISIONS

     SEC. _01. DEFINITION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.

       (a) In General.--Section 4980H(c) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ``by 120'' and 
     inserting ``by 120 (174 in the case of months before calendar 
     year 2017)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ``30 hours'' and 
     inserting ``30 hours (40 hours in the case of months before 
     calendar year 2017)''.
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