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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning Mark R. Warner was published in the Senate section on pages S1291-S1406 on March 5.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 1001. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. FUNDING FOR IDEA.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $78,755,412,000, for grants to States under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), to remain available through september 30, 2023.
In section 2001(a), strike ``$128,554,800,000'' and insert
``$49,799,388,000''.
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SA 1002. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 2001(e)(2), add the following:
(T) Paying the utility bills of the local educational agency.
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SA 1003. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2605 and insert the following:
SEC. 2605. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, including under this title, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 520E and 520E-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-36, 290bb-36b).
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SA 1004. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9661 and insert the following:
SEC. 9661. IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY BY EXPANDING PREMIUM
ASSISTANCE FOR CONSUMERS.
(a) In General.--Section 36B(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(iii) Temporary percentages for 2021 and 2022.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021 or 2022--
``(I) clause (ii) shall not apply for purposes of adjusting premium percentages under this subparagraph, and
``(II) the following table shall be applied in lieu of the table contained in clause (i):
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``In the case of household income
(expressed as a percent of poverty The initial The final
line) within the following income premium premium
tier: percentage is-- percentage is--
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Up to 150.0 percent.................. 0.0 0.0
150.0 percent up to 200.0 percent.... 0.0 2.0
200.0 percent up to 250.0 percent.... 2.0 4.0
250.0 percent up to 300.0 percent.... 4.0 6.0
300.0 percent up to 400.0 percent.... 6.0 8.5
400.0 percent up to 750.0 percent.... 8.5 8.5''.
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(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) Temporary rule for 2021 and 2022.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021 or 2022, subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting `750 percent' for `400 percent'.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1005. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9661 and insert the following:
SEC. 9661. IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY BY EXPANDING PREMIUM
ASSISTANCE FOR CONSUMERS.
(a) In General.--Section 36B(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(iii) Temporary percentages for 2021.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021--
``(I) clause (ii) shall not apply for purposes of adjusting premium percentages under this subparagraph, and
``(II) the following table shall be applied in lieu of the table contained in clause (i):
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``In the case of household income
(expressed as a percent of poverty The initial The final
line) within the following income premium premium
tier: percentage is-- percentage is--
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Up to 150.0 percent.................. 0.0 0.0
150.0 percent up to 200.0 percent.... 0.0 2.0
200.0 percent up to 250.0 percent.... 2.0 4.0
250.0 percent up to 300.0 percent.... 4.0 6.0
300.0 percent up to 400.0 percent.... 6.0 8.5
400.0 percent and higher............. 8.5 8.5''.
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(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) Temporary rule for 2021.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021, subparagraph (A) shall be applied without regard to `but does not exceed 400 percent'.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1006. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Young, and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9816.
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SA 1007. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title IX, insert the following:
SEC. __. CAP ON TEMPORARY INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
BENEFITS AT PRIOR WAGES.
(a) Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.--Section 2102(d) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``The assistance'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (4), the assistance'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``In the case'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (4), in the case''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Limitation.--For weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before August 29, 2021, the total amount of the weekly assistance applicable to an individual under paragraph (1) or (2) (including the increase under section 2104) may not exceed--
``(A) in the case of paragraph (1), the amount of the individual's average weekly wages on which the individual's weekly benefit is based; and
``(B) in the case of paragraph (2), the amount of the individual's average weekly wages for an appropriate period prior to the receipt of assistance under such section, as determined by the Secretary of Labor.''.
(b) Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.--Section 2104(b) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``Any agreement'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (4), any agreement''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Limitation.--For weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before August 29, 2021, the sum of the weekly amount described in subparagraphs (A)
(regular compensation), (B) (Federal pandemic unemployment compensation), and (C) (Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation) of paragraph (1) with respect to an individual may not exceed the amount of the individual's average weekly wages on which the amount described in such subparagraph (A) is based.''.
(c) Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--Section 2107(b)(3) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The limitation under section 2104(b)(4) shall apply for purposes of determining the weekly benefit amount under the preceding sentence.''.
(d) Short-Time Compensation.--
(1) States with programs in law.--Section 2108(a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9026(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Total payment may not exceed weekly wages.--
``(A) In general.--For weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before August 29, 2021, the sum of the amounts described in subparagraph (B) with respect to an individual for a week may not exceed the amount of the individual's average weekly wages on which the amount described in subparagraph (B)(ii) is based.
``(B) Amounts.--The amounts described in this subparagraph are the following with respect to a week:
``(i) The amount of the wages the individual receives from the employer for the week for the reduced hours under the short-time compensation program.
``(ii) The amount of the regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to such individual for the week under the short-time compensation program.
``(iii) The amount of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under section 2104 payable to such individual for the week under the short-time compensation program.''.
(2) Agreements.--Section 2109(b)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9027(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(C) Total payment may not exceed weekly wages.--
``(i) In general.--For weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before August 29, 202, the sum of the amounts described in clause (ii) with respect to an individual for a week may not exceed the amount of the individual's average weekly wages on which the amount described in clause (ii)(II) is based.
``(ii) Amounts.--The amounts described in this clause are the following with respect to a week:
``(I) The amount of the wages the individual receives from the employer for the week for the reduced hours under the short-time compensation plan under the agreement.
``(II) The amount of the regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to such individual for the week under such short-time compensation plan.
``(III) The amount of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under section 2104 payable to such individual for the week under such short-time compensation plan.''.
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SA 1008. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001(a) strike ``$125,804,800,000'' and insert
``$6,500,000,000''.
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SA 1009. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001.
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SA 1010. Mr. TOOMEY proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
Strike section 1005.
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SA 1011. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In subsection (a)(2) of section 1005 (relating to farm loan assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), strike
``120 percent'' and insert ``100 percent''.
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SA 1012. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In subsection (a)(2) of section 1005 (relating to farm loan assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), strike
``indebtedness of each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher as of January 1, 2021,'' and insert ``indebtedness incurred during the period beginning on March 13, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act of each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher''.
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SA 1013. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mrs. Fischer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 346, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
``(3) Elimination of credit for individuals with no reduction in income.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of any taxpayer whose adjusted gross income for the first taxable year beginning in 2020 is equal to or greater than such taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the first taxable year beginning in 2019, the amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be reduced to zero.
``(B) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of subparagraph (A), including regulations or other guidance which provides for the application of such subparagraph where the filing status of the taxpayer for the first taxable year beginning in 2019 is different from the status of such taxpayer for the first taxable year beginning in 2020.''.
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SA 1014. Mr. PAUL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 5001.
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SA 1015. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9704.
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SA 1016. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 581, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 582, line 15, and insert the following:
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (D), to the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(D) Withholding of payment.--In the case of a State, the Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of the amount otherwise payable to the State under this section if, for the most recent month for which data is available on the date of enactment of this section, the unemployment rate for the State is less than 7 percent, and shall only pay such withheld amount to such State if the unemployment rate for the State for any month during the period beginning on such date and ending on December 31, 2024, is at least 7 percent.
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SA 1017. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 581, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 582, line 15, and insert the following:
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (D), to the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(D) Withholding of payment.--The Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of the amount otherwise payable to each State under this section if, for the most recent month for which data is available on the date of enactment of this section, the national unemployment rate is less than 7 percent, and shall only pay such withheld amount to each State if the national unemployment rate for any month during the period beginning on such date and ending on December 31, 2024, is at least 7 percent.
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SA 1018. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle M of title IX, insert the following:
SEC. 9902. LIMITATION ON OUTLAYS.
Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), as amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 605. LIMITATION ON OUTLAYS.
``If the Secretary, acting on the basis of issued court opinions, determines that a State (including the District of Columbia) or other government imposes limits on the content of speech, or the religious exercise or belief, of houses of worship and faith-based organizations that are more restrictive than the corresponding limits for secular organizations, and the Secretary makes a payment to that government under section 602, 603, or 604, the Secretary shall make that payment at one-half the usual outlay rate.''.
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SA 1019. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title V, insert the following:
SEC. __. PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR FAITH-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Eligibility.--For purposes of determining the eligibility of a faith-based organization (including a house of worship) for assistance under the paycheck protection program in section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall apply section 121.103 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations and related provisions of part 121 of that title, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section.
(b) Free Exercise of Religion.--In carrying out the paycheck protection program, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may not require that receipt of funding under section 5001(d)(2) or section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36))--
(1) limits the authority of a faith-based organization to define the standards, responsibilities, and duties for membership in the organization;
(2) limits the freedom of a faith-based organization to select individuals to perform work connected to the organization's free exercise of religion; or
(3) constitutes a waiver of any right under Federal law, including rights to religious autonomy and religious exercise, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
(42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.), section 702 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-1(a)), or the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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SA 1020. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2605 (relating to family planning).
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SA 1021. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In subsection (b) of section 6002 (relating to funding for pollution and disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic), strike paragraph (1) and insert the following:
(1) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection
(a)(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall reserve--
(A) 33 percent for grants, contracts, and other agency activities that identify and address disproportionate environmental or public health harms and risks in rural populations; and
(B) 2 percent for administrative costs necessary to carry out activities funded pursuant to such subsection.
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SA 1022. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 578, strike line 22 and all that follows through page 579, line 15, and insert the following:
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the relative loss in tax revenue of the State or District of Columbia during the 12-month period ending on February 28, 2021 (as determined by the Secretary based on the most recent available data from the Department of the Treasury) bears to the sum of the relative losses in tax revenue for all 50 States and the District of Columbia during such period (as so determined).
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SA 1023. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 578, line 12, strike ``$25,500,000,000'' and insert ``$63,750,000,000''.
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SA 1024. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2606. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 MITIGATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR
CRUISE SHIPS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2403, of the amounts appropriated under that section, $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to develop and provide instructions for activities to detect, diagnose, trace, monitor, and report on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections, and related strategies to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2, aboard cruise ships.
(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts made available under subsection (a), the Secretary, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall issue all technical instructions or orders for cruise ships covered by the order entitled ``No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation'' issued by the Director effective on March 14, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 16628), or any modification to or extension of such order, to resume operating in waters of the United States in compliance with the order entitled
``Framework for Conditional Sailing and Initial Phase COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Protection of Crew'', issued by the Director effective on October 30, 2020, under sections 361 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264; 268).
(c) Timeline.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall publish the technical instructions or orders issued under subsection (b). The Director may update or modify such technical instructions or orders as necessary based on specific public health or other considerations.
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SA 1025. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 227, strike line 15 and all that follows through page 228, line 2, and insert the following:
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $99,500,000, to remain available until expended, to address health outcome disparities from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic, of which--
(1) $49,500,000, shall be for grants, contracts, and other agency activities that identify and address disproportionate environmental or public health harms and risks in minority populations, low-income populations, and rural populations under--
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SA 1026. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott, of South Carolina, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Kennedy) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
Strike section 2001 and insert the following:
SEC. 2001. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF
FUND.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $125,804,800,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023, to carry out this section.
(b) Grants.--From funds provided under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make grants to each State educational agency in accordance with this section.
(c) Allocation to States.--The amount of each grant under subsection (b) shall be allocated by the Secretary to each State in the same proportion as each State received under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the most recent fiscal year.
(d) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--
(1) In general.--Each State shall allocate not less than 95 percent of the grant funds awarded to the State under this section as subgrants to local educational agencies (including charter schools that are local educational agencies in the State) in proportion to the amount of funds such local educational agencies and charter schools that are local educational agencies received under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the most recent fiscal year.
(2) Availability of funds.--Each State shall make allocations under paragraph (1) to local educational agencies in accordance with the following:
(A) A local educational agency shall receive 25 percent of its allocation under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this title.
(B) A local educational agency shall receive an additional 15 percent of its allocation under paragraph (1) for each school day in a 5-day school week that public elementary and secondary schools served by the local educational agency are open for in-person instruction for 100 percent of students within the local educational agency, as certified by the local educational agency to the State.
(e) State Funding.--With funds not otherwise allocated under subsection (d), a State may carry out, directly or through grants or contracts, activities necessary to support the safe reopening of schools.
(f) Equitable Services.--Each local educational agency that receives funds from a subgrant under subsection (d) shall reserve funds to provide equitable services in the same manner as provided under section 1117 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6320) to students and teachers in non-public schools, as determined in consultation with representatives of non-public schools.
(g) Public Control of Funds.--The control of funds for the services or assistance provided to a non-public school under subsection (f), and title to materials, equipment, and property purchased with such funds, shall be in a public agency, and a public agency shall administer such funds, services, assistance, materials, equipment, and property.
(h) Reallocation.--A State shall return to the Secretary any funds received under this section that the State does not award within 1 year of receiving such funds and the Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the remaining States in accordance with subsection (c).
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SA 1027. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott, of South Carolina, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Blunt) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 7104, insert the following:
SEC. 7105. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR A FEDERALLY
MANDATED DOMESTIC TRAVEL BAN WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES.
None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to plan, develop, carry out, or enforce, or assist in the planning, development, carrying out, or enforcement of a Federally mandated domestic travel ban within the United States.
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SA 1028. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001(g)(1), strike ``(e)(1)'' and insert
``(e)''.
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SA 1029. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001(d), add at the end the following:
(3) Limitation.--
(A) In general.--None of the funds made available under this section may be provided to a local educational agency unless in-person instruction is available to all students at each of the public elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the local educational agency.
(B) Education savings accounts.--Each State that receives a grant under this section shall establish an education savings account for each student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school served by a local educational agency that does not meet the requirement under subparagraph (A). From the funds that are prohibited from being provided to a local educational agency under subparagraph (A), the State shall deposit a per-pupil amount in the account of each such student. The State shall provide each such student with the funds in the account of the student, which such student shall use for educational expenses.
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SA 1030. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Lankford) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9818 and insert the following:
SEC. 9818. FUNDING FOR STATE STRIKE TEAMS FOR RESIDENT AND
EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN NURSING FACILITIES.
Section 1919 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(k) Funding for State Strike Teams.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended, for purposes of allocating such amount among the States (including the District of Columbia and each territory of the United States) for such a State to establish and implement a strike team that will be deployed to a nursing facility in the State with diagnosed or suspected cases of COVID-19 among residents or staff for the purposes of assisting with clinical care, infection control, or staffing during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and the 1-year period immediately following the end of such emergency period.
``(l) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not make an allocation under subsection (k) to a State unless the State, for each month that occurs during the period that begins on October 1, 2020, and ends on the last day of the 1-year period described in such subsection, provides accurate monthly reporting to the Secretary on the number of COVID-19 deaths of residents of nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities (as defined in 1819(a)) and certifies that such deaths are not included in counts of COVID-19 deaths in other settings. The Secretary shall rescind any amounts previously allocated to a State under subsection (k) if the State fails to comply with the requirement of this subsection.''.
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SA 1031. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. Daines) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2204 and all that follows through the end of subtitle H of title II and insert the following:
SEC. 2204. PROGRAMS FOR SURVIVORS.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
``(g) Programs for Survivors.--
``(1) In general.--Section 303 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`` `(d) Additional Funding.--For the purposes of carrying out this title, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, there are appropriated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each of the following:
`` `(1) $180,000,000 to carry out sections 301 through 312, to be allocated in the manner described in subsection (a)(2), except that--
`` `(A) a reference in subsection (a)(2) to an amount appropriated under subsection (a)(1) shall be considered to be a reference to an amount appropriated under this paragraph;
`` `(B) the matching requirement in section 306(c)(4) and condition in section 308(d)(3) shall not apply; and
`` `(C) each reference in section 305(e) to ``the end of the following fiscal year'' shall be considered to be a reference to ``the end of fiscal year 2025''; and
`` `(D) funds made available to a State in a grant under section 306(a) and obligated in a timely manner shall be available for expenditure, by the State or a recipient of funds from the grant, through the end of fiscal year 2025.
`` `(2) $18,000,000 to carry out section 309.
`` `(3) $2,000,000 to carry out section 313, of which
$1,000,000 shall be allocated to support Indian communities.'.
``(2) Grant programs.--The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act is amended by inserting after section 314 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10414) the following:
`` `SEC. 315. GRANTS TO SUPPORT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
POPULATIONS AND GRANTS TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
`` `(a) COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Defined.--In this section, the term ``COVID-19 public health emergency'' means the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID-19, including any renewal of the declaration.
`` `(b) Grants to Support Culturally Specific Populations.--
`` `(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the
``Secretary''), $49,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, to be available until expended, to carry out this subsection
(excluding Federal administrative costs, for which funds are appropriated under subsection (d)).
`` `(2) Use of funds.--From amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary acting through the Director of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, shall--
`` `(A) support culturally specific community-based organizations to provide culturally specific activities for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, to address emergent needs resulting from the COVID-19 public health emergency and other public health concerns; and
`` `(B) support culturally specific community-based organizations that provide culturally specific activities to promote strategic partnership development and collaboration in responding to the impact of COVID-19 and other public health concerns on survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
`` `(c) Grants to Support Survivors of Sexual Assault.--
`` `(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary,
$198,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to be available until expended, to carry out this subsection (excluding Federal administrative costs, for which funds are appropriated under subsection (d)).
`` `(2) Use of funds.--From the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, shall assist rape crisis centers in transitioning to virtual services and meeting the emergency needs of survivors.
`` `(d) Administrative Costs.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended, for the Federal administrative costs of carrying out subsections (b) and (c).'.
SEC. 2205. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Additional Funding for Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment.--The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`` `TITLE III--ADDITIONAL FUNDING
`` `SEC. 301. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following amounts, to remain available through September 30, 2023:
`` `(1) $250,000,000 for carrying out the program authorized under section 201, which shall be allocated without regard to section 204(4) and shall be allotted to States in accordance with section 203, except that--
`` `(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 203, ``70 percent'' shall be deemed to be ``100 percent''; and
`` `(B) subsections (b)(1)(B) and (c) of section 203 shall not apply; and
`` `(2) $100,000,000 for carrying out the State grant program authorized under section 106, which shall be allocated without regard to section 112(a)(2).'.
SEC. 2206. CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND
THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Corporation for national and community service and the national service trust.--Title V of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) the following:
`` `SEC. 502. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
`` `(a) Corporation for National and Community Service.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Corporation for National and Community Service, $852,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2024, to carry out subsection
(b), except that amounts to carry out subsection (b)(7) shall remain available until September 30, 2026.
`` `(b) Allocation of Amounts.--Amounts provided by subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows:
`` `(1) Americorps state and national.--$620,000,000 shall be used--
`` `(A) to increase the living allowances of participants in national service programs; and
`` `(B) to make funding adjustments to existing (as of the date of enactment of this section) awards and award new and additional awards to entities to support programs described in paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), (3)(B), (4)(B), and (5)(B) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), of section 122, whether or not the entities are already grant recipients under such provisions on the date of enactment of this Act, and notwithstanding section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi), by--
`` `(i) prioritizing entities serving communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and utilizing culturally competent and multilingual strategies in the provision of services; and
`` `(ii) taking into account the diversity of communities and participants served by such entities, including racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, linguistic, or geographic diversity.
`` `(2) State commissions.--$20,000,000 shall be used to make adjustments to existing (as of the date of enactment of this section) awards and new and additional awards, including awards to State Commissions on National and Community Service, under section 126(a).
`` `(3) Volunteer generation fund.--$20,000,000 shall be used for expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F), which, notwithstanding section 198P(d)(1)(B), shall be for grants awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service on a competitive basis.
`` `(4) Americorps vista.--$80,000,000 shall be used for the purposes described in section 101 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951), including to increase the living allowances of volunteers, described in section 105(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
(42 U.S.C. 4955(b)).
`` `(5) National senior service corps.--$30,000,000 shall be used for the purposes described in section 200 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000).
`` `(6) Administrative costs.--$73,000,000 shall be used for the Corporation for National and Community Service for administrative expenses to carry out programs and activities funded by subsection (a).
`` `(7) Office of inspector general.--$9,000,000 shall be used for the Office of Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit of programs and activities funded by subsection (a).
`` `(c) National Service Trust.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $148,000,000, to remain available until expended, for administration of the National Service Trust, and for payment to the Trust for the provision of educational awards pursuant to section 145(a)(1)(A).'.
Subtitle D--Public Health
SEC. 2301. PUBLIC HEALTH.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(j) Phsa.--Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`` `PART E--MISCELLANEOUS FUNDING
`` `Subpart 1--Vaccines and Therapeutics
`` `SEC. 281A. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE ACTIVITIES AT THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this part referred to as the
``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, and track COVID-19 vaccines.
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with other agencies, as applicable, shall, in conducting activities referred to in subsection
(a)--
`` `(1) conduct activities to enhance, expand, and improve nationwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration, including activities related to distribution of ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines; and
`` `(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support to, and award grants or cooperative agreements to, State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments for enhancement of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration capabilities, including--
`` `(A) the distribution and administration of vaccines licensed under section 351 or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3) and ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines;
`` `(B) the establishment and expansion, including staffing support, of community vaccination centers, particularly in underserved areas;
`` `(C) the deployment of mobile vaccination units, particularly in underserved areas;
`` `(D) information technology, standards-based data, and reporting enhancements, including improvements necessary to support standards-based sharing of data related to vaccine distribution and vaccinations and systems that enhance vaccine safety, effectiveness, and uptake, particularly among underserved populations;
`` `(E) facilities enhancements;
`` `(F) communication with the public regarding when, where, and how to receive COVID-19 vaccines; and
`` `(G) transportation of individuals to facilitate vaccinations, including at community vaccination centers and mobile vaccination units, particularly for underserved populations.
`` `(c) Supplemental Funding for State Vaccination Grants.--
`` `(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
`` `(A) Base formula.--The term ``base formula'' means the allocation formula that applied to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2020.
`` `(B) Alternative allocation.--The term ``alternative allocation'' means an allocation to each State, territory, or locality calculated using the percentage derived from the allocation received by such State, territory, or locality of the aggregate amount of fiscal year 2020 Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement awards under section 319C-1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-3a).
`` `(2) Supplemental funding.--
`` `(A) In general.--Not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use amounts described in subsection (a) to provide supplemental funding to any State, locality, or territory that received less of the amounts that were appropriated under title III of division M of Public Law 116-260 for vaccination grants to be issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than such State, locality, or territory would have received had such amounts been allocated using the alternative allocation.
`` `(B) Amount.--The amount of supplemental funding provided under this subsection shall be equal to the difference between--
`` `(i) the amount the State, locality, or territory received, or would receive, under the base formula; and
`` `(ii) the amount the State, locality, or territory would receive under the alternative allocation.
`` `SEC. 281B. FUNDING FOR VACCINE CONFIDENCE ACTIVITIES.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--
`` `(1) to strengthen vaccine confidence in the United States, including its territories and possessions;
`` `(2) to provide further information and education with respect to vaccines licensed under section 351 or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3); and
`` `(3) to improve rates of vaccination throughout the United States, including its territories and possessions, including through activities described in section 313, as amended by section 311 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
`` `SEC. 281C. FUNDING FOR SUPPLY CHAIN FOR COVID-19
VACCINES, THERAPEUTICS, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$6,050,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses with respect to research, development, manufacturing, production, and the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and ancillary medical products and supplies to prevent, prepare, or respond to--
`` `(1) SARS-CoV-2 or any viral variant mutating therefrom with pandemic potential; and
`` `(2) COVID-19 or any disease with potential for creating a pandemic.
`` `SEC. 281D. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE, THERAPEUTIC, AND
DEVICE ACTIVITIES AT THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be used for the evaluation of the continued performance, safety, and effectiveness, including with respect to emerging COVID-19 variants, of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; facilitation of advanced continuous manufacturing activities related to production of vaccines and related materials; facilitation and conduct of inspections related to the manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices delayed or cancelled for reasons related to COVID-19; review of devices authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; and oversight of the supply chain and mitigation of shortages of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Food and Drug Administration.
`` `Subpart 2--Testing
`` `SEC. 282A. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 TESTING, CONTRACT
TRACING, AND MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,800,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
`` `(1) implement a national, evidence-based strategy for testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and mitigation with respect to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through activities authorized under section 319(a);
`` `(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support, and award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, and territorial public health departments for activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies and activities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19;
`` `(3) support the development, manufacturing, procurement, distribution, and administration of tests to detect or diagnose SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through--
`` `(A) support for the development, manufacture, procurement, and distribution of supplies necessary for administering tests, such as personal protective equipment; and
`` `(B) support for the acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-Federally owned facilities for the production of diagnostics and ancillary medical products and supplies where the Secretary determines that such an investment is necessary to ensure the production of sufficient amounts of such supplies;
`` `(4) establish and expand Federal, State, local, and territorial testing and contact tracing capabilities, including--
`` `(A) ``through investments in laboratory capacity, such as--
`` `(i) academic and research laboratories, or other laboratories that could be used for processing of COVID-19 testing;
`` `(ii) community-based testing sites and community-based organizations; or
`` `(iii) mobile health units, particularly in medically underserved areas; and
`` `(B) with respect to quarantine and isolation of contacts;
`` `(5) enhance information technology, data modernization, and reporting, including improvements necessary to support sharing of data related to public health capabilities;
`` `(6) award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, State, local, and territorial public health departments to establish, expand, and sustain a public health workforce; and
`` `(7) to cover administrative and program support costs necessary to conduct activities related to subparagraph (a).
`` `SEC. 282B. FUNDING FOR SARS-COV-2 GENOMIC SEQUENCING AND
SURVEILLANCE.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to strengthen and expand activities and workforce related to genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveillance.
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
`` `(1) conduct, expand, and improve activities to sequence genomes, identify mutations, and survey the circulation and transmission of viruses and other organisms, including strains of SARS-CoV-2;
`` `(2) award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, Tribal, or territorial public health departments or public health laboratories--
`` `(A) to increase their capacity to sequence genomes of circulating strains of viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
`` `(B) to identify mutations in viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
`` `(C) to use genomic sequencing to identify outbreaks and clusters of diseases or infections, including COVID-19; and
`` `(D) to develop effective disease response strategies based on genomic sequencing and surveillance data;
`` `(3) enhance and expand the informatics capabilities of the public health workforce; and
`` `(4) award grants for the construction, alteration, or renovation of facilities to improve genomic sequencing and surveillance capabilities at the State and local level.
`` `SEC. 282C. FUNDING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$750,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat SARS-CoV- 2, COVID-19, and other emerging infectious disease threats globally, including efforts related to global health security, global disease detection and response, global health protection, global immunization, and global coordination on public health.
`` `SEC. 282D. FUNDING FOR DATA MODERNIZATION AND FORECASTING
CENTER.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support public health data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization initiatives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and establish, expand, and maintain efforts to modernize the United States disease warning system to forecast and track hotspots for COVID-19, its variants, and emerging biological threats, including academic and workforce support for analytics and informatics infrastructure and data collection systems.
`` `Subpart 3--Public Health Workforce
`` `SEC. 283A. FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,660,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities related to establishing, expanding, and sustaining a public health workforce, including by making awards to State, local, and territorial public health departments.
`` `(b) Use of Funds for Public Health Departments.--Amounts made available to an awardee pursuant to subsection
(a) shall be used for the following:
`` `(1) Costs, including wages and benefits, related to the recruiting, hiring, and training of individuals--
`` `(A) to serve as case investigators, contact tracers, social support specialists, community health workers, public health nurses, disease intervention specialists, epidemiologists, program managers, laboratory personnel, informaticians, communication and policy experts, and any other positions as may be required to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19; and
`` `(B) who are employed by--
`` `(i) the State, territorial, or local public health department involved; or
`` `(ii) a nonprofit private or public organization with demonstrated expertise in implementing public health programs and established relationships with such State, territorial, or local public health departments, particularly in medically underserved areas.
`` `(2) Personal protective equipment, data management and other technology, or other necessary supplies.
`` `(3) Administrative costs and activities necessary for awardees to implement activities funded under this section.
`` `(4) Subawards from recipients of awards under subsection (a) to local health departments for the purposes of the activities funded under this section.
`` `SEC. 283B. FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS.
`` ` In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 2813.
`` `Subpart 4--Public Health Investments
`` `SEC. 284A. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND
COMMUNITY CARE.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,600,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for awarding grants and cooperative agreements under section 330 to be awarded without regard to the time limitation in subsection (e)(3) and subsections (e)(6)(A)(iii), (e)(6)(B)(iii), and (r)(2)(B) of such section 330, and for necessary expenses for awarding grants to Federally qualified health centers, as described in section 1861(aa)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.1395x(aa)(4)(B)), and for awarding grants or contracts to Papa Ola Lokahi and to qualified entities under sections 4 and 6 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. 11703, 11705). Of the total amount appropriated by the preceding sentence, not less than $20,000,000 shall be for grants or contracts to Papa Ola Lokahi and to qualified entities under sections 4 and 6 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. 11703, 11705).
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available to an awardee pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used--
`` `(1) to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, and track COVID-19 vaccines, and to carry out other vaccine-related activities;
`` `(2) to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor COVID-19 infections and related activities necessary to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including activities related to, and equipment or supplies purchased for, testing, contact tracing, surveillance, mitigation, and treatment of COVID-19;
`` `(3) to purchase equipment and supplies to conduct mobile testing or vaccinations for COVID-19, to purchase and maintain mobile vehicles and equipment to conduct such testing or vaccinations, and to hire and train laboratory personnel and other staff to conduct such mobile testing or vaccinations, particularly in medically underserved areas;
`` `(4) to establish, expand, and sustain the health care workforce to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, and to carry out other health workforce-related activities;
`` `(5) to modify, enhance, and expand health care services and infrastructure; and
`` `(6) to conduct community outreach and education activities related to COVID-19.
`` `(c) Past Expenditures.--An awardee may use amounts awarded pursuant to subsection (a) to cover the costs of the awardee carrying out any of the activities described in subsection (b) during the period beginning on the date of the declaration of a public health emergency by the Secretary under section 319 on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID-19 and ending on the date of such award.
`` `SEC. 284B. FUNDING FOR NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $800,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out sections 338A, 338B, and 338I with respect to the health workforce.
`` `(b) Student Loan Repayment Programs.--
`` `(1) In general.--Of the amount made available pursuant to subsection (a), $100,000,000 shall be made available for providing primary health services through grants to States under section 338I(a).
`` `(2) Conditions.--With respect to grants described in paragraph (1) using funds made available under such paragraph:
`` `(A) Section 338I(b) shall not apply.
`` `(B) Notwithstanding section 338I(d)(2), not more than 10 percent of an award to a State from such amounts, may be used by the State for costs of administering the State loan repayment program.
`` `SEC. 284C. FUNDING FOR NURSE CORPS.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 846.
`` `SEC. 284D. FUNDING FOR TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT
OPERATE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, and notwithstanding the capped amount referenced in sections 340H(b)(2) and 340H(d)(2), there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for the program of payments to teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education under section 340H and for teaching health center development grants authorized under section 749A.
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used for the following activities:
`` `(1) For making payments to establish new approved graduate medical residency training programs pursuant to section 340H(a)(1)(C).
`` `(2) To provide an increase to the per resident amount described in section 340H(a)(2) of $10,000.
`` `(3) For making payments under section 340H(a)(1)(A) to qualified teaching health centers for maintenance of filled positions at existing approved graduate medical residency training programs.
`` `(4) For making payments under section 340H(a)(1)(B) for the expansion of existing approved graduate medical residency training programs.
`` `(5) For making awards under section 749A to teaching health centers for the purpose of establishing new accredited or expanded primary care residency programs.
`` `(6) To cover administrative costs and activities necessary for qualified teaching health centers receiving payments under section 340H to carry out activities under such section.
`` `SEC. 284E. FUNDING FOR FAMILY PLANNING.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for making grants and contracts under section 1001.
`` `PART F--MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
`` `SEC. 286A. FUNDING FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(in this part referred to as the ``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out subpart I of part B of title XIX, subpart III of part B of title XIX, and section 505(c) with respect to mental health. Notwithstanding section 1952, any amount awarded to a State out of amounts appropriated by this section shall be expended by the State by September 30, 2025.
`` `SEC. 286B. FUNDING FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND
TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out subpart II of part B of title XIX, subpart III of part B of title XIX, section 505(d) with respect to substance abuse, and section 515(d). Notwithstanding section 1952, any amount awarded to a State out of amounts appropriated by this section shall be expended by the State by September 30, 2025.
`` `SEC. 286C. FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, AND PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICERS.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
`` `(b) Use of Funding.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall, taking into consideration the needs of rural and medically underserved communities, use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to award grants or contracts to health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities (or consortia of entities, including entities promoting multidisciplinary approaches), to plan, develop, operate, or participate in health professions and nursing training activities for health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, and public safety officers, and employers of such individuals, in evidence-informed strategies for reducing and addressing suicide, burnout, mental health conditions, and substance use disorders among health care professionals.
`` `SEC. 286D. FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
ENCOURAGING HEALTHY WORK CONDITIONS AND USE OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
SERVICES BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the medical professional community, shall use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to carry out a national evidence-based education and awareness campaign directed at health care professionals and first responders
(such as emergency medical service providers), and employers of such professionals and first responders. Such awareness campaign shall--
`` `(1) encourage primary prevention of mental health conditions and substance use disorders and secondary and tertiary prevention by encouraging health care professionals to seek support and treatment for their own mental health and substance use concerns; and
`` `(2) help such professionals to identify risk factors in themselves and others and respond to such risks.
`` `SEC. 286E. FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG THEIR HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall, taking into consideration the needs of rural and medically underserved communities, use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to award grants or contracts to entities providing health care, including health care providers associations and Federally qualified health centers, to establish, enhance, or expand evidence-informed programs or protocols to promote mental health among their providers, other personnel, and members.
`` `SEC. 286F. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED FUNDING FOR LOCAL
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purpose described in subsection
(b).
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--
`` `(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to support States; local, Tribal, and territorial governments; Tribal organizations; nonprofit community-based organizations; and primary and behavioral health organizations to support community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction services.
`` `(2) Use of funds.--Grant funds awarded under this section to eligible entities shall be used for preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases and the consequences of such diseases for individuals with substance use disorder, distributing opioid overdose reversal medication to individuals at risk of overdose, connecting individuals at risk for, or with, a substance use disorder to overdose education, counseling, and health education, and encouraging such individuals to take steps to reduce the negative personal and public health impacts of substance use or misuse.
`` `SEC. 286G. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED FUNDING FOR LOCAL
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS.
`` `(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purpose described in subsection
(b).
`` `(b) Use of Funds.--
`` `(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall award grants to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, Tribal organizations, nonprofit community-based entities, and primary care and behavioral health organizations to address increased community behavioral health needs worsened by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
`` `(2) Use of grant funds.--Grant funds awarded under this section to eligible entities shall be used for promoting care coordination among local entities; training the mental and behavioral health workforce, relevant stakeholders, and community members; expanding evidence-based integrated models of care; addressing surge capacity for mental and behavioral health needs; providing mental and behavioral health services to individuals with mental health needs (including co-occurring substance use disorders) as delivered by behavioral and mental health professionals utilizing telehealth services; and supporting, enhancing, or expanding mental and behavioral health preventive and crisis intervention services.
`` `SEC. 286H. FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL CHILD TRAUMATIC
STRESS NETWORK.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 582 with respect to addressing the problem of high-risk or medically underserved persons who experience violence-related stress.
`` `SEC. 286I. FUNDING FOR PROJECT AWARE.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 520A with respect to advancing wellness and resiliency in education.
`` `SEC. 286J. FUNDING FOR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out sections 520E and 520E-2.
`` `SEC. 286K. FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 756.
`` `SEC. 286L. FUNDING FOR PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE
ACCESS.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 330M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-19).
`` `SEC. 286M. FUNDING FOR EXPANSION GRANTS FOR CERTIFIED
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.
`` `In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $420,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to communities and community organizations that meet the criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note). '.
Subtitle E--Reduced Cost Sharing
SEC. 2401. REDUCED COST-SHARING.
(a) In General.--Section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by redesignating subsection
(f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
``(f) Special Rule for Individuals Who Receive Unemployment Compensation During 2021.--For purposes of this section, in the case of an individual who has received, or has been approved to receive, unemployment compensation for any week beginning during 2021, for the plan year in which such week begins--
``(1) such individual shall be treated as meeting the requirements of subsection (b)(2), and
``(2) for purposes of subsections (c) and (d), there shall not be taken into account any household income of the individual in excess of 133 percent of the poverty line for a family of the size involved.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1032. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Daines) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 1002 and insert the following:
SEC. 1002. EMERGENCY RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR RURAL
HEALTH CARE.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Emergency Grants for Rural Health Care.--Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by inserting after section 306E (7 U.S.C. 1926e) the following:
`` `SEC. 306F. EMERGENCY RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR RURAL
HEALTH CARE.
`` `(a) Grants.--The Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall use the funds made available by this section to establish an emergency pilot program for rural development not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this section to provide grants to eligible applicants (as defined in section 3570.61(a) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations) to be awarded by the Secretary based on rural development needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
`` `(b) Uses.--An eligible applicant to whom a grant is awarded under this section may use the grant funds for costs, including those incurred prior to the issuance of the grant, as determined by the Secretary, of facilities which primarily serve rural areas (as defined in section 343(a)(13)(C)), which are located in a rural area, the median household income of the population to be served by which is less than the greater of the poverty line or the applicable percentage
(determined under section 3570.63(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations) of the State nonmetropolitan median household income, and for which the performance of any construction work completed with grant funds shall meet the condition set forth in section 9003(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103(f)), to--
`` `(1) increase capacity for vaccine distribution;
`` `(2) provide medical supplies to increase medical surge capacity;
`` `(3) reimburse for revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, including revenue losses incurred prior to the awarding of the grant;
`` `(4) increase telehealth capabilities, including underlying health care information systems;
`` `(5) construct temporary or permanent structures to provide health care services, including vaccine administration or testing;
`` `(6) support staffing needs for vaccine administration or testing; and
`` `(7) engage in any other efforts to support rural development determined to be critical to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including nutritional assistance to vulnerable individuals, as approved by the Secretary.
``(c) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, to carry out this section, of which not more than 3 percent may be used by the Secretary for administrative purposes and not more than 2 percent may be used by the Secretary for technical assistance as defined in section 306(a)(26).''.
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SA 1033. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 10 of the amendment, line 10 ``$4,000,000,000'' and insert ``$3,744,000,000''.
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SA 1034. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page of the amendment, line 24 ``$500,000,000'' and insert ``$200,000,000''.
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SA 1035. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 15 of the amendment, line 9, strike
``$47,500,000'' and insert ``$41,000,000''.
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SA 1036. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 17 of the amendment, line 21, strike
``$1,010,000,000'' and insert ``$475,000,000''.
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SA 1037. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 21 of the amendment, line 7, strike
``$800,000,000'' and insert ``$128,000,000''.
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SA 1038. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 21 of the amendment, line 22, strike
``$1,150,000,000'' and insert ``$345,000,000''.
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SA 1039. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 23 of the amendment, line 14 strike
``$75,000,000'' and insert ``$3,000,000''.
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SA 1040. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 24 of the amendment, line 24, strike
``$1,000,000,000'' and insert ``$500,000,000''.
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SA 1041. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 25 of the amendment, line 10, strike
``$37,000,000'' and insert ``$11,000,000''.
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SA 1042. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 28 of the amendment, line 21, strike
``$390,000,000'' and insert ``$59,000,000''.
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SA 1043. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33 of the amendment, line 12, strike
``$125,804,800,000'' and insert ``$6,427,000,000''.
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SA 1044. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 44 of the amendment, line 5, strike
``$39,584,570,000'' and insert ``$5,938,000,000''.
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SA 1045. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 56 of the amendment, line 13, strike
``$15,000,000'' and insert ``$1,000,000''.
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SA 1046. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 57 of the amendment, line 25, strike
``$135,000,000'' and insert ``$30,000,000''.
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SA 1047. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 58 of the amendment, line 22, strike
``$135,000,000'' and insert ``$30,000,000''.
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SA 1048. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 60 of the amendment, line 16, strike
``$200,000,000'' and insert ``$97,000,000''.
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SA 1049. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 61 of the amendment, line 21, strike
``$14,990,000,000'' and insert ``$2,998,000,000''.
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SA 1050. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 62 of the amendment, line 16, strike
``$35,000,000'' and insert ``$4,000,000''.
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SA 1051. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 53 of the amendment, line 8, strike
``$850,000,000'' and insert ``$43,000,000''.
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SA 1052. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 54 of the amendment, line 8, strike
``$91,130,000'' and insert ``$9,000,000''.
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SA 1053. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 55 of the amendment, line 24, strike
``$100,000,000'' and insert ``$1,000,000''.
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SA 1054. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 63 of the amendment, line 20, strike
``$23,975,000,000'' and insert ``$4,555,000,000''.
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SA 1055. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 69 of the amendment, line 22, strike
``$1,000,000,000'' and insert ``$300,000,000''.
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SA 1056. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 75 of the amendment, line 9, strike
``$852,000,000'' and insert ``$200,000,000''.
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SA 1057. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 78 of the amendment, line 22, strike
``$7,500,000'' and insert ``$1,500,000,000''.
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SA 1058. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 82 of the amendment, line 18, strike
``1,000,000,000'' and insert ``$200,000,000''.
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SA 1059. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 83 of the amendment, line 18, strike
``$6,050,000,000'' and insert ``$2,033,000,000''.
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SA 1060. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 84 of the amendment, line 9, strike
``$500,000,000'' and insert ``$165,000,000''.
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SA 1061. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 89 of the amendment, line 1, strike
``$1,750,000,000'' and insert ``$350,000,000''.
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SA 1062. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 90 of the amendment, line 11, strike
``750,000,000'' and insert ``$150,000,000''.
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SA 1063. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 90 of the amendment, line 24, strike
``$500,000,000'' and insert ``$100,000,000''.
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SA 1064. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 91 of the amendment, line 17, strike
``$7,660,000,000'' and insert ``$1,532,000,000''.
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SA 1065. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 93 of the amendment, line 11, strike
``$100,000,000'' and insert ``$20,000,000''.
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SA 1066. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 93 of the amendment, line 22, strike
``$7,600,000,000'' and insert ``$1,520,000,000''.
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SA 1067. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 96 of the amendment, line 6, strike
``$800,000,000'' and insert ``$160,000,000''.
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SA 1068. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 77 of the amendment, line 7, strike
``$200,000,000'' and insert ``$46,000,000''.
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SA 1069. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 97 of the amendment, line 19, strike
``$330,000,000'' and insert ``$66,000,000''.
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SA 1070. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 99 of the amendment, line 25, strike
``$1,500,000,000'' and insert ``$315,000,000''.
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SA 1071. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 100 of the amendment, line 15, strike
``$1,500,000,000'' and insert ``$315,000,000''.
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SA 1072. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 101 of the amendment, line 9, strike
``$80,000,000'' and insert ``$18,000,000''.
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SA 1073. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 102 of the amendment, line 20, strike
``$20,000,000'' and insert ``$4,000,000''.
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SA 1074. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 103 of the amendment, line 13, strike
``$40,000,000'' and insert ``$9,000,000''.
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SA 1075. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 104 of the amendment, line 7, strike
``$30,000,000'' and insert ``$6,000,000''.
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SA 1076. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 105 of the amendment, line 13, strike
``$50,000,000'' and insert ``$9,000,000''.
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SA 1077. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 107 of the amendment, line 21, strike
``$100,000,000'' and insert ``$23,000,000''.
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SA 1078. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 114 of the amendment, line 18, strike
``$4,500,000,000'' and insert ``$1.508,000,000''.
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SA 1079. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 115 of the amendment, line 11, strike
``$500,000,000'' and insert ``$50,000,000''.
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SA 1080. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 716 of the amendment, line 18, strike
``$1,444,000,000'' and insert ``$745,000,000''.
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SA 1081. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 121 of the amendment, line 1, strike
``$10,000,000,000'' and insert ``$2,600,000,000''.
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SA 1082. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 123 of the amendment, line 10, strike
``$21,550,000,000'' and insert ``$12,025,000,000''.
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SA 1083. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 134 of the amendment, line 16, strike
``$5,000,000,000'' and insert ``$250,000,000''.
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SA 1084. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 138 of the amendment, line 22, strike
``$100,000,000'' and insert ``$35,000,000''.
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SA 1085. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 141 of the amendment, line 11, strike
``$5,000,000,000'' and insert ``$0''.
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SA 1086. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 147 of the amendment, line 4, strike
``$9,961,000,000'' and insert ``$9,925,000,000''.
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SA 1087. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 156 of the amendment, line 24, strike
``$39,000,000'' and insert ``$29,000,000''.
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SA 1088. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 163 of the amendment, line 14, strike
``$10,000,000,000'' and insert ``$825,000,000''.
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SA 1089. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 172 of the amendment, line 4, strike
``$30,461,355,534'' and insert ``$10,100,000,000''.
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SA 1090. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 186 of the amendment, line 15, strike
``$570,000,000'' and insert ``$230,000,000''.
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SA 1091. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 191 of the amendment, line 15, strike
``$50,000,000,000'' and insert ``$11,480,000,000''.
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SA 1092. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Young, Ms. Collins, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Romney, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Tillis, and Mrs. Capito) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
Strike parts 1 and 2 of subtitle A of title IX and insert the following:
PART 1--EXTENSION OF CARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 9011. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting
``paragraph (2)''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``July 18, 2021''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (3).
(b) Increase in Number of Weeks.--Section 2102(c)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``50 weeks'' and inserting ``74 weeks''; and
(2) by striking ``50-week period'' and inserting ``74-week period''.
(c) Hold Harmless for Proper Administration.--In the case of an individual who is eligible to receive pandemic unemployment assistance under section 2102 of the CARES Act
(15 U.S.C. 9021) as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act and on the date of enactment of this Act becomes eligible for pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under section 2107 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025) by reason of the amendments made by section 9016(b) of this title, any payment of pandemic unemployment assistance under such section 2102 made after the date of enactment of this Act to such individual during an appropriate period of time, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, that should have been made under such section 2107 shall not be considered to be an overpayment of assistance under such section 2102, except that an individual may not receive payment for assistance under section 2102 and a payment for assistance under section 2107 for the same week of unemployment.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), except that no amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment commencing before the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 9012. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF FOR
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 903(i)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(D)) is amended by striking
``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``July 18, 2021''.
(b) Increase in Reimbursement Rate.--Section 903(i)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``and except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph'' after ``as determined by the Secretary of Labor''; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
``With respect to the amounts of such compensation paid for weeks of unemployment beginning after March 31, 2021, and ending on or before July 18, 2021, the preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting `75 percent' for `one-half'.''.
SEC. 9013. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``July 18, 2021''.
(b) Amount.--Section 2104(b)(3)(A) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) For weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before July 18, 2021, $300.''.
SEC. 9014. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE FIRST
WEEK OF COMPENSABLE REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT FOR
STATES WITH NO WAITING WEEK.
(a) In General.--Section 2105(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``July 18, 2021''.
(b) Full Reimbursement.--Paragraph (3) of section 2105(c) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(c)) is repealed and such section shall be applied to weeks of unemployment to which an agreement under section 2105 of such Act applies as if such paragraph had not been enacted.
SEC. 9015. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY STATE STAFFING FLEXIBILITY.
If a State modifies its unemployment compensation law and policies, subject to the succeeding sentence, with respect to personnel standards on a merit basis on an emergency temporary basis as needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, such modifications shall be disregarded for the purposes of applying section 303 of the Social Security Act and section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to such State law. Such modifications shall only apply through July 18, 2021, and shall be limited to engaging of temporary staff, rehiring of retirees or former employees on a non-competitive basis, and other temporary actions to quickly process applications and claims.
SEC. 9016. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2107(g) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(g)) is amended to read as follows:
``(g) Applicability.--An agreement entered into under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and
``(2) ending on or before July 18, 2021.''.
(b) Increase in Number of Weeks.--Section 2107(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``24'' and inserting ``48''.
(c) Coordination of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation With Extended Compensation.--Section 2107(a)(5)(B) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(5)(B)) is amended by inserting ``or for the week that includes the date of enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (without regard to the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of section 9016 of such Act)'' after ``2020)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136), except that no amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment commencing before the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 9017. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PROGRAMS
IN LAW.
Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9026(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting
``July 18, 2021''.
SEC. 9018. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS FOR STATES WITHOUT
PROGRAMS IN LAW.
Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9027(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting
``July 18, 2021''.
PART 2--EXTENSION OF FFCRA UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 9021. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR STATES WITH
ADVANCES.
Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``July 18, 2021''.
SEC. 9022. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
Section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
(26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' each place it appears and inserting ``July 18, 2021''.
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SA 1093. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 205 of the amendment, line 16, strike
``$15,000,000'' and insert ``$14,800,000''.
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SA 1094. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 221 of the amendment, line 14, strike
``$100,000,000'' and insert ``$31,430,000''.
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SA 1095. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 222 of the amendment, line 21, strike
``$75,000,000'' and insert ``$23,572,000''.
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SA 1096. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 223 of the amendment, line 5, strike
``$1,250,000,000'' and insert ``$810,000,000''.
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SA 1097. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 225 of the amendment, line 10, strike
``$840,000,000'' and insert ``$307,500,000''.
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SA 1098. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 225 of the amendment, line 20, strike
``$460,000,000'' and insert ``$168,378,000''.
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SA 1099. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 226 of the amendment, line 18, strike
``$3,000,000,000'' and insert ``$750,000,000''.
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SA 1100. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5. ; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 227 of the amendment, line 18, strike
``$100,000,000'' and insert ``$10,000,000''.
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SA 1101. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 86 of the amendment, line 9, strike
``$47,800,000,000'' and insert ``$9,524,000,000''.
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SA 1102. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 231 of the amendment, line 11, strike
``$970,388,160'' and insert ``$742,500,000''.
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SA 1103. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 231 of the amendment, line 19, strike
``$729,611,840'' and insert ``$607,500,000''.
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SA 1104. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 235 of the amendment, line 11, strike
``$8,000,000,000'' and insert ``$2,640,000,000''.
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SA 1105. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 255 of the amendment, line 17, strike
``$3,000,000,000'' and insert ``$2,000,000,000''.
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SA 1106. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 267 of the amendment, line 19, strike
``$50,000,000'' and insert ``$4,000,000''.
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SA 1107. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 271 of the amendment, line 14, strike
``$7,171,000,000'' and insert ``$1,140,000,000''.
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SA 1108. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 276 of the amendment, line 16, strike
``$150,000,000'' and insert ``$25,000,000''.
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SA 1109. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 276 of the amendment, line 25, strike
``$600,000,000'' and insert ``$100,000,000''.
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SA 1110. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 301 of the amendment, line 15, strike
``$2,000,000,000'' and insert ``602,000,000''.
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SA 1111. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 306 of the amendment, line 19, strike
``$1,000,000,000'' and insert ``$375,000,000''.
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SA 1112. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 313 of the amendment, line 6, strike
``$276,000,000'' and insert ``$40,000,000''.
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SA 1113. Mr. JOHSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 532 of the amendment, line 20, strike
``$3,047,000,000'' and insert ``$73,000,000''.
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SA 1114. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 612 of the amendment, line 21, strike
``$8,675,000,000'' and insert ``$1,159,000,000'.
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SA 1115. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 59 of the amendment, line 19, strike
``$200,000,000'' and insert ``$16,000,000''.
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SA 1116. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
On page 17, strike lines 9 through 13 and insert the following:
(3) Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher.--
(A) In general.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher'' has the meaning given the term in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)).
(B) Inclusion.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher'' includes a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))).
On page 20, strike lines 11 through 21 and insert the following:
(2) Socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner'' means a farmer, rancher, or owner or operator of nonindustrial private forest land who is--
(A) a member of a socially disadvantaged group; or
(B) a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))).
(3) Socially disadvantaged group.--The term ``socially disadvantaged group'' has the meaning given the term in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)).
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SA 1117. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Lankford) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and all that follows through title X and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`` `SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
`` `(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
`` `(1) $219,800,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
`` `(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
`` `(b) Authority To Make Payments.--
`` `(1) Payments to territories.--
`` `(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$4,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
`` `(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
`` `(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally to each territory; and
`` `(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
`` `(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
`` `(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
`` `(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$20,000,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
`` `(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
`` `(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the Tribal governments; and
`` `(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary.
`` `(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
`` `(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
`` `(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$195,300,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
`` `(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
`` `(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
`` `(ii) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated for the District of Columbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to the District of Columbia; and
`` `(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program) in the State or District of Columbia over the 3-month period ending with December 2020 bears to the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia over the same period.
`` `(C) Payment.--
`` `(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the total of the amounts allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
`` `(ii) Minimum payment requirement.--
`` `(I) In general.--The sum of--
`` `(aa) the total amounts allocated for 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) (as determined without regard to this clause); and
`` `(bb) the amounts allocated under section 603 to the State (for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State) and to metropolitan cities and counties in the State;
shall not be less than the amount paid to the State or District of Columbia for fiscal year 2020 under section 601.
`` `(II) Pro rata adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the allocations for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia determined under subparagraph (B)(iii) (without regard to this clause) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of subclause
(I).
`` `(4) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are allocated to States, territories, and Tribal governments in accordance with the requirements specified in each such paragraph (as applicable).
`` `(5) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
`` `(6) Timing.--
`` `(A) In general.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
`` `(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
`` `(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
`` `(c) Requirements.--
`` `(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to cover costs incurred by the State, territory, or Tribal government, by December 31, 2024--
`` `(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
`` `(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to such emergency; or
`` `(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
`` `(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
`` `(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
`` `(B) Pension funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
`` `(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
`` `(d) Certifications and Reports.--
`` `(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section.
`` `(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
`` `(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
`` `(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
`` `(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
`` `(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
`` `(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
`` `(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
`` `(g) Definitions.--In this section:
`` `(1) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
`` `(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
`` `(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
`` `(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
`` `(3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
`` `(4) Territory.--The term ``territory'' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
`` `(5) Tribal government.--The term ``Tribal Government'' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
`` `SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
`` `(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$120,200,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to metropolitan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
`` `(b) Authority To Make Payments.--
`` `(1) Metropolitan cities.--
`` `(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $42,070,000,000 to make payments to metropolitan cities.
`` `(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each metropolitan city an amount determined for the metropolitan city consistent with the formula under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such formula, the Secretary shall substitute ``all metropolitan cities'' for ``all metropolitan areas'' each place it appears.
`` `(2) Nonentitlement units of local government.--
`` `(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $18,030,000,000 to make payments to States for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State.
`` `(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each State an amount which bears the same proportion to such reserved amount as the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in the State bears to the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in all such States.
`` `(C) Distribution to nonentitlement units of local government.--
`` `(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after a State receives a payment under subparagraph (B), the State shall distribute to each nonentitlement unit of local government in the State an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount of such payment as the population of the nonentitlement unit of local government bears to the total population of all the nonentitlement units of local government in the State, subject to clause (iii).
`` `(ii) Distribution of funds.--
`` `(I) Extension for distribution.--If an authorized officer of a State required to make distributions under clause (i) certifies in writing to the Secretary before the end of the 30-day distribution period described in such clause that it would constitute an excessive administrative burden for the State to meet the terms of such clause with respect to 1 or more such distributions, the authorized officer may request, and the Secretary shall grant, an extension of such period of not more than 30 days to allow the State to make such distributions in accordance with clause (i).
`` `(II) Additional extensions.--
`` `(aa) In general.--If a State has been granted an extension to the distribution period under subclause (I) but is unable to make all the distributions required under clause
(i) before the end of such period as extended, an authorized officer of the State may request an additional extension of the distribution period of not more than 30 days. The Secretary may grant a request for an additional extension of such period only if--
`` `(AA) the authorized officer making such request provides a written plan to the Secretary specifying, for each distribution for which an additional extension is requested, when the State expects to make such distribution and the actions the State has taken and will take in order to make all such distributions before the end of the distribution period (as extended under subclause (I) and this subclause); and
`` `(BB) the Secretary determines that such plan is reasonably designed to distribute all such funds to nonentitlement units of local government by the end of the distribution period (as so extended).
`` `(bb) Further additional extensions.--If a State granted an additional extension of the distribution period under item
(aa) requires any further additional extensions of such period, the request only may be made and granted subject to the requirements specified in item (aa).
`` `(iii) Capped amount.--The total amount distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government under this paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to 75 percent of the most recent budget for the nonentitlement unit of local government as of January 27, 2020.
`` `(iv) Return of excess amounts.--Any amounts not distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government as a result of the application of clause (iii) shall be returned to the Secretary.
`` `(D) Penalty for noncompliance.--If, by the end of the 120-day period that begins on the date a State receives a payment from the amount allocated under subparagraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the distribution period for the State (as extended with respect to the State under subparagraph (C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the distributions from such payment in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including any extensions of the distribution period granted in accordance with such subparagraph), an amount equal to the amount of such payment that remains undistributed as of such date shall be booked as a debt of such State owed to the Federal Government, shall be paid back from the State's allocation provided under section 602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
`` `(3) Counties.--
`` `(A) Amount.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve and allocate
$60,100,000,000 of such amount to make payments directly to counties in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount reserved under this paragraph as the population of each such county bears to the total population of all such entities and shall pay such allocated amounts to such counties in accordance with paragraph (7).
`` `(B) Special rules.--
`` `(i) Urban counties.--No county that is an ``urban county'' (as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the amount paid under this paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)).
`` `(ii) Counties that are not units of general local government.--In the case of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the State in which such county is located, and such State shall distribute such amount to each unit of general local government within such county in an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount to be paid to such county as the population of such units of general local government bears to the total population of such county.
`` `(iii) District of columbia.--For purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a single county that is a unit of general local government.
`` `(4) Consolidated governments.--A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified in such paragraphs.
`` `(5) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, counties, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
`` `(6) Population.--For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the population of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent data are available from the Bureau of the Census or, if not available, from such other data as a State determines appropriate.
`` `(7) Timing.--
`` `(A) First tranche amount.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall pay from such allocation the First Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
`` `(B) Second tranche amount.--The Secretary shall pay to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Second Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not earlier than 12 months after the date on which the First Tranche Amount is paid to the city, State, or county.
`` `(c) Requirements.--
`` `(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover costs incurred by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county, by December 31, 2024--
`` `(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
`` `(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county due to such emergency; or
`` `(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
`` `(2) Pension funds.--No metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
`` `(3) Transfer authority.--A metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
`` `(4) Transfers to states.--Notwithstanding paragraph
(1), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer such funds to the State in which such entity is located.
`` `(d) Reporting.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds provided under a payment made under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of such funds by such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county and including such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
`` `(e) Recoupment.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
`` `(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
`` `(g) Definitions.--In this section:
`` `(1) County.--The term ``county'' means a county, parish, or other equivalent county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).
`` `(2) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means, with respect to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds under this section, the period that--
`` `(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
`` `(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county in which all of the funds received by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county under this section have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
`` `(3) First tranche amount.--The term ``First Tranche Amount'' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
`` `(4) Metropolitan city.--The term ``metropolitan city'' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving allocations under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) for fiscal year 2021.
`` `(5) Nonentitlement unit of local government.--The term
``nonentitlement unit of local government'' means a ``city'', as that term is defined in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))), that is not a metropolitan city.
`` `(6) Second tranche amount.--The term ``Second Tranche Amount'' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
`` `(7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
`` `(8) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
`` `(9) Unit of general local government.--The term ``unit of general local government'' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).
`` `SEC. 604. CORONAVIRUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
`` `(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
`` `(b) Payments to Each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.--
`` `(1) Minimum amounts.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)--
`` `(A) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to each State;
`` `(B) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and $100,000,000 to the District of Columbia;
`` `(C) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and
`` `(D) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii (in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph
(A)), of which--
`` `(i) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and
`` `(ii) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.
`` `(2) Remaining amounts.--
`` `(A) In general.--From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that--
`` `(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;
`` `(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and
`` `(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.
`` `(B) Data.--In determining the allocations to be made to each State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
`` `(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish a process of applying for grants to access funding made available under section (b) not later than 60 days after enactment of this section.
`` `(d) Definitions.--In this section:
`` `(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
`` `(2) State.--The term ``State'' means 1 of the 50 States.
`` `(3) Tribal government.--The term ``Tribal government'' has the meaning given such term in section 603(g).'.
``(2) Technical amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking `FUND' and inserting `AND FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS'.''.
Subtitle N--Other Provisions
SEC. 9911. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(l) Funding for Providers Related to COVID-19.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`` `SEC. 1150C. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
`` `(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal year 2021, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $8,500,000,000 for purposes of making payments to eligible health care providers for health care related expenses and lost revenues that are attributable to COVID-19. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.
`` `(b) Special Rule Regarding Parent Organizations.--In the case of any payment made under this section to an eligible health care provider, but which is received by a parent organization of such provider, such parent organization shall allocate all of such payment to such provider.
`` `(c) Application Requirement.--To be eligible for a payment under this section, an eligible health care provider shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. Such application shall contain the following:
`` `(1) A statement justifying the need of the provider for the payment, including documentation of the health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19 and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.
`` `(2) The tax identification number of the provider.
`` `(3) Such assurances as the Secretary determines appropriate that the eligible health care provider will maintain and make available such documentation and submit such reports (at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe) as the Secretary determines is necessary to ensure compliance with any conditions imposed by the Secretary under this section.
`` `(4) Any other information determined appropriate by the Secretary.
`` `(d) Limitation.--Payments made to an eligible health care provider under this section may not be used to reimburse any expense or loss that--
`` `(1) has been reimbursed from another source; or
`` `(2) another source is obligated to reimburse.
`` `(e) Application of Requirements, Rules, and Procedures.--The Secretary shall apply any requirements, rules, or procedures as the Secretary deems appropriate for the efficient execution of this section.
`` `(f) Definitions.--In this section:
`` `(1) Eligible health care provider.--The term ``eligible health care provider'' means--
`` `(A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1861(u)) or a supplier (as defined in section 1861(d)) that--
`` `(i) is enrolled in the Medicare program under title XVIII under section 1866(j), including temporarily enrolled during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) for such period;
`` `(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19; and
`` `(iii) is located in a rural area or treated as located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E); or
`` `(B) a provider or supplier that--
`` `(i) is enrolled with a State Medicaid plan under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subsections
(a)(77) and (kk) of section 1902 (including enrolled pursuant to section 1902(a)(78) or section 1932(d)(6)) or enrolled with a State child health plan under title XXI (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subparagraph (G) of section 2107(e)(1) (including enrolled pursuant to subparagraph (D) or (Q) of such section);
`` `(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19; and
`` `(iii) is located in a rural area.
`` `(2) Health care related expenses attributable to covid-19.--The term ``health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19'' means health care related expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, including the building or construction of a temporary structure, the leasing of a property, the purchase of medical supplies and equipment, including personal protective equipment and testing supplies, providing for increased workforce and training, including maintaining staff, obtaining additional staff, or both, the operation of an emergency operation center, retrofitting a facility, providing for surge capacity, and other expenses determined appropriate by the Secretary.
`` `(3) Lost revenue attributable to covid-19.--The term
``lost revenue attributable to COVID-19'' has the meaning given that term in the Frequently Asked Questions guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services in June 2020, including the difference between such provider's budgeted and actual revenue if such budget had been established and approved prior to March 27, 2020.
`` `(4) Payment.-- The term ``payment'' includes, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, a pre-payment, a prospective payment, a retrospective payment, or a payment through a grant or other mechanism.
`` `(5) Rural area.--The term ``rural area'' means--
`` `(A) a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
`` `(B) any other rural area (as defined by the Secretary).'.
SEC. 9912. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.
(a) In General.--Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``October 21, 2029'' and inserting ``September 30, 2030''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``October 21, 2029'' and inserting ``September 30, 2030''.
(b) Rate for Merchandise Processing Fees.--Section 503 of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112-41; 19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by striking ``October 21, 2029'' and inserting ``September 30, 2030''.
TITLE X--COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
SEC. 10001. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AND FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 13--MISCELLANEOUS FUNDING
``SEC. 500A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE OPERATIONS.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is authorized and appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $204,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses of the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus domestically or internationally, which shall include maintaining Department of State operations.
``SEC. 500B. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is authorized and appropriated to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $41,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the provisions of section 667 for necessary expenses of the United States Agency for International Development to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus domestically or internationally, and for other operations and maintenance requirements related to coronavirus.
``SEC. 500C. GLOBAL RESPONSE.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is authorized and appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $8,675,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 531 of chapter 4 of part II as health programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall include recovery from the impacts of such virus and shall be allocated as follows--
``(1) $905,000,000 to be made available to the United States Agency for International Development for global health activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall include a contribution to a multilateral vaccine development partnership to support epidemic preparedness;
``(2) $3,750,000,000 to be made available to the Department of State to support programs for the prevention, treatment, and control of HIV/AIDS in order to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to mitigate the impact on such programs from coronavirus and support recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus, of which not less than
$3,500,000,000 shall be for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;
``(3) $3,090,000,000 to be made available to the United States Agency for International Development to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall include support for international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction, for health activities, and to meet emergency food security needs; and
``(4) $930,000,000 to be made available to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall include activities to address economic and stabilization requirements resulting from such virus.
``(b) Waiver of Limitation.--Any contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria made pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall be made available notwithstanding section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)(4)(A)(i)), and such contribution shall not be considered a contribution for the purpose of applying such section 202(d)(4)(A)(i).
``SEC. 500D. HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is authorized and appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(a) and (b)) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall not be made available for the costs of resettling refugees in the United States.
``SEC. 500E. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is authorized and appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $580,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the provisions of section 301(a) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall include support for the priorities and objectives of the United Nations Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19 through voluntary contributions to international organizations and programs administered by such organizations.''.
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SA 1118. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--
``(1) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for making payments to States, Tribal governments, and units of local government under this section, $350,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
``(2) Reservation of funds.--Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reserve--
``(A) $4,500,000,000 for making payments to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; and
``(B) $20,000,000,000 for making payments to Tribal governments.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pay each State and Tribal government the amount determined for the State or Tribal government for fiscal year 2021 under subsection (c).
``(c) Payment Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is 1 of the 50 States shall be the amount equal to the relative population proportion amount determined for the State under paragraph (3) for such fiscal year.
``(2) Minimum payment.--
``(A) In general.--No State that is 1 of the 50 States shall receive a payment under this section for fiscal year 2021 that is less than $2,927,000,000.
``(B) Pro rata adjustments.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the payments for each of the 50 States determined under this subsection without regard to this subparagraph to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A).
``(3) Relative population proportion amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the relative population proportion amount determined under this paragraph for a State for fiscal year 2021 is the product of--
``(A) the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2021 that remains after the application of paragraph (2) of that subsection; and
``(B) the relative State population proportion (as defined in paragraph (4)).
``(4) Relative state population proportion defined.--For purposes of paragraph (3)(B), the term `relative State population proportion' means, with respect to a State, the quotient of--
``(A) the population of the State; and
``(B) the total population of all States (excluding the District of Columbia and territories specified in subsection
(a)(2)(A)).
``(5) District of columbia and territories.--The amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is the District of Columbia or a territory specified in subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be the amount equal to the product of--
``(A) the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(A) for such fiscal year; and
``(B) each such District's and territory's share of the combined total population of the District of Columbia and all such territories, as determined by the Secretary.
``(6) Tribal governments.--From the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021, the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a Tribal government shall be the amount the Secretary shall determine, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes, that is based on increased expenditures of each such Tribal government (or a tribally-owned entity of such Tribal government) relative to aggregate expenditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Tribal government (or tribally-owned entity) and determined in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that all amounts available under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021 are distributed to Tribal governments.
``(7) Data.--For purposes of this subsection, the population of States shall be determined based on the most recent year for which data are available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(d) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State or Tribal government shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover only those costs of the State or Tribal government that--
``(A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19);
``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the State or government; and
``(C) were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2022.
``(2) State distributions to units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Each State (other than the District of Columbia) shall distribute 45 percent of the amount allocated and paid to the State under this section to units of local government in the State in accordance with this paragraph.
``(B) Manner of distribution.--A State shall allocate the amount that the State is required to distribute among units of local government in the State based on the population of each such unit of local government (as determined by the State) relative to the population of all units of local government in the State.
``(C) Application of uses of funds.--The limitations on the uses of funds described in paragraph (1) shall apply to amounts distributed to a unit of local government under this paragraph in the same manner that such limitations apply to a payment to a State under this subsection.
``(e) Inspector General Oversight; Recoupment.--
``(1) Oversight authority.--The Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made available under this section.
``(2) Recoupment.--If the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury determines that a State, Tribal government, or unit of local government has failed to comply with subsection (d), the amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection shall be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal Government. Amounts recovered under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Funding.--The Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury may use amounts appropriated under section 601(f)(3) to carry out oversight and recoupment activities under this subsection.
``(4) Authority of inspector general.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of any Inspector General, including such authority as provided in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) In general.--The terms `Indian Tribe', `Secretary',
`State', and `Tribal government' shall have the meaning given such terms in section 601(g).
``(2) Unit of local government.--The term `unit of local government' means a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the State level.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``AND FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS''.
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SA 1119. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
``(1) $219,800,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal losses directly caused by the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
``(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to territories.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$4,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally to each territory; and
``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$20,000,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the Tribal governments; and
``(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$195,300,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
``(ii) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated for the District of Columbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to the District of Columbia; and
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program) in the State or District of Columbia over the 3-month period ending with December 2020 bears to the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia over the same period.
``(C) Payment.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the total of the amounts allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(ii) Minimum payment requirement.--
``(I) In general.--The sum of--
``(aa) the total amounts allocated for 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) (as determined without regard to this clause); and
``(bb) the amounts allocated under section 603 to the State
(for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State) and to metropolitan cities and counties in the State;
shall not be less than the amount paid to the State or District of Columbia for fiscal year 2020 under section 601.
``(II) Pro rata adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the allocations for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia determined under subparagraph (B)(iii) (without regard to this clause) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of subclause
(I).
``(4) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are allocated to States, territories, and Tribal governments in accordance with the requirements specified in each such paragraph (as applicable).
``(5) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to cover costs incurred by the State, territory, or Tribal government, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; or
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to such emergency.
``(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
``(B) Pension funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(d) Certifications and Reports.--
``(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section
``(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
``(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
``(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
``(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
``(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(4) Territory.--The term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(5) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
``SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$120,200,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to metropolitan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, and counties to mitigate the fiscal losses directly caused by the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Metropolitan cities.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $42,070,000,000 to make payments to metropolitan cities.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each metropolitan city an amount determined for the metropolitan city consistent with the formula under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such formula, the Secretary shall substitute `all metropolitan cities' for `all metropolitan areas' each place it appears.
``(2) Nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $18,030,000,000 to make payments to States for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each State an amount which bears the same proportion to such reserved amount as the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in the State bears to the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in all such States.
``(C) Distribution to nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after a State receives a payment under subparagraph (B), the State shall distribute to each nonentitlement unit of local government in the State an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount of such payment as the population of the nonentitlement unit of local government bears to the total population of all the nonentitlement units of local government in the State, subject to clause (iii).
``(ii) Distribution of funds.--
``(I) Extension for distribution.--If an authorized officer of a State required to make distributions under clause (i) certifies in writing to the Secretary before the end of the 30-day distribution period described in such clause that it would constitute an excessive administrative burden for the State to meet the terms of such clause with respect to 1 or more such distributions, the authorized officer may request, and the Secretary shall grant, an extension of such period of not more than 30 days to allow the State to make such distributions in accordance with clause (i).
``(II) Additional extensions.--
``(aa) In general.--If a State has been granted an extension to the distribution period under subclause (I) but is unable to make all the distributions required under clause
(i) before the end of such period as extended, an authorized officer of the State may request an additional extension of the distribution period of not more than 30 days. The Secretary may grant a request for an additional extension of such period only if--
``(AA) the authorized officer making such request provides a written plan to the Secretary specifying, for each distribution for which an additional extension is requested, when the State expects to make such distribution and the actions the State has taken and will take in order to make all such distributions before the end of the distribution period (as extended under subclause (I) and this subclause); and
``(BB) the Secretary determines that such plan is reasonably designed to distribute all such funds to nonentitlement units of local government by the end of the distribution period (as so extended).
``(bb) Further additional extensions.--If a State granted an additional extension of the distribution period under item
(aa) requires any further additional extensions of such period, the request only may be made and granted subject to the requirements specified in item (aa).
``(iii) Capped amount.--The total amount distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government under this paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to 75 percent of the most recent budget for the nonentitlement unit of local government as of January 27, 2020.
``(iv) Return of excess amounts.--Any amounts not distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government as a result of the application of clause (iii) shall be returned to the Secretary.
``(D) Penalty for noncompliance.--If, by the end of the 120-day period that begins on the date a State receives a payment from the amount allocated under subparagraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the distribution period for the State (as extended with respect to the State under subparagraph (C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the distributions from such payment in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including any extensions of the distribution period granted in accordance with such subparagraph), an amount equal to the amount of such payment that remains undistributed as of such date shall be booked as a debt of such State owed to the Federal Government, shall be paid back from the State's allocation provided under section 602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Counties.--
``(A) Amount.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve and allocate
$60,100,000,000 of such amount to make payments directly to counties in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount reserved under this paragraph as the population of each such county bears to the total population of all such entities and shall pay such allocated amounts to such counties in accordance with paragraph (7).
``(B) Special rules.--
``(i) Urban counties.--No county that is an `urban county'
(as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the amount paid under this paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)).
``(ii) Counties that are not units of general local government.--In the case of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the State in which such county is located, and such State shall distribute such amount to each unit of general local government within such county in an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount to be paid to such county as the population of such units of general local government bears to the total population of such county.
``(iii) District of columbia.--For purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a single county that is a unit of general local government.
``(4) Consolidated governments.--A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified in such paragraphs.
``(5) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, counties, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
``(6) Population.--For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the population of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent data are available from the Bureau of the Census or, if not available, from such other data as a State determines appropriate.
``(7) Timing.--
``(A) First tranche amount.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall pay from such allocation the First Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(B) Second tranche amount.--The Secretary shall pay to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Second Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not earlier than 12 months after the date on which the First Tranche Amount is paid to the city, State, or county.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover costs incurred by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; or
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county due to such emergency.
``(2) Pension funds.--No metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(4) Transfers to states.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer such funds to the State in which such entity is located.
``(d) Reporting.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds provided under a payment made under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of such funds by such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county and including such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) County.--The term `county' means a county, parish, or other equivalent county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).
``(2) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds under this section, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county in which all of the funds received by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county under this section have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(3) First tranche amount.--The term `First Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(4) Metropolitan city.--The term `metropolitan city' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving allocations under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) for fiscal year 2021.
``(5) Nonentitlement unit of local government.--The term
`nonentitlement unit of local government' means a `city', as that term is defined in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))), that is not a metropolitan city.
``(6) Second tranche amount.--The term `Second Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(7) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(8) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(9) Unit of general local government.--The term `unit of general local government' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).
``SEC. 604. CORONAVIRUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Payments to Each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.--
``(1) Minimum amounts.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)--
``(A) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to each State;
``(B) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and $100,000,000 to the District of Columbia;
``(C) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and
``(D) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii (in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph
(A)), of which--
``(i) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and
``(ii) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.
``(2) Remaining amounts.--
``(A) In general.--From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;
``(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and
``(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.
``(B) Data.--In determining the allocations to be made to each State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish a process of applying for grants to access funding made available under section (b) not later than 60 days after enactment of this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means 1 of the 50 States.
``(3) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' has the meaning given such term in section 603(g).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``, FISCAL RECOVERY, AND CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS''.
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SA 1120. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle M of title IX.
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SA 1121. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 602, strike line 10 and all that follows through page 605, line 20, and insert the following:
``(9) Unit of general local government.--The term `unit of general local government' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).''.
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SA 1122. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 578, strike line 22 and all that follows through page 579, line 15, and insert the following:
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the population of the State or District of Columbia bears to the total population of all 50 States and the District of Columbia.
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SA 1123 Mr. LEE submited an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S.Con. Res 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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``(4) Requirement to authorize in-person student attendance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary shall not make a payment of any amount under this section to a State, territory, or Tribal organization if, as of the date that the payment would otherwise be required to be made under this section, the State, territory, or Tribal organization has not authorized in-person student attendance at all primary and secondary schools in the State, territory, or jurisdiction of the Tribal government.
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SA 1124. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
``(1) $219,800,000,000, to remain available through July 31, 2021, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
``(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to territories.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$4,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally to each territory; and
``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$20,000,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the Tribal governments; and
``(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$195,300,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
``(ii) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated for the District of Columbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to the District of Columbia; and
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program) in the State or District of Columbia over the 3-month period ending with December 2020 bears to the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia over the same period.
``(C) Payment.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the total of the amounts allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(ii) Minimum payment requirement.--
``(I) In general.--The sum of--
``(aa) the total amounts allocated for 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) (as determined without regard to this clause); and
``(bb) the amounts allocated under section 603 to the State
(for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State) and to metropolitan cities and counties in the State;
shall not be less than the amount paid to the State or District of Columbia for fiscal year 2020 under section 601.
``(II) Pro rata adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the allocations for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia determined under subparagraph (B)(iii) (without regard to this clause) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of subclause
(I).
``(4) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are allocated to States, territories, and Tribal governments in accordance with the requirements specified in each such paragraph (as applicable).
``(5) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to cover costs incurred by the State, territory, or Tribal government, by July 31, 2021--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
``(B) Pension funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(d) Certifications and Reports.--
``(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section
``(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
``(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
``(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
``(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
``(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(4) Territory.--The term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(5) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
``(h) Rescission of Funds.--Any funds made available under this section that are unobligated on August 1, 2021, shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury.
``SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$120,200,000,000, to remain available through July 31, 2021, for making payments under this section to metropolitan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Metropolitan cities.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $42,070,000,000 to make payments to metropolitan cities.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each metropolitan city an amount determined for the metropolitan city consistent with the formula under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such formula, the Secretary shall substitute `all metropolitan cities' for `all metropolitan areas' each place it appears.
``(2) Nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $18,030,000,000 to make payments to States for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each State an amount which bears the same proportion to such reserved amount as the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in the State bears to the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in all such States.
``(C) Distribution to nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after a State receives a payment under subparagraph (B), the State shall distribute to each nonentitlement unit of local government in the State an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount of such payment as the population of the nonentitlement unit of local government bears to the total population of all the nonentitlement units of local government in the State, subject to clause (iii).
``(ii) Distribution of funds.--
``(I) Extension for distribution.--If an authorized officer of a State required to make distributions under clause (i) certifies in writing to the Secretary before the end of the 30-day distribution period described in such clause that it would constitute an excessive administrative burden for the State to meet the terms of such clause with respect to 1 or more such distributions, the authorized officer may request, and the Secretary shall grant, an extension of such period of not more than 30 days to allow the State to make such distributions in accordance with clause (i).
``(II) Additional extensions.--
``(aa) In general.--If a State has been granted an extension to the distribution period under subclause (I) but is unable to make all the distributions required under clause
(i) before the end of such period as extended, an authorized officer of the State may request an additional extension of the distribution period of not more than 30 days. The Secretary may grant a request for an additional extension of such period only if--
``(AA) the authorized officer making such request provides a written plan to the Secretary specifying, for each distribution for which an additional extension is requested, when the State expects to make such distribution and the actions the State has taken and will take in order to make all such distributions before the end of the distribution period (as extended under subclause (I) and this subclause); and
``(BB) the Secretary determines that such plan is reasonably designed to distribute all such funds to nonentitlement units of local government by the end of the distribution period (as so extended).
``(bb) Further additional extensions.--If a State granted an additional extension of the distribution period under item
(aa) requires any further additional extensions of such period, the request only may be made and granted subject to the requirements specified in item (aa).
``(iii) Capped amount.--The total amount distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government under this paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to 75 percent of the most recent budget for the nonentitlement unit of local government as of January 27, 2020.
``(iv) Return of excess amounts.--Any amounts not distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government as a result of the application of clause (iii) shall be returned to the Secretary.
``(D) Penalty for noncompliance.--If, by the end of the 120-day period that begins on the date a State receives a payment from the amount allocated under subparagraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the distribution period for the State (as extended with respect to the State under subparagraph (C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the distributions from such payment in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including any extensions of the distribution period granted in accordance with such subparagraph), an amount equal to the amount of such payment that remains undistributed as of such date shall be booked as a debt of such State owed to the Federal Government, shall be paid back from the State's allocation provided under section 602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Counties.--
``(A) Amount.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve and allocate
$60,100,000,000 of such amount to make payments directly to counties in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount reserved under this paragraph as the population of each such county bears to the total population of all such entities and shall pay such allocated amounts to such counties in accordance with paragraph (7).
``(B) Special rules.--
``(i) Urban counties.--No county that is an `urban county'
(as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the amount paid under this paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)).
``(ii) Counties that are not units of general local government.--In the case of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the State in which such county is located, and such State shall distribute such amount to each unit of general local government within such county in an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount to be paid to such county as the population of such units of general local government bears to the total population of such county.
``(iii) District of columbia.--For purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a single county that is a unit of general local government.
``(4) Consolidated governments.--A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified in such paragraphs.
``(5) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, counties, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
``(6) Population.--For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the population of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent data are available from the Bureau of the Census or, if not available, from such other data as a State determines appropriate.
``(7) Timing.--
``(A) First tranche amount.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall pay from such allocation the First Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(B) Second tranche amount.--The Secretary shall pay to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Second Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not earlier than 12 months after the date on which the First Tranche Amount is paid to the city, State, or county.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover costs incurred by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county, by July 31, 2021--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Pension funds.--No metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(4) Transfers to states.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer such funds to the State in which such entity is located.
``(d) Reporting.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds provided under a payment made under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of such funds by such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county and including such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) County.--The term `county' means a county, parish, or other equivalent county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).
``(2) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds under this section, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county in which all of the funds received by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county under this section have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(3) First tranche amount.--The term `First Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(4) Metropolitan city.--The term `metropolitan city' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving allocations under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) for fiscal year 2021.
``(5) Nonentitlement unit of local government.--The term
`nonentitlement unit of local government' means a `city', as that term is defined in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))), that is not a metropolitan city.
``(6) Second tranche amount.--The term `Second Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(7) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(8) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(9) Unit of general local government.--The term `unit of general local government' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).
``(h) Rescission of Funds.--Any funds made available under this section that are unobligated on August 1, 2021, shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury.
``SEC. 604. CORONAVIRUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Payments to Each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.--
``(1) Minimum amounts.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)--
``(A) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to each State;
``(B) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and $100,000,000 to the District of Columbia;
``(C) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and
``(D) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii (in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph
(A)), of which--
``(i) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and
``(ii) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.
``(2) Remaining amounts.--
``(A) In general.--From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;
``(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and
``(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.
``(B) Data.--In determining the allocations to be made to each State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish a process of applying for grants to access funding made available under section (b) not later than 60 days after enactment of this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means 1 of the 50 States.
``(3) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' has the meaning given such term in section 603(g).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``, FISCAL RECOVERY, AND CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS''.
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SA 1125. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
``(1) $219,800,000,000, to remain available through July 31, 2021, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
``(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to territories.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$4,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally to each territory; and
``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$20,000,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the Tribal governments; and
``(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$195,300,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
``(ii) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated for the District of Columbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to the District of Columbia; and
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program) in the State or District of Columbia over the 3-month period ending with December 2020 bears to the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia over the same period.
``(C) Payment.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the total of the amounts allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(ii) Minimum payment requirement.--
``(I) In general.--The sum of--
``(aa) the total amounts allocated for 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) (as determined without regard to this clause); and
``(bb) the amounts allocated under section 603 to the State
(for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State) and to metropolitan cities and counties in the State;
shall not be less than the amount paid to the State or District of Columbia for fiscal year 2020 under section 601.
``(II) Pro rata adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the allocations for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia determined under subparagraph (B)(iii) (without regard to this clause) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of subclause
(I).
``(4) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are allocated to States, territories, and Tribal governments in accordance with the requirements specified in each such paragraph (as applicable).
``(5) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to cover costs incurred by the State, territory, or Tribal government, by July 31, 2021--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
``(B) Pension funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(4) Requirement to spend all previous coronavirus relief funding.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary shall not make a payment of any amount under this section to a State, territory, or Tribal organization if, as of the date that the payment would otherwise be required to be made under this section, the State, territory, or Tribal organization has not obligated all of the funds previously provided to the State, territory, or Tribal under any coronavirus response law.
``(B) Application to localities.--Subparagraph (A) shall apply to any funds provided to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county under section 603 in the same manner such subparagraph applies to funds provided to a State, territory, or local government under this section.
``(d) Certifications and Reports.--
``(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory--
``(A) requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section; and
``(B) has obligated all of the funds previously provided to the State or territory under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) and divisions M and N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
``(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
``(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
``(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
``(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
``(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Coronavirus response law.--The term `coronavirus response law' means--
``(A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123);
``(B) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127);
``(C) the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136);
``(D) the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139);
``(E) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260); and
``(F) any other law that appropriates or otherwise makes available funds, establishes, amends, or expands a program, or authorizes activities or assistance for a purpose that is expressly related to responding to, or mitigating the effects of, a coronavirus public health emergency.
``(2) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(3) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(4) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(5) Territory.--The term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(6) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
``(h) Rescission of Funds.--Any funds made available under this section that are unobligated on August 1, 2021, shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury.
``SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$120,200,000,000, to remain available through July 31, 2021, for making payments under this section to metropolitan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Metropolitan cities.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $42,070,000,000 to make payments to metropolitan cities.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each metropolitan city an amount determined for the metropolitan city consistent with the formula under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such formula, the Secretary shall substitute `all metropolitan cities' for `all metropolitan areas' each place it appears.
``(2) Nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $18,030,000,000 to make payments to States for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each State an amount which bears the same proportion to such reserved amount as the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in the State bears to the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in all such States.
``(C) Distribution to nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after a State receives a payment under subparagraph (B), the State shall distribute to each nonentitlement unit of local government in the State an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount of such payment as the population of the nonentitlement unit of local government bears to the total population of all the nonentitlement units of local government in the State, subject to clause (iii).
``(ii) Distribution of funds.--
``(I) Extension for distribution.--If an authorized officer of a State required to make distributions under clause (i) certifies in writing to the Secretary before the end of the 30-day distribution period described in such clause that it would constitute an excessive administrative burden for the State to meet the terms of such clause with respect to 1 or more such distributions, the authorized officer may request, and the Secretary shall grant, an extension of such period of not more than 30 days to allow the State to make such distributions in accordance with clause (i).
``(II) Additional extensions.--
``(aa) In general.--If a State has been granted an extension to the distribution period under subclause (I) but is unable to make all the distributions required under clause
(i) before the end of such period as extended, an authorized officer of the State may request an additional extension of the distribution period of not more than 30 days. The Secretary may grant a request for an additional extension of such period only if--
``(AA) the authorized officer making such request provides a written plan to the Secretary specifying, for each distribution for which an additional extension is requested, when the State expects to make such distribution and the actions the State has taken and will take in order to make all such distributions before the end of the distribution period (as extended under subclause (I) and this subclause); and
``(BB) the Secretary determines that such plan is reasonably designed to distribute all such funds to nonentitlement units of local government by the end of the distribution period (as so extended).
``(bb) Further additional extensions.--If a State granted an additional extension of the distribution period under item
(aa) requires any further additional extensions of such period, the request only may be made and granted subject to the requirements specified in item (aa).
``(iii) Capped amount.--The total amount distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government under this paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to 75 percent of the most recent budget for the nonentitlement unit of local government as of January 27, 2020.
``(iv) Return of excess amounts.--Any amounts not distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government as a result of the application of clause (iii) shall be returned to the Secretary.
``(D) Penalty for noncompliance.--If, by the end of the 120-day period that begins on the date a State receives a payment from the amount allocated under subparagraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the distribution period for the State (as extended with respect to the State under subparagraph (C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the distributions from such payment in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including any extensions of the distribution period granted in accordance with such subparagraph), an amount equal to the amount of such payment that remains undistributed as of such date shall be booked as a debt of such State owed to the Federal Government, shall be paid back from the State's allocation provided under section 602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Counties.--
``(A) Amount.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve and allocate
$60,100,000,000 of such amount to make payments directly to counties in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount reserved under this paragraph as the population of each such county bears to the total population of all such entities and shall pay such allocated amounts to such counties in accordance with paragraph (7).
``(B) Special rules.--
``(i) Urban counties.--No county that is an `urban county'
(as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the amount paid under this paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)).
``(ii) Counties that are not units of general local government.--In the case of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the State in which such county is located, and such State shall distribute such amount to each unit of general local government within such county in an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount to be paid to such county as the population of such units of general local government bears to the total population of such county.
``(iii) District of columbia.--For purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a single county that is a unit of general local government.
``(4) Consolidated governments.--A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified in such paragraphs.
``(5) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, counties, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
``(6) Population.--For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the population of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent data are available from the Bureau of the Census or, if not available, from such other data as a State determines appropriate.
``(7) Timing.--
``(A) First tranche amount.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall pay from such allocation the First Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(B) Second tranche amount.--The Secretary shall pay to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Second Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not earlier than 12 months after the date on which the First Tranche Amount is paid to the city, State, or county.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover costs incurred by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county, by July 31, 2021--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Pension funds.--No metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(4) Transfers to states.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer such funds to the State in which such entity is located.
``(d) Reporting.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds provided under a payment made under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of such funds by such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county and including such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Coronavirus response law.--The term `coronavirus response law' has the meaning given such term in section 602(g).
``(2) County.--The term `county' means a county, parish, or other equivalent county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).
``(3) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds under this section, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county in which all of the funds received by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county under this section have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(4) First tranche amount.--The term `First Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(5) Metropolitan city.--The term `metropolitan city' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving allocations under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) for fiscal year 2021.
``(6) Nonentitlement unit of local government.--The term
`nonentitlement unit of local government' means a `city', as that term is defined in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))), that is not a metropolitan city.
``(7) Second tranche amount.--The term `Second Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(8) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(9) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(10) Unit of general local government.--The term `unit of general local government' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).
``(h) Rescission of Funds.--Any funds made available under this section that are unobligated on August 1, 2021, shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury.
``SEC. 604. CORONAVIRUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Payments to Each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.--
``(1) Minimum amounts.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)--
``(A) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to each State;
``(B) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and $100,000,000 to the District of Columbia;
``(C) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and
``(D) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii (in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph
(A)), of which--
``(i) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and
``(ii) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.
``(2) Remaining amounts.--
``(A) In general.--From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;
``(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and
``(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.
``(B) Data.--In determining the allocations to be made to each State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish a process of applying for grants to access funding made available under section (b) not later than 60 days after enactment of this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means 1 of the 50 States.
``(3) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' has the meaning given such term in section 603(g).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``, FISCAL RECOVERY, AND CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS''.
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SA 1126. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Section 2001(a) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2023, to carry out this section.'' and inserting ``the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, to carry out this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funding under this section shall not be made available to any State until every State has received and expended the funding appropriated under section 18003 of title VIII of Division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and the funding appropriated under section 313 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260). A State shall not be eligible to receive funds under this section unless the State agrees to ensure that such funds will only be used to provide assistance to schools that are open for in-person academic instruction.''
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SA 1127. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Section 2003 is amended by striking ``to remain available through September 30, 2023, for making allocations to institutions of higher education in accordance with the same terms and conditions of section 314 of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021(division M of Public Law 116-260), except that--'' and inserting ``to remain available through the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, for making allocations to institutions of higher education in accordance with the same terms and conditions of section 314 of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021(division M of Public Law 116-260), except that--
(1) funding under this section shall not be made available to any institution of higher education until all of the funding appropriated under section 18004 of the CARES Act
(division B of Public Law 116-136) and the funding appropriated under section 314 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116-260) has been expended;
(2) an institution of higher education shall not be eligible to receive funds under this section unless the institution of higher education is open for in-person academic instruction;
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SA 1128. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 10005.
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SA 1129. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4004.
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SA 1130. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2102. SENSE OF SENATE.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) all Americans who work full time should make a living and be able to support themselves and their families;
(2) for more than a decade, the minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour, or about $15,000 a year; and
(3) the Senate must act to increase the minimum wage over time to give millions of workers a raise and lift families out of poverty.
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SA 1131. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2023.
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SA 1132. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 7101.
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SA 1133. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle D of title III.
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SA 1134. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle F of title VII.
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SA 1135. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8___. WAIVER OF INCOME LIMITATIONS THAT PRECLUDE
VETERANS FROM RECEIVING COST-FREE COVID-19
VACCINE AT FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
(a) Waiver of Income Limitations.--During the period specified in subsection (b), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs--
(1) for purposes of providing cost-free vaccines for COVID-19 to veterans, shall waive any income limitation that would otherwise preclude a veteran from receiving such a cost-free vaccine at a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(2) may not charge a copayment or other cost sharing for a veteran to receive such a vaccine at a facility of the Department.
(b) Period Specified.--The period specified in this subsection is the period that--
(1) begins on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) ends on the date on which the national emergency terminates under section 202 of the National Emergencies Act
(50 U.S.C. 1622).
(c) National Emergency.--The term ``national emergency'' means the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to COVID-19.
SEC. 8___. FLEXIBILITY FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO
USE HEALTH CARE ENROLLMENT PRIORITY SYSTEM FOR
PROVISION OF COVID-19 VACCINE.
In distributing the vaccine for COVID-19 to veterans during any period in which the supply of such vaccine is limited, as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary may use the priority groups for enrollment of veterans in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, in determining priority for receipt of such vaccine.
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SA 1136. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9704.
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SA 1137. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 1007 (relating to the use of the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities and associated expenses), insert ``, subject to the condition that section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to the use of those amounts'' before the period at the end.
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SA 1138. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle F of title IX.
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SA 1139. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Section 9501(a)(1)(A) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``if such individual pays
(or any person other than such individual's employer pays on behalf of such individual) 50 percent of the amount of such premium''.
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SA 1140. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Section 9501(a)(1)(A) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``if such individual pays
(or any person other than such individual's employer pays on behalf of such individual) 30 percent of the amount of such premium''.
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SA 1141. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9707.
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SA 1142. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2901(a) and insert the following:
(a) In General.--Section 2(a)(5) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``August 29, 2021'';
(ii) by striking ``or July 1, 2020'' and inserting ``July 1, 2020, or July 1, 2021''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: ``For registration periods beginning after March 14, 2021, but on or before August 29, 2021, the recovery benefit payable under this subparagraph shall be in the amount of the applicable described in subparagraph (C).''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) The applicable amount described in this subparagraph is as follows:
``(i) For registration periods beginning after March 14, 2021, but on or before March 31, 2021, $800.
``(ii) For registration periods beginning after March 31, 2021, but on or before April 30, 2021, $650.
``(iii) For registration periods beginning after April 30, 2021, but on or before May 31, 2021, $500.
``(iv) For registration periods beginning after May 31, 2021, but on or before June 30, 2021, $350.
``(v) For registration periods beginning after June 30, 2021, but on or before July 30, 2021, $200.
``(vi) For registration periods beginning after July 30, 2021, but on or before August 29, 2021, $50.''.
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SA 1143. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9013(b) and insert the following:
(b) Amount.--Section 2104(b)(3)(A) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) For weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before March 31, 2021, $400.
``(iv) For weeks of unemployment ending after March 31, 2021, and ending on or before April 30, 2021, $325.
``(v) For weeks of unemployment ending after April 30, 2021, and ending on or before May 31, 2021, $250.
``(vi) For weeks of unemployment ending after May 31, 2021, and ending on or before June 30, 2021, $175.
``(vii) For weeks of unemployment ending after June 30, 2021, and ending on or before July 30, 2021, $100.
``(viii) For weeks of unemployment ending after July 30, 2021, and ending on or before August 29, 2021, $25.''.
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SA 1144. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 3101(a), strike ``notwithstanding section 304(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534(e)),''.
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SA 1145. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 3101(b)(2), strike ``, or any other activity necessary to meet critical public health needs of the United States, with respect to any pathogen that the President has determined has the potential for creating a public health emergency''.
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SA 1146. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike part 2 of subtitle A of title II.
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SA 1147. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5007. PROHIBITION ON INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF
NONCONSENSUAL SEX CRIMES FROM RECEIVING
ASSISTANCE FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION.
Section 2 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Prohibition on Individuals Convicted of Nonconsensual Sex Crimes From Receiving Assistance.--
``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `convicted of a nonconsensual sex crime' means been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony under Federal or State law that involves conduct that, if it occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate section 2241 of title 18, United States Code.
``(2) Prohibition.--The Administrator may not provide a loan, guarantee, or any other assistance under this Act, the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116-260), or any other provision of law to, or with respect to, an individual, or a concern owned or controlled by an individual, who was convicted of a nonconsensual sex crime during the 5-year period ending on the date on which the loan, guarantee, or other assistance would, but for this subsection, be provided.''.
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SA 1148. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION FOR OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000 for necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for operations and support.
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SA 1149. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 34, strike line 16, and all that follow through page 43, line 9, and insert the following:
(e) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency that receives funds under this section--
(1) shall reserve not less than 20 percent of such funds to address learning loss through the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi)of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care;
(2) shall reserve such funds as needed to make Education Recovery Grants under subsection (g); and
(3) shall use the remaining funds for any of the following:
(A) Any activity authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(B) Any activity authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(C) Any activity authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.
(D) Any activity authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
(E) Coordination of preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies with State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments, and other relevant agencies, to improve coordinated responses among such entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(F) Activities to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each population.
(G) Developing and implementing procedures and systems to improve the preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies.
(H) Training and professional development for staff of the local educational agency on sanitation and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases.
(I) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the facilities of a local educational agency, including buildings operated by such agency.
(J) Planning for, coordinating, and implementing activities during long-term closures, including providing meals to eligible students, providing technology for online learning to all students, providing guidance for carrying out requirements under the IDEA and ensuring other educational services can continue to be provided consistent with all Federal, State, and local requirements.
(K) Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for students who are served by the local educational agency that aids in regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low-income students and children with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive equipment.
(L) Providing mental health services and supports.
(M) Planning and implementing activities related to summer learning and supplemental afterschool programs, including providing classroom instruction or online learning during the summer months and addressing the needs of low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care.
(N) Addressing learning loss among students, including low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, of the local educational agency, including by--
(i) administering and using high-quality assessments that are valid and reliable, to accurately assess students' academic progress and assist educators in meeting students' academic needs, including through differentiating instruction;
(ii) implementing evidence-based activities to meet the comprehensive needs of students;
(iii) providing information and assistance to parents and families on how they can effectively support students, including in a distance learning environment; and
(iv) tracking student attendance and improving student engagement in distance education.
(O) School facility repairs and improvements to enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards, and to support student health needs.
(P) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and window and door repair and replacement.
(Q) Developing strategies and implementing public health protocols including, to the greatest extent practicable, policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the reopening and operation of school facilities to effectively maintain the health and safety of students, educators, and other staff.
(R) Other activities that are necessary to maintain the operation of and continuity of services in local educational agencies and continuing to employ existing staff of the local educational agency.
(f) State Funding.--With funds not otherwise allocated under subsection (d), a State--
(1) shall reserve not less than 5 percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to the State under this section to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts, activities to address learning loss by supporting the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, including by providing additional support to local educational agencies to fully address such impacts;
(2) shall reserve not less than 1 percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to the State under this section to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts, the implementation of evidence-based comprehensive afterschool programs, and ensure such programs respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student populations described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care;
(3) shall reserve 2.5 percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to the State under this section to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts, the purchase of educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for students who are served by the local educational agencies in the State that aids in regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low-income students and children with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive equipment; and
(4) may reserve not more than one-half of 1 percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to the State under this section for administrative costs and the remainder for emergency needs as determined by the State educational agency to address issues responding to coronavirus, which may be addressed through the use of grants or contracts.
(g) Education Recovery Grants.--
(1) In general.--A local educational agency that receives funds under this section and serves an elementary school or secondary school identified and designated under paragraph
(2) shall deposit into Education Savings Accounts the Education Recovery Grants to eligible claimants, by not later than June 30, 2021, from funds available under this section in the amount described in paragraph (3).
(2) Identification and designation.--Not later than 2 months after the date of enactment of this title, and every 2 months thereafter, a local educational agency that receives funds under this section shall identify and designate for school improvement any elementary school or secondary school served by the agency, that failed, during the preceding 2-month period, to make available in-person instruction for at a minimum 15 days each of such 2 months for all students who wish to attend.
(3) Education recovery grant amount.--The amount described in this paragraph is the product of $2,500, multiplied by the number of qualifying children of the eligible claimant for the 2021 taxable year.
(4) Eligible claimant.--In this subsection, the term
``eligible claimant'' means a parent or guardian of a qualifying child who agrees to use the funds deposited in their qualifying child's Education Savings Account for the following qualifying expenses to educate the qualifying child:
(A) Tuition and fees in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school.
(B) Tuition for tutoring or educational classes outside of the home (but only if the tutor or instructor is not related to the student).
(C) Curriculum or instructional materials.
(D) Educational services or therapies for students with disabilities.
(E) Any other related educational expenses approved by the local educational agency.
(5) Special rule.--Only one Education Recovery Grant shall be made on behalf of each qualifying child, regardless of the number of parents or legal guardians of such child.
(6) Qualifying child.--In this subsection, the term
``qualifying child'' means an individual aged 5 through 17 who attends a school identified and designated under paragraph (2).
(7) Administration.--A local educational agency that receives funds under this section and serves an elementary school or secondary school identified and designated under paragraph (2) shall--
(A) provide parents and guardians of qualifying children with a written explanation of the allowable uses of Education Recovery Grants; and
(B) require that eligible claimants maintain a record of how Education Recovery Grant funds were spent.
(8) Prohibition of control over nonpublic education providers.--
(A) In general.--Education Recovery Grants shall not be considered assistance to the school or other educational provider that enrolls or provides educational services to the qualifying child or the eligible claimant.
(B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit, allow, encourage, or authorize any Federal control over any aspect of any private, religious, or home education provider, whether or not a home education provider is treated as a private school or home school under State law.
(C) Prohibition on religious discrimination.--No State or local educational agency shall in any way exclude, discriminate against, or otherwise disadvantage any education provider with respect to programs or services under this section based in whole or in part on the provider's religious education character or affiliation, including religiously or mission-based policies or practices.
(h) Reallocation.--A State shall return to the Secretary any funds received under this section that the State does not award within 1 year of receiving such funds and the Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the remaining States in accordance with subsection (c).
(i) ESEA Terms.--In this section:
(1) ESEA terms.--The terms ``child'', ``children with disabilities'', ``distance education'', ``elementary school'', ``English learner'', ``evidence-based'', ``extended learning time'', ``secondary school'', ``local educational agency'', ``parent'', ``school leader'', ``Secretary'',
``State'', ``state educational agency'', and ``technology'' have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(2) Full-service community school.--The term ``full-service community school'' has the meaning given that term in section 4622(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7272(2)).
(3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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SA 1150. Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle A of title IX and insert the following:
Subtitle A--Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers
PART 1--EXTENSION OF CARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 9011. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting
``paragraph (2)''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``October 4, 2021''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (3).
(b) Increase in Number of Weeks.--Section 2102(c)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``50 weeks'' and inserting ``79 weeks''; and
(2) by striking ``50-week period'' and inserting ``79-week period''.
(c) Hold Harmless for Proper Administration.--In the case of an individual who is eligible to receive pandemic unemployment assistance under section 2102 of the CARES Act
(15 U.S.C. 9021) as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act and on the date of enactment of this Act becomes eligible for pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under section 2107 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025) by reason of the amendments made by section 9016(b) of this title, any payment of pandemic unemployment assistance under such section 2102 made after the date of enactment of this Act to such individual during an appropriate period of time, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, that should have been made under such section 2107 shall not be considered to be an overpayment of assistance under such section 2102, except that an individual may not receive payment for assistance under section 2102 and a payment for assistance under section 2107 for the same week of unemployment.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), except that no amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment ending on or before March 14, 2021.
SEC. 9012. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF FOR
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 903(i)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(D)) is amended by striking
``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``October 4, 2021''.
(b) Increase in Reimbursement Rate.--Section 903(i)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``and except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph'' after ``as determined by the Secretary of Labor''; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
``With respect to the amounts of such compensation paid for weeks of unemployment beginning after March 31, 2021, and ending on or before October 4, 2021, the preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting `75 percent' for `one-half'.''.
SEC. 9013. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``October 4, 2021''.
(b) Amount.--Section 2104(b)(3)(A)(ii) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``October 4, 2021''.
SEC. 9014. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE FIRST
WEEK OF COMPENSABLE REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT FOR
STATES WITH NO WAITING WEEK.
(a) In General.--Section 2105(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``October 4, 2021''.
(b) Full Reimbursement.--Paragraph (3) of section 2105(c) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(c)) is repealed and such section shall be applied to weeks of unemployment to which an agreement under section 2105 of such Act applies as if such paragraph had not been enacted. In implementing the preceding sentence, a State may, if necessary, reenter the agreement with the Secretary under section 2105 of such Act, and retroactively pay for the first week of regular compensation without a waiting week consistent with State law (including a waiver of State law) and receive full reimbursement for weeks of unemployment that ended after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9015. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY STATE STAFFING FLEXIBILITY.
If a State modifies its unemployment compensation law and policies, subject to the succeeding sentence, with respect to personnel standards on a merit basis on an emergency temporary basis as needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, such modifications shall be disregarded for the purposes of applying section 303 of the Social Security Act and section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to such State law. Such modifications shall only apply through October 4, 2021, and shall be limited to engaging of temporary staff, rehiring of retirees or former employees on a non-competitive basis, and other temporary actions to quickly process applications and claims.
SEC. 9016. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2107(g) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(g)) is amended to read as follows:
``(g) Applicability.--An agreement entered into under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and
``(2) ending on or before October 4, 2021.''.
(b) Increase in Number of Weeks.--Section 2107(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``24'' and inserting ``53''.
(c) Coordination of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation With Extended Compensation.--Section 2107(a)(5)(B) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(5)(B)) is amended by inserting ``or for the week that includes the date of enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (without regard to the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of section 9016 of such Act)'' after ``2020)''.
(d) Special Rule for Extended Compensation.--Section 2107(a)(8) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(8)) is amended by striking ``April 12, 2021'' and inserting ``October 4, 2021''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136), except that no amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment ending on or before March 14, 2021.
SEC. 9017. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PROGRAMS
IN LAW.
Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9026(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting
``October 4, 2021''.
SEC. 9018. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS FOR STATES WITHOUT
PROGRAMS IN LAW.
Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9027(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting
``October 4, 2021''.
PART 2--EXTENSION OF FFCRA UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 9021. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR STATES WITH
ADVANCES.
Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``October 4, 2021''.
SEC. 9022. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' each place it appears and inserting ``October 4, 2021''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127).
PART 3--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FUNDING FOR TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND EQUITABLE
PAYMENT
SEC. 9031. FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to carry out Federal activities relating to the administration of unemployment compensation programs.
SEC. 9032. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION, EQUITABLE ACCESS,
AND TIMELY PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
Subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 2118. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION, EQUITABLE ACCESS,
AND TIMELY PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to detect and prevent fraud, promote equitable access, and ensure the timely payment of benefits with respect to unemployment compensation programs, including programs extended under subtitle A of title IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
``(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available under subsection (a) may be used--
``(1) for Federal administrative costs related to the purposes described in subsection (a);
``(2) for systemwide infrastructure investment and development related to such purposes; and
``(3) to make grants to States or territories administering unemployment compensation programs described in subsection
(a) (including territories administering the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program under section 2102) for such purposes, including the establishment of procedures or the building of infrastructure to verify or validate identity, implement Federal guidance regarding fraud detection and prevention, and accelerate claims processing or process claims backlogs due to the pandemic.
``(c) Restrictions on Grants to States and Territories.--As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may require that a State or territory receiving such a grant shall--
``(1) use such program integrity tools as the Secretary may specify; and
``(2) as directed by the Secretary, conduct user accessibility testing on any new system developed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2).''.
PART IV--OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 9041. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON EXCESS BUSINESS LOSSES
OF NONCORPORATE TAXPAYERS.
(a) In General.--Section 461(l)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``January 1, 2026'' each place it appears and inserting ``January 1, 2027''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
SEC. 9042. SUSPENSION OF TAX ON PORTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 85 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Special Rule for 2020.--In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2020, gross income shall not include so much of the unemployment compensation received by an individual as does not exceed $10,200.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
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SA 1151. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Romney, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Young, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following:
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
Sec. 1001. Supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sec. 1002. Additional assistance for SNAP online purchasing and technology improvements.
Sec. 1003. Additional funding for nutrition assistance programs.
Sec. 1004. Commodity supplemental food program.
Sec. 1005. Improvements to WIC benefits.
Sec. 1006. WIC program modernization.
Sec. 1007. Meals and supplements reimbursements for individuals who have not attained the age of 25.
Sec. 1008. Pandemic EBT program.
TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 2001. COVID-19 emergency medical supplies enhancement.
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Subtitle A--Funding for Providers Relating to COVID-19
Sec. 3001. Funding for providers relating to COVID-19.
Subtitle B--Unemployment Provisions
Sec. 3101. Extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.
Sec. 3102. Funding for fraud prevention, equitable access, and timely payment to eligible workers.
Subtitle C--Recovery Rebates to Individuals
Sec. 3201. 2021 recovery rebates to individuals.
TITLE IV--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
Subtitle A--Vaccines
Sec. 4001. Funding for COVID-19 vaccine activities at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Sec. 4002. Funding for vaccine confidence activities.
Sec. 4003. Funding for supply chain for COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and medical supplies.
Sec. 4004. Funding for COVID-19 vaccine, therapeutic, and device activities at the Food and Drug Administration.
Subtitle B--Testing
Sec. 4101. Funding for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and mitigation activities.
Sec. 4102. Funding for SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing and surveillance.
Sec. 4103. Funding for data modernization and forecasting center.
Subtitle C--Strategic National Stockpile
Sec. 4201. Funding for the Strategic National Stockpile.
Subtitle D--Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder
Sec. 4301. Funding for block grants for community mental health services.
Sec. 4302. Funding for block grants for prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
Sec. 4303. Funding for mental health and substance use disorder training for health care professionals, paraprofessionals, and public safety officers.
Sec. 4304. Funding for education and awareness campaign encouraging healthy work conditions and use of mental health and substance use disorder services by health care professionals.
Sec. 4305. Funding for grants for health care providers to promote mental health among their health professional workforce.
Sec. 4306. Funding for community-based local substance use disorder services.
Sec. 4307. Funding for suicide prevention.
Sec. 4308. Funding for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Sec. 4309. Funding for Project AWARE.
Sec. 4310. Funding for youth suicide prevention.
Sec. 4311. Funding for behavioral health workforce education and training.
Sec. 4312. Funding for pediatric mental health care access.
Sec. 4313. Funding for expansion grants for certified community behavioral health clinics.
Subtitle E--Schools
Sec. 4401. Elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund.
Sec. 4402. Emergency assistance to non-public schools.
Subtitle F--Child Care
Sec. 4501. Child Care and Development Block Grant Program.
Subtitle G--Restrictions on the Use of Funds
Sec. 4701. Application of provisions.
TITLE V--COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Sec. 5001. Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriation.
Sec. 5002. Small Provider Medical Supplies Fund.
TITLE VI--COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Sec. 6001. Additional appropriations for paycheck protection program, second draw, and economic injury disaster loans.
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
SEC. 1001. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Value of Benefits.--Section 702(a) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and inserting
``September 30, 2021''.
(b) SNAP Administrative Expenses.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, with amounts to be obligated for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, for the costs of State administrative expenses associated with carrying out this section and administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), of which--
(1) $15,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the
``Secretary'') for management and oversight of the program; and
(2) $1,135,000,000 shall be for the Secretary to make grants to each State agency for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 as follows:
(A) 75 percent of the amounts available shall be allocated to States based on the share of each State of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)); and
(B) 25 percent of the amounts available shall be allocated to States based on the increase in the number of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture over the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)).
SEC. 1002. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SNAP ONLINE PURCHASING
AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$25,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 2026, to carry out this section.
(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Agriculture may use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a)--
(1) to make technological improvements to improve online purchasing in the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
(2) to modernize electronic benefit transfer technology;
(3) to support the mobile technologies demonstration projects and the use of mobile technologies authorized under section 7(h)(14) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14)); and
(4) to provide technical assistance to educate retailers on the process and technical requirements for the online acceptance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, for mobile payments, and for electronic benefit transfer modernization initiatives.
SEC. 1003. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.
Section 704 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(1) by striking ``In addition'' and inserting the following:
``(a) COVID-19 Response Funding.--In addition''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following--
``(b) Additional Funding.--In addition to any other funds made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition assistance, of which $30,000,000 shall be available to provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands for such assistance.''.
SEC. 1004. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM.
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $37,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for activities authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note).
SEC. 1005. IMPROVEMENTS TO WIC BENEFITS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Applicable period.--The term ``applicable period'' means a period--
(A) beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, as selected by a State agency; and
(B) ending not later than the earlier of--
(i) 4 months after the date described in subparagraph (A); or
(ii) September 30, 2021.
(2) Cash-value voucher.--The term ``cash-value voucher'' has the meaning given the term in section 246.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act).
(3) Program.--The term ``program'' means the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
(4) Qualified food package.--The term ``qualified food package'' means each of the following food packages (as defined in section 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act)):
(A) Food package III-Participants with qualifying conditions.
(B) Food Package IV-Children 1 through 4 years.
(C) Food Package V-Pregnant and partially (mostly) breastfeeding women.
(D) Food Package VI-Postpartum women.
(E) Food Package VII-Fully breastfeeding.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(6) State agency.--The term ``State agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).
(b) Authority to Increase Amount of Cash-value Voucher.--During the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and in response to challenges relating to that public health emergency, the Secretary may, in carrying out the program, increase the amount of a cash-value voucher under a qualified food package to an amount that is less than or equal to $35.
(c) Application of Increased Amount of Cash-value Voucher to State Agencies.--
(1) Notification.--An increase to the amount of a cash-value voucher under subsection (b) shall apply to any State agency that notifies the Secretary of--
(A) the intent to use that increased amount, without further application; and
(B) the applicable period selected by the State agency during which that increased amount shall apply.
(2) Use of increased amount.--A State agency that makes a notification to the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall use the increased amount described in that paragraph--
(A) during the applicable period described in that notification; and
(B) only during a single applicable period.
(d) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary under subsection (b), and the authority of a State agency to increase the amount of a cash-value voucher under subsection
(c), shall terminate on September 30, 2021.
(e) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$490,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available until September 30, 2022.
SEC. 1006. WIC PROGRAM MODERNIZATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until September 30, 2024, to carry out outreach, innovation, and program modernization efforts, including appropriate waivers and flexibility, to increase participation in and redemption of benefits under programs established under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (7 U.S.C. 1431), except that such waivers may not relate to the content of the WIC Food Packages (as defined in section 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)), or the nondiscrimination requirements under section 246.8 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).
SEC. 1007. MEALS AND SUPPLEMENTS REIMBURSEMENTS FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF
25.
(a) Program for At-risk School Children.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, notwithstanding paragraph
(1)(A) of section 17(r) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)), during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse institutions that are emergency shelters under such section 17(r) (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)) for meals and supplements served to individuals who, at the time of such service--
(1) have not attained the age of 25; and
(2) are receiving assistance, including non-residential assistance, from such emergency shelter.
(b) Participation by Emergency Shelters.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, notwithstanding paragraph
(5)(A) of section 17(t) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)), during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse emergency shelters under such section 17(t)
(42 U.S.C. 1766(t)) for meals and supplements served to individuals who, at the time of such service have not attained the age of 25.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Emergency shelter.--The term ``emergency shelter'' has the meaning given the term under section 17(t)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)(1)).
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 1008. PANDEMIC EBT PROGRAM.
Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
(7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116-127) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``During fiscal years 2020 and 2021'' and inserting ``In any school year in which there is a public health emergency designation''; and
(B) by inserting ``or in a covered summer period following a school session'' after ``in session'';
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ``During fiscal year 2020, the'' and inserting ``The'';
(3) in subsection (h)(1)--
(A) by inserting ``either'' after ``at least 1 child enrolled in such a covered child care facility and''; and
(B) by inserting ``or a Department of Agriculture grant-funded nutrition assistance program in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or American Samoa'' before ``shall be eligible to receive assistance'';
(4) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections
(j) and (k), respectively;
(5) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
``(i) Emergencies During Summer.--The Secretary of Agriculture may permit a State agency to extend a State agency plan approved under subsection (b) for not more than 90 days for the purpose of operating the plan during a covered summer period, during which time schools participating in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1773 ) and covered child care facilities shall be deemed closed for purposes of this section.'';
(6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Covered summer period.--The term `covered summer period' means a summer period that follows a school year during which there was a public health emergency designation.''; and
(C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking ``or another coronavirus with pandemic potential''; and
(7) in subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by inserting
``Federal agencies,'' before ``State agencies''.
TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
SEC. 2001. COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ENHANCEMENT.
(a) Supporting Enhanced Use of the Defense Production Act of 1950.--In addition to funds otherwise available, there is appropriated, for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, notwithstanding section 304(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534(e)), to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out title III of such Act in accordance with subsection (b).
(b) Medical Supplies and Equipment.--Amounts appropriated in subsection (a) shall be used for the purchase, production
(including the construction, repair, and retrofitting of government-owned or private facilities as necessary), or distribution of medical supplies and equipment (including durable medical equipment) related to combating the COVID-19 pandemic, including--
(1) in vitro diagnostic products for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the diagnosis of the virus that causes COVID-19, and the reagents and other materials necessary for producing, conducting, or administering such products, and the machinery, equipment, laboratory capacity, or other technology necessary to produce such products;
(2) face masks and personal protective equipment, including face shields, nitrile gloves, N-95 filtering facepiece respirators, and any other masks or equipment (including durable medical equipment) needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the materials, machinery, additional manufacturing lines or facilities, or other technology necessary to produce such equipment; and
(3) drugs, devices, and biological products that are approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 and symptoms related to COVID-19, and any materials, manufacturing machinery, additional manufacturing or fill-finish lines or facilities, technology, or equipment (including durable medical equipment) necessary to produce or use such drugs, biological products, or devices (including syringes, vials, or other supplies or equipment related to delivery, distribution, or administration).
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Subtitle A--Funding for Providers Relating to COVID-19
SEC. 3001. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1150C. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
``(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal year 2021, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$35,00,000,000 for purposes of making payments to eligible health care providers for health care related expenses and lost revenues that are attributable to COVID-19. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.
``(b) Special Rules.--
``(1) Parent organizations.--In the case of any payment made under this section to an eligible health care provider, but which is received by a parent organization of such provider, such parent organization shall allocate all of such payment to such provider.
``(2) Ensuring payment for providers in rural areas.--The Secretary shall make not less than $8,500,000,000 of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) available for eligible health care providers located in a rural area.
``(c) Application Requirement.--To be eligible for a payment under this section, an eligible health care provider shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. Such application shall contain the following:
``(1) A statement justifying the need of the provider for the payment, including documentation of the health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19 and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.
``(2) The tax identification number of the provider.
``(3) Such assurances as the Secretary determines appropriate that the eligible health care provider will maintain and make available such documentation and submit such reports (at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe) as the Secretary determines is necessary to ensure compliance with any conditions imposed by the Secretary under this section.
``(4) Any other information determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(d) Limitation.--Payments made to an eligible health care provider under this section may not be used to reimburse any expense or loss that--
``(1) has been reimbursed from another source; or
``(2) another source is obligated to reimburse.
``(e) Application of Requirements, Rules, and Procedures.--The Secretary shall apply any requirements, rules, or procedures as the Secretary deems appropriate for the efficient execution of this section.
``(f) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for fiscal year 2021 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116-94 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b through 256).
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible health care provider.--The term `eligible health care provider' means--
``(A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1861(u)) or a supplier (as defined in section 1861(d)) that--
``(i) is enrolled in the Medicare program under title XVIII under section 1866(j), including temporarily enrolled during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) for such period; and
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19;
``(B) a provider or supplier that--
``(i) is enrolled with a State Medicaid plan under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subsections
(a)(77) and (kk) of section 1902 (including enrolled pursuant to section 1902(a)(78) or section 1932(d)(6)) or enrolled with a State child health plan under title XXI (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subparagraph (G) of section 2107(e)(1) (including enrolled pursuant to subparagraph (D) or (Q) of such section); and
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19;
``(C) an assisted living facility (as defined for purposes of the Older Americans Act); or
``(D) a senior congregate home provider (as defined by the Secretary).
``(2) Health care related expenses attributable to covid-19.--The term `health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19' means health care related expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, including the building or construction of a temporary structure, the leasing of a property, the purchase of medical supplies and equipment, including personal protective equipment and testing supplies, providing for increased workforce and training, including maintaining staff, obtaining additional staff, or both, the operation of an emergency operation center, retrofitting a facility, providing for surge capacity, and other expenses determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(3) Lost revenue attributable to covid-19.--The term
`lost revenue attributable to COVID-19' has the meaning given that term in the Frequently Asked Questions guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services in June 2020, including the difference between such provider's budgeted and actual revenue if such budget had been established and approved prior to March 27, 2020.
``(4) Payment.-- The term `payment' includes, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, a pre-payment, a prospective payment, a retrospective payment, or a payment through a grant or other mechanism.
``(5) Rural area.--The term `rural area' means--
``(A) a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D));
``(B) an area treated as a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E); or
``(C) any other rural area (as defined by the Secretary).''.
Subtitle B--Unemployment Provisions
SEC. 3101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``June 30, 2021''.
(b) Amount.--Section 2104(b)(3)(A)(ii) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``June 30, 2021''.
SEC. 3102. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION, EQUITABLE ACCESS,
AND TIMELY PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to detect and prevent fraud, promote equitable access, and ensure the timely payment of benefits with respect to unemployment insurance programs, including the program extended under section 3011.
(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available under subsection
(a) may be used--
(1) for Federal administrative costs related to the purposes described in subsection (a);
(2) for systemwide infrastructure investment and development related to such purposes;
(3) to make grants to States or territories administering unemployment insurance programs described in subsection (a) for such purposes, including the establishment of procedures or the building of infrastructure to verify or validate identity, implement Federal guidance regarding fraud detection and prevention, and accelerate claims processing or process claims backlogs due to the pandemic; and
(4) for transfer to the Inspector General of the Department of Labor, to the Attorney General, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or to other Federal agencies investigating identity theft crime affecting Federal unemployment benefits, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, for the development of State tools for fraud detection or prevention or for the investigation or prosecution of fraud.
(c) Restrictions on Grants to States and Territories.--As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may require that a State or territory receiving such a grant shall--
(1) use such program integrity tools as the Secretary may specify; and
(2) as directed by the Secretary, conduct user accessibility testing on any new system developed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
(d) Reservation of Funds for System Improvements.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 to assist States in the following activities:
(1) Improving States' use of an automated electronic transmission of requests for information relating to unemployment compensation and the provision of such information between such agency and employers or their agents.
(2) Using a system designated by the Secretary of Labor for cross-matching claimants of unemployment compensation under State law against any databases in the system to prevent and detect fraud and improper payments.
(3)(A) Comparing information in the National Directory of New Hires or other wage sources against information about individuals claiming unemployment compensation to identify any such individuals who may have become employed, in accordance with any regulations or guidance that the Secretary of Health and Human Services may issue and consistent with the computer matching provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974.
(B) Taking timely action to verify whether the individuals identified are employed.
(C) Taking appropriate action to suspend or modify unemployment compensation payments if the individuals identified are employed.
(D) Initiating recovery of any improper unemployment compensation payments that have been made.
Subtitle C--Recovery Rebates to Individuals
SEC. 3201. 2021 RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 6428A the following new section:
``SEC. 6428B. 2021 RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS.
``(a) In General.--In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2021 an amount equal to the 2021 rebate amount determined for such taxable year.
``(b) 2021 Rebate Amount.--For purposes of this section, the term `2021 rebate amount' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year, the sum of--
``(1) $1,400 ($2,800 in the case of a joint return), plus
``(2) $500 multiplied by the number of dependents of the taxpayer for such taxable year.
``(c) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term `eligible individual' means any individual other than--
``(1) any nonresident alien individual,
``(2) any individual who is a dependent of another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which the individual's taxable year begins, and
``(3) an estate or trust.
``(d) Limitation Based on Adjusted Gross Income.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) (determined without regard to this subsection and subsection (f)) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the same ratio to such credit (as so determined) as--
``(A) the excess of--
``(i) the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over
``(ii) $40,000, bears to
``(B) $10,000.
``(2) Special rules.--
``(A) Joint return or surviving spouse.--In the case of a joint return or a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting
`$80,000' for `$40,000' and `$20,000' for `$10,000'.
``(B) Head of household.--In the case of a head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting `$60,000' for `$40,000' and
`$15,000' for `$10,000'.
``(e) Definitions and Special Rules.--
``(1) Dependent defined.--For purposes of this section, the term `dependent' has the meaning given such term by section 152.
``(2) Identification number requirement.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a return other than a joint return, the $1,400 amount in subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as being zero unless the taxpayer includes the valid identification number of the taxpayer on the return of tax for the taxable year.
``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return, the
$2,800 amount in subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as being--
``(i) $1,400 if the valid identification number of only 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year, and
``(ii) zero if the valid identification number of neither spouse is so included.
``(C) Dependents.--A dependent shall not be taken into account under subsection (b)(2) unless the valid identification number of such dependent is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
``(D) Valid identification number.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term
`valid identification number' means a social security number
(as such term is defined in section 24(h)(7)).
``(ii) Adoption taxpayer identification number.--For purposes of subparagraph (C), in the case of a dependent who is adopted or placed for adoption, the term `valid identification number' shall include the adoption taxpayer identification number of such dependent.
``(E) Special rule for members of the armed forces.--Subparagraph (B) shall not apply in the case where at least 1 spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year and the valid identification number of at least 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
``(F) Coordination with certain advance payments.--In the case of any payment determined pursuant to subsection (g)(6), a valid identification number shall be treated for purposes of this paragraph as included on the taxpayer's return of tax if such valid identification number is available to the Secretary as described in such subsection.
``(G) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Any omission of a correct valid identification number required under this paragraph shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error for purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to such omission.
``(3) Credit treated as refundable.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1.
``(f) Coordination With Advance Refunds of Credit.--
``(1) Reduction of refundable credit.--The amount of the credit which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and credits made or allowed to the taxpayer (or, except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, any dependent of the taxpayer) under subsection (g). Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(2) Joint returns.--Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, in the case of a refund or credit made or allowed under subsection (g) with respect to a joint return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as having been made or allowed to each individual filing such return.
``(g) Advance Refunds and Credits.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), each individual who was an eligible individual for such individual's first taxable year beginning in 2019 shall be treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year in an amount equal to the advance refund amount for such taxable year.
``(2) Advance refund amount.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the advance refund amount is the amount that would have been allowed as a credit under this section for such taxable year if this section (other than subsection (f) and this subsection) had applied to such taxable year.
``(B) Treatment of deceased individuals.--For purposes of determining the advance refund amount with respect to such taxable year--
``(i) any individual who was deceased before January 1, 2021, shall be treated for purposes of applying subsection
(e)(2) in the same manner as if the valid identification number of such person was not included on the return of tax for such taxable year (except that subparagraph (E) thereof shall not apply),
``(ii) notwithstanding clause (i), in the case of a joint return with respect to which only 1 spouse is deceased before January 1, 2021, such deceased spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year, and the valid identification number of such deceased spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year, the valid identification number of 1 (and only 1) spouse shall be treated as included on the return of tax for the taxable year for purposes of applying subsection
(e)(2)(B) with respect to such joint return, and
``(iii) no amount shall be determined under subsection
(e)(2) with respect to any dependent of the taxpayer if the taxpayer (both spouses in the case of a joint return) was deceased before January 1, 2021.
``(3) Timing and manner of payments.--The Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of this title and consistent with rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 6428A(f)(3), refund or credit any overpayment attributable to this subsection as rapidly as possible, consistent with a rapid effort to make payments attributable to such overpayments electronically if appropriate. No refund or credit shall be made or allowed under this subsection after December 31, 2021.
``(4) No interest.--No interest shall be allowed on any overpayment attributable to this subsection.
``(5) Application to individuals who have filed a return of tax for 2020.--
``(A) Application to 2020 returns filed at time of initial determination.--If, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3), the individual referred to in paragraph (1) has filed a return of tax for the individual's first taxable year beginning in 2020, paragraph (1) shall be applied with respect to such individual by substituting
`2020' for `2019'.
``(B) Additional payment.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of any individual who files, before the additional payment determination date, a return of tax for such individual's first taxable year beginning in 2020, the Secretary shall make a payment (in addition to any payment made under paragraph (1)) to such individual equal to the excess (if any) of--
``(I) the amount which would be determined under paragraph
(1) (after the application of subparagraph (A)) by applying paragraph (1) as of the additional payment determination date, over
``(II) the amount of any payment made with respect to such individual under paragraph (1).
``(ii) Additional payment determination date.--The term
`additional payment determination date' means the earlier of--
``(I) the date which is 90 days after the 2020 calendar year filing deadline, or
``(II) September 1, 2021.
``(iii) 2020 calendar year filing deadline.--The term `2020 calendar year filing deadline' means the date specified in section 6072(a) with respect to returns for calendar year 2020. Such date shall be determined after taking into account any period disregarded under section 7508A if such disregard applies to substantially all returns for calendar year 2020 to which section 6072(a) applies.
``(6) Application to certain individuals who have not filed a return of tax for 2019 or 2020 at time of determination.--In the case of any individual who, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3), has filed a tax return for neither the year described in paragraph (1) nor for the year described in paragraph (5)(A), the Secretary shall, consistent with rules similar to the rules of section 6428A(f)(5)(H)(i), apply paragraph (1) on the basis of information available to the Secretary and shall, on the basis of such information, determine the advance refund amount with respect to such individual without regard to subsection (d) unless the Secretary has reason to know that such amount would otherwise be reduced by reason of such subsection.
``(7) Special rule related to time of filing return.--Solely for purposes of this subsection, a return of tax shall not be treated as filed until such return has been processed by the Internal Revenue Service.
``(8) Restriction on use of certain previously issued prepaid debit cards.--Payments made by the Secretary to individuals under this section shall not be in the form of an increase in the balance of any previously issued prepaid debit card if, as of the time of the issuance of such card, such card was issued solely for purposes of making payments under section 6428 or 6428A.
``(h) Special Rules With Respect to Prisoners.--
``(1) Disallowance of credit.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), no credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) to an eligible individual who is, for each day during calendar year 2021, described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)).
``(B) Joint return.--In the case of eligible individuals filing a joint return where 1 spouse is described in subparagraph (A), subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting `$1,400' for `$2,800'.
``(2) Denial of advance refund or credit.--No refund or credit shall be made or allowed under subsection (g) with respect to any individual whom the Secretary has knowledge is, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3) of such subsection, described in clause (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act.
``(i) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including--
``(1) regulations or other guidance providing taxpayers the opportunity to provide the Secretary information sufficient to allow the Secretary to make payments to such taxpayers under subsection (g)
(including the determination of the amount of such payment) if such information is not otherwise available to the Secretary, and
``(2) regulations or other guidance to ensure to the maximum extent administratively practicable that, in determining the amount of any credit under subsection (a) and any credit or refund under subsection (g), an individual is not taken into account more than once, including by different taxpayers and including by reason of a change in joint return status or dependent status between the taxable year for which an advance refund amount is determined and the taxable year for which a credit under subsection (a) is determined.''.
(b) Treatment of Certain Possessions.--
(1) Payments to possessions with mirror code tax systems.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the amendments made by this section. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
(2) Payments to other possessions.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits (if any) that would have been provided to residents of such possession by reason of the amendments made by this section if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply unless the respective possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
(3) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed against United States income taxes under section 6428B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), nor shall any credit or refund be made or allowed under subsection (g) of such section, to any person--
(A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes imposed by the possession by reason of the amendments made by this section, or
(B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan described in paragraph (2).
(4) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this subsection, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
(5) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.
(c) Administrative Provisions.--
(1) Definition of deficiency.--Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``6428, and 6428A'' and inserting ``6428, 6428A, and 6428B''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``6428B,'' after
``6428A,''.
(B) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6428A the following new item:
``Sec. 6428B. 2021 recovery rebates to individuals.''.
TITLE IV--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
Subtitle A--Vaccines
SEC. 4001. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE ACTIVITIES AT THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subtitle referred to as the
``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, and track COVID-19 vaccines.
(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with other agencies, as applicable, shall, in conducting activities referred to in subsection
(a)--
(1) conduct activities to enhance, expand, and improve nationwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration, including activities related to distribution of ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines; and
(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support to, and award grants or cooperative agreements to, State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments for enhancement of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration capabilities, including--
(A) the distribution and administration of vaccines licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 262) or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3) and ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines;
(B) the establishment and expansion, including staffing support, of community vaccination centers, particularly in underserved areas;
(C) the deployment of mobile vaccination units, particularly in underserved areas;
(D) information technology, standards-based data, and reporting enhancements, including improvements necessary to support standards-based sharing of data related to vaccine distribution and vaccinations and systems that enhance vaccine safety, effectiveness, and uptake, particularly among underserved populations;
(E) facilities enhancements;
(F) communication with the public regarding when, where, and how to receive COVID-19 vaccines; and
(G) transportation of individuals to facilitate vaccinations, including at community vaccination centers and mobile vaccination units, particularly for underserved populations.
(c) Supplemental Funding for State Vaccination Grants.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Base formula.--The term ``base formula'' means the allocation formula that applied to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2020.
(B) Alternative allocation.--The term ``alternative allocation'' means an allocation to each State, territory, or locality calculated using the percentage derived from the allocation received by such State, territory, or locality of the aggregate amount of fiscal year 2020 Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement awards under section 319C-1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-3a).
(2) Supplemental funding.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use amounts described in subsection (a) to provide supplemental funding to any State, locality, or territory that received less of the amounts that were appropriated under title III of division M of Public Law 116-260 for vaccination grants to be issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than such State, locality, or territory would have received had such amounts been allocated using the alternative allocation.
(B) Amount.--The amount of supplemental funding provided under this subsection shall be equal to the difference between--
(i) the amount the State, locality, or territory received, or would receive, under the base formula; and
(ii) the amount the State, locality, or territory would receive under the alternative allocation.
SEC. 4002. FUNDING FOR VACCINE CONFIDENCE ACTIVITIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--
(1) to strengthen vaccine confidence in the United States, including its territories and possessions;
(2) to provide further information and education with respect to vaccines licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3); and
(3) to improve rates of vaccination throughout the United States, including its territories and possessions, including through activities described in section 313 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 311 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
SEC. 4003. FUNDING FOR SUPPLY CHAIN FOR COVID-19 VACCINES,
THERAPEUTICS, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$6,050,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses with respect to research, development, manufacturing, production, and the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and ancillary medical products and supplies to prevent, prepare, or respond to--
(1) SARS-CoV-2 or any viral variant mutating therefrom with pandemic potential; and
(2) COVID-19 or any disease with potential for creating a pandemic.
SEC. 4004. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE, THERAPEUTIC, AND
DEVICE ACTIVITIES AT THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be used for the evaluation of the continued performance, safety, and effectiveness, including with respect to emerging COVID-19 variants, of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; facilitation of advanced continuous manufacturing activities related to production of vaccines and related materials; facilitation and conduct of inspections related to the manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices delayed or cancelled for reasons related to COVID-19; review of devices authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; and oversight of the supply chain and mitigation of shortages of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Food and Drug Administration.
Subtitle B--Testing
SEC. 4101. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 TESTING, CONTACT TRACING, AND
MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subtitle referred to as the
``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,800,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection
(a), the Secretary shall--
(1) implement a national, evidence-based strategy for testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and mitigation with respect to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through activities authorized under section 319(a) of the Public Health Service Act;
(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support, and award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, and territorial public health departments for activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies and activities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19;
(3) support the development, manufacturing, procurement, distribution, and administration of tests to detect or diagnose SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through--
(A) support for the development, manufacture, procurement, and distribution of supplies necessary for administering tests, such as personal protective equipment; and
(B) support for the acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally owned facilities for the production of diagnostics and ancillary medical products and supplies where the Secretary determines that such an investment is necessary to ensure the production of sufficient amounts of such supplies;
(4) establish and expand Federal, State, local, and territorial testing and contact tracing capabilities, including--
(A) through investments in laboratory capacity, such as--
(i) academic and research laboratories, or other laboratories that could be used for processing of COVID-19 testing;
(ii) community-based testing sites and community-based organizations; or
(iii) mobile health units, particularly in medically underserved areas; and
(B) with respect to quarantine and isolation of contacts;
(5) enhance information technology, data modernization, and reporting, including improvements necessary to support sharing of data related to public health capabilities;
(6) award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, State, local, and territorial public health departments to establish, expand, and sustain a public health workforce; and
(7) to cover administrative and program support costs necessary to conduct activities related to subparagraph (a).
SEC. 4102. FUNDING FOR SARS-COV-2 GENOMIC SEQUENCING AND
SURVEILLANCE.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to strengthen and expand activities and workforce related to genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveillance.
(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection
(a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
(1) conduct, expand, and improve activities to sequence genomes, identify mutations, and survey the circulation and transmission of viruses and other organisms, including strains of SARS-CoV-2;
(2) award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, Tribal, or territorial public health departments or public health laboratories--
(A) to increase their capacity to sequence genomes of circulating strains of viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
(B) to identify mutations in viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
(C) to use genomic sequencing to identify outbreaks and clusters of diseases or infections, including COVID-19; and
(D) to develop effective disease response strategies based on genomic sequencing and surveillance data;
(3) enhance and expand the informatics capabilities of the public health workforce; and
(4) award grants for the construction, alteration, or renovation of facilities to improve genomic sequencing and surveillance capabilities at the State and local level.
SEC. 4103. FUNDING FOR DATA MODERNIZATION AND FORECASTING
CENTER.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support public health data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization initiatives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and establish, expand, and maintain efforts to modernize the United States disease warning system to forecast and track hotspots for COVID-19, its variants, and emerging biological threats, including academic and workforce support for analytics and informatics infrastructure and data collection systems.
Subtitle C--Strategic National Stockpile
SEC. 4201. FUNDING FOR THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for maintenance of the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b).
Subtitle D--Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder
SEC. 4301. FUNDING FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(in this subtitle referred to as the ``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x et seq.), subpart III of part B of title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-51 et seq.), and section 505(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-4(c)) with respect to mental health. Notwithstanding section 1952 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300x-62), any amount awarded to a State out of amounts appropriated by this section shall be expended by the State by September 30, 2025.
SEC. 4302. FUNDING FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND
TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-21 et seq.), subpart III of part B of title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-51 et seq.), section 505(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-4(d)) with respect to substance abuse, and section 515(d) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 290bb-21(d)). Notwithstanding section 1952 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-62), any amount awarded to a State out of amounts appropriated by this section shall be expended by the State by September 30, 2025.
SEC. 4303. FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, AND PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICERS.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
(b) Use of Funding.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall, taking into consideration the needs of rural and medically underserved communities, use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to award grants or contracts to health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities (or consortia of entities, including entities promoting multidisciplinary approaches), to plan, develop, operate, or participate in health professions and nursing training activities for health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, and public safety officers, and employers of such individuals, in evidence-informed strategies for reducing and addressing suicide, burnout, mental health conditions, and substance use disorders among health care professionals.
SEC. 4304. FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
ENCOURAGING HEALTHY WORK CONDITIONS AND USE OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
SERVICES BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the medical professional community, shall use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to carry out a national evidence- based education and awareness campaign directed at health care professionals and first responders (such as emergency medical service providers), and employers of such professionals and first responders. Such awareness campaign shall--
(1) encourage primary prevention of mental health conditions and substance use disorders and secondary and tertiary prevention by encouraging health care professionals to seek support and treatment for their own mental health and substance use concerns;
(2) help such professionals to identify risk factors in themselves and others and respond to such risks;
(3) include information on reducing or preventing suicide, substance use disorders, burnout, and other mental health conditions, and addressing stigma associated with seeking mental health and substance use disorder support and treatment; and
(4) consider the needs of rural and medically underserved communities.
SEC. 4305. FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO
PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG THEIR HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall, taking into consideration the needs of rural and medically underserved communities, use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to award grants or contracts to entities providing health care, including health care providers associations and Federally qualified health centers, to establish, enhance, or expand evidence-informed programs or protocols to promote mental health among their providers, other personnel, and members.
SEC. 4306. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED LOCAL SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER SERVICES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$30,000,000, to support community-based local substance use disorder services, to remain available until expended, as authorized in section 547 of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 4307. FUNDING FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 520E-3 of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 4308. FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS
NETWORK.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 582 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290hh-1) with respect to addressing the problem of high-risk or medically underserved persons who experience violence-related stress.
SEC. 4309. FUNDING FOR PROJECT AWARE.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 520A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-32) with respect to advancing wellness and resiliency in education.
SEC. 4310. FUNDING FOR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out sections 520E and 520E-2 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 290bb-36, 290bb-36b).
SEC. 4311. FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION
AND TRAINING.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 756 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294e-1).
SEC. 4312. FUNDING FOR PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 330M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-19).
SEC. 4313. FUNDING FOR EXPANSION GRANTS FOR CERTIFIED
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $420,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to communities and community organizations that meet the criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note).
Subtitle E--Schools
SEC. 4401. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF
FUND.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $19,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, for providing grants to States in accordance with the same terms and conditions that apply to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund of the Education Stabilization Fund for funding appropriated for fiscal year 2021, except that a State that receives a grant under this section shall use--
(1) not less than 95 percent of such grant for subgrants to local educational agencies that--
(A) by April 1, 2021, provide in-person instruction for not less than 50 percent of the students served by such agency where the students physically attend and are taught by teachers in a school not less than 50 percent of each school week, as it was defined by the local educational agency prior to the coronavirus emergency; and
(B) on and after April 1, 2021, provide in-person instruction in accordance with the requirements of (1), to the greatest extent practicable, for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; and
(2) not more than 5 percent of such grant to carry out, directly or through grants or contacts, activities to support the safe reopening of schools.
SEC. 4402. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, to provide supplemental Emergency Education Relief grants to the Governors of each State for emergency assistance to non-public schools in accordance with the same terms and conditions that apply to funds provided under section 312(d) of division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
Subtitle F--Child Care
SEC. 4501. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Child Care and Development Block Grant Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, to carry out the program authorized under section 658C of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858a) without regard to the requirements in subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 658E(c)(3) or section 658G of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e). Payments made to States, territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations from funds made available under this subsection shall be obligated in fiscal year 2021.
(b) Use of Funds.--States may use funds made available under subsection (a)--
(1) to provide financial assistance to eligible child care providers under section 658P(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858n(6)) in the case of decreased attendance or closures related to coronavirus, and to assure the providers are able to remain open or reopen as appropriate and applicable, including financial assistance for fixed costs and increased operating expenses;
(2) to stabilize the child care sector to help providers afford increased operating expenses during the COVID-19 public health emergency;
(3) to provide technical assistance to help providers apply for funding available for purposes described in paragraph
(1), (2), or (5), including center-based child care providers, family child care providers, and group home child care providers;
(4) to provide child care assistance to health care sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, farmworkers, and other workers determined by a public official to be essential during the response to coronavirus, without regard to the income eligibility requirements of section 658P(4) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n(4)); and
(5) to provide relief from copayments and tuition payments for families, and for paying that portion of an eligible child care provider's cost ordinarily paid through family copayments.
(c) Special Rule.--States, territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations that receive funds made available under subsection (a) shall use a portion of the funds to provide assistance to eligible child care providers under section 658P(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858n(6)) that were not receiving child care assistance under such Act (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency, to maintain or resume the operation of child care programs, including assistance for fixed costs and increased operating expenses.
Subtitle G--Restrictions on the Use of Funds
SEC. 4701. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.
Amounts appropriated pursuant to this title for fiscal year 2021 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116-94 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b through 256).
TITLE V--COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SEC. 5001. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY APPROPRIATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $30,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
SEC. 5002. SMALL PROVIDER MEDICAL SUPPLIES FUND.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to establish a Small Provider Medical Supplies Fund to provide personal protective equipment for first responders and health care providers, to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
TITLE VI--COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SEC. 6001. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION
PROGRAM, SECOND DRAW, AND ECONOMIC INJURY
DISASTER LOANS.
(a) Paycheck Protection Program and Second Draw Loans.--
(1) Commitment authority.--Section 1102(b)(1) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
(A) by striking ``March 31, 2021'' and inserting ``June 30, 2021''; and
(B) by striking ``$804,450,000,000'' and inserting
``$844,445,000,000''.
(2) Direct appropriations.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to remain available until expended, for additional amounts, $39,995,000,000 under the heading ``Small Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account, CARES Act'', for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).
(b) Direct Appropriations for OIG Audits and Investigations.--There is appropriated to the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to remain available until expended, for additional amounts, $5,000,000 for audits and investigations related to loans made under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).
(c) EIDL.--There is appropriated to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to remain available until expended, for additional amounts, $10,000,000,000 for loans made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)).
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SA 1152. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 288, strike line 14 and all that follows through page 289, line 22, and insert the following:
(f) Limitation.--Not more than 35,000 eligible veterans may receive retraining assistance under this section.
(g) Termination.--No retraining assistance may be paid under this section after the date that is 21 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $770,000,000 to remain available until expended, to carry out this section.
SEC. 8007. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST SHARING FOR
VETERANS DURING EMERGENCY RELATING TO COVID-19.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs--
(1) shall provide for any copayment or other cost sharing with respect to health care under the laws administered by the Secretary received by a veteran during the period specified in subsection (b); and
(2) shall reimburse any veteran who paid a copayment or other cost sharing for health care under the laws administered by the Secretary received by a veteran during such period the amount paid by the veteran.
(b) Period Specified.--The period specified in this subsection is the period beginning on April 6, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2021.
(c) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $614,000,000,
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SA 1153. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8___. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED GRANT PROGRAM TO
PREVENT SUICIDE.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$51,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for the community-based grant program under section 201 of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-171; 38 U.S.C. 1720F note).
(b) Reduction in Amount for Claims and Appeals Processing.--The amount appropriated by section 8001 is hereby reduced by $122,000,000.
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SA 1154. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tillis) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 278, beginning on line 18, strike ``not more'' and all that follows through the period on line 22 and insert the following: ``not less than $5,000,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, for health care furnished through the Veterans Community Care program in sections 1703(c)(1) and 1703(c)(5) of such title, and not less than $1,250,000,000 shall be available for construction under chapter 81 of such title.''
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SA 1155. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. Lummis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3302. ELIGIBILITY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
Section 3002(5) of the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5701(5)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``means any insured'' and inserting the following: ``means--
``(A) any insured'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) any lender authorized to make a covered loan under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)).''.
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SA 1156. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2202(d)(1), insert at the end the following:
(B) Rural initiatives.--A lead agency for a State that receives a child care stabilization grant pursuant to subsection (c) shall reserve not more than 5 percent of such grant funds for rural child care initiatives. The reserved funds may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for supporting startup costs for new eligible child care providers in rural communities, supporting family child care providers in rural communities to increase capacity, extending hours of eligible child care providers to offer care during nontraditional hours in rural communities, partnering with businesses in rural communities to develop child care options for the children of their employees, and recruiting new eligible child care providers to serve rural communities.
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SA 1157. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
In section 1002(c) of the Act, strike ``3 percent'' and insert ``1.5 percent, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 1003 of the Act, strike ``$47,500,000, to remain available until expended'' and insert ``$23,750,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 1101(b)(1) of the Act, strike ``$15,000,000'' and insert ``$7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 2011 of the Act, strike ``$15,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2024'' and insert
``$7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 2201(b) of the Act, strike ``$35,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025'' and insert
``$17,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 2204(e) of the Act, strike ``$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended,'' and insert ``$1,250,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 2206(b)(6) of the Act, strike ``$73,000,000'' and insert ``$36,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 2206(c) of the Act, strike ``$148,000,000, to remain available until expended'' and insert ``$74,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 2904(1)(A) of the Act, strike ``$6,800,000'' and insert ``$3,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 3201(a)(2)(B) of the Act, strike ``$30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,'' and insert
``$15,000,000''.
In section 3201(a)(2)(C) of the Act, strike ``$3,000,000'' and insert ``$1,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 3201(d)(1)(C) of the Act, strike ``15 percent'' and insert ``7.5 percent, and shall be available for use by the grantee through September 30, 2022,''.
In section 3202(c) of the Act, strike ``$20,000,000'' and insert ``$10,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 3205(c)(2) of the Act, strike ``fifteen percent'' and insert ``7.5 percent, and shall be available for use by the grantee through September 30, 2022,''.
In section 3205(d)(3) of the Act, strike ``$50,000,000'' and insert ``$25,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 3206(d)(1)(A) of the Act, strike ``$40,000,000'' and insert ``$20,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 3207(b) of the Act, strike ``3 percent'' and insert ``1.5 percent, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 5006(a)(1) of the Act, strike ``$840,000,000'' and insert ``$420,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 6001(b) of the Act, strike ``2 percent'' and insert ``1 percent, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 7102(c)(1) of the Act, strike ``0.1 percent'' and insert ``0.05 percent, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 7202(a) of the Act, strike ``1 percent'' and insert ``0.5 percent, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 7301(b)(5) of the Act, strike ``$10,000,000'' and insert ``$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 9031 of the Act, strike ``$8,000,000, to remain available until expended'' and insert ``$4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 403(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9201 of the Act, strike ``$2,000,000'' and insert
``$1,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 403(c)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9201 of the Act, strike ``15 percent'' and insert ``7.5 percent, which shall remain available until September 30, 2022,''
In section 9501(a)(10) of the Act, strike ``$10,000,000, to remain available until expended'' and insert ``$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 9601(d)(1) of the Act, strike ``$1,464,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2023'' and insert
``$732,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
In section 9601(d)(3) of the Act, strike ``$8,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2023'' and insert
``$4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022''.
In section 11003(a)(4) of the Act, strike ``$5,000,000'' and insert ``$2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,''.
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SA 1158. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, insert the following:
SEC. __. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE
VETERAN RESILIENCY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$136,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2023, for the grant program under section 4304 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-315).
(b) Offset.--The amount appropriated under section 8002 is hereby reduced by $136,000,000.
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SA 1159. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 58, strike lines 4 through 7 and insert the following:
SEC. 2022. NIH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH ISRAEL.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,000,000, for carrying out the established pilot program of the National Institutes of Health to support research and development efforts with Israel on COVID-19.
SEC. 2023. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $131,000,000,
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SA 1160. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 10005.
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SA 1161. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Scott, of South Carolina, and Mr. Tillis) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
In section 2002 strike ``that enroll a significant percentage of'' and all that follows through the end of the section and insert ``under the terms and conditions of section 312(d) of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116-260).''
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SA 1162. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Cotton) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 356, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
``(j) Special Rules With Respect to Prisoners.--
``(1) Disallowance of credit.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), no credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) to an eligible individual who is, for each day during calendar year 2021, described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)).
``(B) Joint return.--In the case of eligible individuals filing a joint return where 1 spouse is described in subparagraph (A), subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting `$1,400' for `$2,800'.
``(2) Denial of advance refund or credit.--No refund or credit shall be made or allowed under subsection (g) with respect to any individual whom the Secretary has knowledge is, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3) of such subsection, described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act.''.
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SA 1163. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Scott, of South Carolina, and Mr. Moran) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. EMERGENCY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND.
(a) Establishment; Appropriation.--There is established in the Treasury the Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund (in this section referred to as the ``Fund''), to be administered by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, for the purposes set forth in subsection (b). In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000, which shall be deposited into the Fund and remain available through September 30, 2022. The Fund is available for reasonable expenses incurred by the Office of Personnel Management in administering this section.
(b) Purpose.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available for reimbursement to an agency for the use of paid leave under this section by any employee of the agency who is unable to work because the employee--
(1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19;
(2) has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19;
(3) is caring for an individual who is subject to such an order or has been so advised;
(4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a medical diagnosis;
(5) is caring for a son or daughter of such employee if the school or place of care of the son or daughter has been closed, if the school of such son or daughter requires or makes optional a virtual learning instruction model or requires or makes optional a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning instruction models, or the child care provider of such son or daughter is unavailable, due to COVID-19 precautions;
(6) is experiencing any other substantially similar condition;
(7) is caring for a family member with a mental or physical disability or who is 55 years of age or older and incapable of self-care, without regard to whether another individual other than the employee is available to care for such family member, if the place of care for such family member is closed or the direct care provider is unavailable due to COVID-19; or
(8) is obtaining immunization related to COVID-19 or to recover from any injury, disability, illness, or condition related to such immunization.
(c) Limitations.--
(1) Period of availability.--Paid leave under this section may only be provided to and used by an employee during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021.
(2) Total hours; amount.--Paid leave under this section--
(A) shall be provided to an employee in an amount not to exceed 600 hours of paid leave for each full-time employee, and in the case of a part-time employee, employee on an uncommon tour of duty, or employee with a seasonal work schedule, in an amount not to exceed the proportional equivalent of 600 hours to the extent amounts in the Fund remain available for reimbursement;
(B) shall be paid at the same hourly rate as other leave payments; and
(C) may not be provided to an employee if the leave would result in payments greater than $2,800 in aggregate for any biweekly pay period for a full-time employee, or a proportionally equivalent biweekly limit for a part-time employee.
(3) Relationship to other leave.--Paid leave under this section--
(A) is in addition to any other leave provided to an employee;
(B) may not be used by an employee concurrently with any other paid leave; and
(C) may not be used by an employee unless the employee has first used other sick leave available to that employee for a purpose described in subsection (b).
(4) Calculation of retirement benefit.--Any paid leave provided to an employee under this section shall reduce the total service used to calculate any Federal civilian retirement benefit.
(5) Special consideration of sick leave.--During the period described in paragraph (1), an employee may use sick leave otherwise accrued to the employee for any purpose described in subsection (b).
(d) Reopening Schools.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $400,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out the purposes of the Disaster Relief Fund for the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), and for any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes such emergency declaration, to reimburse eligible costs to support the safe reopening and operation of schools.
(e) Employee Defined.--In this section, the term
``employee'' means--
(1) an individual in the executive branch for whom annual and sick leave is provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) an individual employed by the United States Postal Service;
(3) an individual employed by the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
(4) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Courts.
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SA 1164. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4___. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for the reimbursement of purchases of personal protective equipment made in the United States.
(b) Uses.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
``personal protective equipment made in the United States'' shall mean personal protective equipment that--
(A) is grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States; and
(B) when assembled outside the United States, contains only materials and components that are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States.
(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an item of personal protective equipment, or component, or material thereof--
(A) that is, or that includes, a material listed in section 25.104 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation as one for which a non-availability determination has been made;
(B) as to which the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency determines that a sufficient quantity of a satisfactory quality that is grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States cannot be procured; or
(C) if, after maximizing to the extent feasible sources consistent with this paragraph, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency certifies, not less frequently than once every 120 days, that it is necessary to procure personal protective equipment under alternate procedures to respond to the immediate needs of a public health emergency.
(3) Requirement.--This subsection shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.
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SA 1165. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 2301, add the following:
(d) Minimum Share for Certain Rural Areas.--With respect to vaccines distributed to States using funds appropriated under subsection (a), not less than 30 percent shall be distributed to States with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare area wage index of 0.805.
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SA 1166. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 2401, add the following:
(c) Minimum Share for Certain Rural Areas.--With respect to amounts appropriated under subsection (a) and made available to States to facilitate and support COVID-19 testing, contract tracing, and mitigation activities, not less than 30 percent shall be provided to States with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare area wage index of 0.805.
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SA 1167. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 581, strike lines 6 through 14 and insert the following:
``(4) Adjustment of allocations and payment.--
``(A) Adjustment to ensure a minimum payment for rural states.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall adjust the amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment to States under paragraph (3) as necessary to ensure that an amount equal to 30 percent of the total amount appropriated under subsection (a)(1) is paid to rural States described in clause
(ii).
``(ii) Rural states described.--A State described in this clause is a State for which the nonurban Medicare area wage index for fiscal year 2021 does not exceed 0.805.
``(B) Pro rata adjustment.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to territories, Tribal governments, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d). Any adjustment under this subparagraph shall comply with the requirement of subparagraph (A).
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SA 1168. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001, insert the following after subsection
(g):
(h) In-person Instruction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local educational agency shall not be eligible to receive funds appropriated for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund under this section unless that local educational agency requires teachers and staff to return to in-person academic instruction following vaccination.
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SA 1169. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001, insert the following after subsection
(g):
(h) In-person Instruction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local educational agency shall not be eligible to receive funds appropriated for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund under this section unless that local educational agency ensures that such funds will be used to provide assistance only to elementary and secondary schools served by the local educational agency that offer in-person academic instruction.
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SA 1170. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2003, add at the end the following:
(8) notwithstanding any other provision of law, institutions of higher education located in States with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare area wage index of 0.805 or below shall receive, at a minimum, 30 percent of all funds appropriated for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund under this section.
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SA 1171. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 34, strike line 16, and all that follows through page 40, line 18, and insert the following:
(e) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency that receives funds under this section--
(1) shall reserve not less than 20 percent of such funds to, directly or through grants or contracts to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other entities, address learning loss through the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi)of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care; and
(2) shall use the remaining funds for any of the following:
(A) Any activity authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(B) Any activity authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(C) Any activity authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.
(D) Any activity authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
(E) Coordination of preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies with State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments, and other relevant agencies, to improve coordinated responses among such entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(F) Providing principals and others school leaders with the resources necessary to address the needs of their individual schools.
(G) Activities to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each population.
(H) Developing and implementing procedures and systems to improve the preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies.
(I) Training and professional development for staff of the local educational agency on sanitation and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases.
(J) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the facilities of a local educational agency, including buildings operated by such agency.
(K) Planning for, coordinating, and implementing activities during long-term closures, including providing meals to eligible students, providing technology for online learning to all students, providing guidance for carrying out requirements under the IDEA and ensuring other educational services can continue to be provided consistent with all Federal, State, and local requirements.
(L) Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for students who are served by the local educational agency that aids in regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low-income students and children with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive equipment.
(M) Providing mental health services and supports.
(N) Planning and implementing activities related to summer learning and supplemental afterschool programs, including providing classroom instruction or online learning during the summer months and addressing the needs of low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care.
(O) Addressing learning loss among students, including low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, of the local educational agency, including by--
(i) administering and using high-quality assessments that are valid and reliable, to accurately assess students' academic progress and assist educators in meeting students' academic needs, including through differentiating instruction;
(ii) implementing evidence-based activities to meet the comprehensive needs of students;
(iii) providing information and assistance to parents and families on how they can effectively support students, including in a distance learning environment; and
(iv) tracking student attendance and improving student engagement in distance education.
(P) School facility repairs and improvements to enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards, and to support student health needs.
(Q) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and window and door repair and replacement.
(R) Developing strategies and implementing public health protocols including, to the greatest extent practicable, policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the reopening and operation of school facilities to effectively maintain the health and safety of students, educators, and other staff.
(S) Other activities that are necessary to maintain the operation of and continuity of services in local educational agencies and continuing to employ existing staff of the local educational agency.
(f) State Funding.--With funds not otherwise allocated under subsection (d), a State--
(1) shall reserve not less than 5 percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to the State under this section to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other entities, activities to address learning loss by supporting the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, including by providing additional support to local educational agencies to fully address such impacts; and
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SA 1172. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 5002, add the following:
(_) Rural Areas.--Not less than 30 percent of the total amount of payments made under section 1110 of the CARES Act
(15 U.S.C. 9009), section 331 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116-260), or this section shall be made to covered entities that are located in a State with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare area wage index of 0.805 or below.
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SA 1173. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any amounts made available under this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall not be available for obligation after December 31, 2021.
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SA 1174. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8___. ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF
VETERANS RELATED TO COVID-19.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, to support the medical needs of veterans related to COVID-19.
(b) Offset.--The amount appropriated by section 602 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of this Act, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000,000.
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SA 1175. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 6001.
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SA 1176. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 5003, add the following:
(d) Rural Areas.--Not less than 30 percent of the total amount of grants made under this section shall be made to eligible entities that are located in a State with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare area wage index of 0.805 or below.
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SA 1177. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 3201(a), add the following:
(3) Rural areas.--Not less than 30 percent of amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be for payments made to landlords operating rental housing in a State with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare area wage index of 0.805 or below.
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SA 1178. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 3401, add the following:
(c) Set-aside for Rural States; Expanded Use.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section--
(1) of the amounts made available under subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration shall provide not less than 30 percent to States for which the nonurban Medicare area wage index for fiscal year 2021 does not exceed 0.805;
(2) a State may use amounts provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection for the purpose of repairing aging infrastructure, including roads and bridges; and
(3) the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration shall reduce the allocations under subsection (b) on a pro rata basis as necessary to comply with paragraph (1) of this subsection.
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SA 1179. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle H of title IX.
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SA 1180. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001(c), strike the period at the end and insert ``, except that States with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare area wage index of 0.805 or below shall receive, at a minimum, 30 percent of all funds appropriated for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund under this section.''
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SA 1181. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2202(c), insert at the end the following:
``Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in making grants from allotments under this section the Secretary shall ensure that the States with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area Medicare wage index of 0.805 or below receive, at a minimum, 30 percent of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section.''.
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SA 1182. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. FUNDING FOR U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT TO DETAIN CERTAIN CRIMINAL ALIENS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and has been charged with murder, rape, sexual molestation, robbery, child molestation, any other felony, or a domestic violence misdemeanor.
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SA 1183. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 1005 (relating to farm loan assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers).
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SA 1184. Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2014. RULE REGARDING ATHLETIC PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES.
As a condition of receiving funds under section 2001, 2002, or 2004, a State, local educational agency, or institution of higher education may not permit any student whose biological sex (recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth) is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is--
(1) administered by that State, local educational agency, or institution of higher education, as the case may be; and
(2) designated for women or girls.
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SA 1185. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8___. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE HOMES TO SUPPORT
STATE HOMES STRUGGLING TO ADDRESS FALLOUT FROM
COVID-19.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support State homes struggling to address the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
(b) Offset.--The amount appropriated by section 602 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of this Act, is hereby reduced by $1,000,000,000.
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SA 1186. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Insert before the period at the end of section 9813, the following: ``Provided, That such $750,000,000 shall be transferred to carry out the amendment made by section 9819 relating to funding for State strike teams for resident and employee safety in nursing facilities''.
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SA 1187. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
At the end of subtitle A of title I, add the following:
SEC. 1___. RURAL BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2022, for rural broadband development.
In subsection (a) of section 2001 (relating to elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund), strike
``$125,804,800,000'' and insert ``$115,804,800,000''.
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SA 1188. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5007. PPP AND SECOND DRAW LOANS FOR BUSINESSES THAT
EXPERIENCED EXTREME HARDSHIP.
(a) PPP.--Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (E), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``subparagraph (V)'' and inserting
``subparagraphs (V) and (W)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(W) Calculation of maximum loan amount for businesses that experienced extreme hardship.--
``(i) Definition.--In this subparagraph, the term `extreme hardship' means, with respect to an eligible recipient applying for assistance under this paragraph--
``(I) except as provided in subclauses (II), (III), and
(IV), that the eligible recipient had gross receipts during the first, second, third, or, only with respect to an application submitted on or after January 1, 2021, fourth quarter in 2020 that demonstrate not less than a 75 percent reduction from the gross receipts of the eligible recipient during the same quarter in 2019;
``(II) if the eligible recipient was not in business during the first or second quarter of 2019, but was in business during the third and fourth quarter of 2019, that the eligible recipient had gross receipts during the first, second, third, or, only with respect to an application submitted on or after January 1, 2021, fourth quarter of 2020 that demonstrate not less than a 75 percent reduction from the gross receipts of the eligible recipient during the third or fourth quarter of 2019;
``(III) if the eligible recipient was not in business during the first, second, or third quarter of 2019, but was in business during the fourth quarter of 2019, that the eligible recipient had gross receipts during the first, second, third, or, only with respect to an application submitted on or after January 1, 2021, fourth quarter of 2020 that demonstrate not less than a 75 percent reduction from the gross receipts of the eligible recipient during the fourth quarter of 2019; or
``(IV) if the eligible recipient was not in business during 2019, but was in operation on February 15, 2020, that the eligible recipient had gross receipts during the second, third, or, only with respect to an application submitted on or after January 1, 2021, fourth quarter of 2020 that demonstrate not less than a 75 percent reduction from the gross receipts of the eligible recipient during the first quarter of 2020.
``(ii) Maximum loan amount.--In calculating the maximum covered loan amount under subparagraph (E) with respect to an eligible recipient that experienced extreme hardship, subclauses (I)(aa)(BB) and (II)(aa)(BB), as applicable, of subparagraph (E)(i) shall be applied by substituting `3.5' for `2.5'.''.
(b) Second Draw.--Section 7(a)(37) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(37)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting `` `extreme hardship,' '' after `` `eligible self-employed individual,'
''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end the following:
``(v) Extreme hardship.--In calculating the maximum loan amount under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) with respect to an eligible entity that experienced extreme hardship, clause
(i)(I)(bb), (ii)(I)(bb), and (iii)(I)(bb), as applicable, shall be applied by substituting `3.5' for `2.5'.''.
(c) Covered Period for Loan Forgiveness for Second Draw Loans.--Section 7(a)(37)(J)(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(37)(J)(i)) is amended to read as follows:
``(i) Definition of covered period.--In this subparagraph, the term `covered period' means the period--
``(I) beginning on the date of the origination of a covered loan; and
``(II) ending on a date selected by the eligible recipient of the covered loan that occurs during the period--
``(aa) beginning on the date that is 8 weeks after such date of origination; and
``(bb) ending on the date that is 52 weeks after such date of origination.''.
(d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply--
(1) for the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), with respect to an applicant for a loan under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(37)) before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) for the amendment made by subsection (c), with respect to an applicant for loan forgiveness under section 7(a)(37)(J) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(37)(J)) that has not yet received the loan forgiveness.
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SA 1189. Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 4001(c) and insert the following:
(3) Relationship to other leave.--Paid leave under this section--
(A) is in addition to any other leave provided to an employee;
(B) may not be used by an employee concurrently with any other paid leave; and
(C) may not be used by an employee unless the employee has first used other sick leave available to that employee for a purpose described in subsection (b).
(4) Calculation of retirement benefit.--Any paid leave provided to an employee under this section shall reduce the total service used to calculate any Federal civilian retirement benefit.
(5) Special consideration of sick leave.--During the period described in paragraph (1), an employee may use sick leave otherwise accrued to the employee for any purpose described in subsection (b).
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SA 1190. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title I, insert the following:
SEC. 1109. ADDITIONAL SNAP FLEXIBILITIES IN A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY.
Section 2302(a) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116-127) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``and the issuance of an emergency or disaster declaration by a State based on an outbreak of COVID-19''.
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SA 1191. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 580, line 18, insert ``$500,000,000 more than'' after ``less than''.
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SA 1192. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. INCREASE IN HOSTILE FILE OR IMMINENT DANGER PAY FOR
MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Section 310(b)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$225'' and inserting
``$300''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies with respect to months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SA 1193. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 3101, add the following:
(c) Extension of Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program.--Section 879(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2022'' and inserting ``September 30, 2025''.
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SA 1194. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In subsection (a)(2) of section 1005 (relating to farm loan assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), strike
``indebtedness of each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher as of January 1, 2021,'' and insert ``indebtedness incurred during the period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act of each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher''.
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SA 1195. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 5004.
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SA 1196. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5007. ADDING HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES TO THE SHUTTERED
VENUE OPERATOR GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 324 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``a hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(II) in clause (i)--
(aa) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting
``the hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(bb) in subclause (I), by inserting ``a hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(cc) in subclause (II), by inserting ``the hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(III) in clause (ii)(III), by inserting ``or hospitality business'' after ``operator'';
(IV) in clause (vi)--
(aa) in subclause (I)--
(AA) in the matter preceding item (aa), by inserting ``the hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(BB) in item (bb), by inserting ``the hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(bb) in subclause (II)--
(AA) in the matter preceding item (aa), by inserting ``the hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(BB) by inserting ``hospitality businesses,'' after
``theatres,'' each place that term appears;
(cc) in subclause (III)--
(AA) by inserting ``(aa)'' before ``The live''; and
(BB) by adding at the end the following:
``(bb) In the case of a hospitality business, the hospitality business has not received, on or after the date of enactment of the Hospitality Stabilization Act, a loan guaranteed under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).''; and
(dd) in subclause (IV), by inserting ``the hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,'' each place that term appears; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``a hospitality business,'' after ``theatre operator,'' each place that term appears; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Hospitality business.--
``(A) In general.--The term `hospitality business' means any person or entity that--
``(i) is properly assigned a North American Industry Classification System code beginning with--
``(I) 721, except casino hotels;
``(II) 713, except gambling entities and private clubs;
``(III) 487;
``(IV) 5615;
``(V) 7121;
``(VI) 453220;
``(VII) 532284;
``(VIII) 483112, except any non-United States entities;
``(IX) 483114, except any non-United States entities;
``(X) 483212, except any non-United States entities;
``(XI) 485310;
``(XII) 485320;
``(XIII) 485999;
``(XIV) 561720;
``(XV) 561730;
``(XVI) 561920;
``(XVII) 711510;
``(XVIII) 722310;
``(XIX) 722330;
``(XX) 812331; and
``(XXI) 812930; and
``(ii) maintains a physical facility in the United States that serves as the principal place where the activity described in the code assigned under clause (i) is conducted.
``(B) Treatment of government-owned hospitality businesses.--In the case of a hospitality business that is part of a State, political subdivision of a state, or instrumentality thereof, the hospitality business shall be treated as a separate entity from that State, political subdivision of a State, or instrumentality thereof, upon certification by the State, political subdivision of a State, or instrumentality thereof of the properly allocated employees and revenue of the hospitality business, in accordance with any requirement prescribed in regulations established by the Administrator.''.
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SA 1197. Mr. TESTER proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title X, add the following:
SEC. 10___. APPROVAL OF KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall review and approve a permit for the project of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities at the northern border of the State of Montana necessary to import oil from Canada to the United States, as described in the Presidential Permit of March 29, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 13101 (April 3, 2019)), if the President determines that the project would create construction jobs and increase tax revenues in communities that have been economically impacted by COVID-19.
(b) Revocation.--Section 6 of Executive Order 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7041 (January 25, 2021)) shall have no force or effect.
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SA 1198. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, and Mr. Tillis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2002 strike ``that enroll a significant percentage of'' and all that follows through the end of the section.
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SA 1199. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle M of title IX and insert the following:
SEC. ____. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF
HHS FOR AUDITING AND INVESTIGATING FRAUD AND
IMPROPER ACTIONS BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of allegations of fraud or other improper actions by State and local government officials with respect to long-term care facility residents and staff, including through the inaccurate reporting of COVID-19-related fatalities and through the implementation of policies resulting in preventable COVID-19-related fatalities of long-term care facility residents and staff.
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SA 1200. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2014. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL
CLOSURES.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2001(a), the amount appropriated under such section 2001(a) to the Department of Education shall be $127,269,800,000.
(b) Comprehensive Study on the Impact of School Closures.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive study on the impact of school closures, stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders, and other pandemic-related restrictions imposed by State and municipal authorities on the mental, physical, social, and emotional health and wellbeing of students.
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SA 1201. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 2001, add the following:
(i) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--
(1) In general.--The State shall make subgrants to local educational agencies under this subsection as follows:
(A) One-third of funds shall be awarded not less than 15 calendar days after receiving an award from the Secretary under this section.
(B) The remaining two-thirds of funds shall be awarded only after the local educational agency submits to the Governor and the Governor approves a comprehensive school reopening plan based on criteria determined by the Governor in consultation with the State educational agency (including criteria for the Governor to carry out paragraph (2)), that describes how the local educational agency will safely reopen schools with the physical presence of students, consistent with maintaining safe and continuous operations aligned with challenging State academic standards.
(2) Approval of plans.--The Governor shall approve plans submitted under paragraph (1)(B) within 30 days after the plan is submitted, subject to the following requirements:
(A) A local educational agency that offers an option for in-person instruction for at least 50 percent of its students where the students may physically attend school no less than 50 percent of each school-week, as it was defined by the local educational agency prior to the coronavirus emergency, shall have its plan automatically approved.
(B) A local educational agency that does not provide an option for in-person instruction to any students where the students physically attend school in-person shall not be eligible to receive a subgrant under paragraph (1)(B).
(C) A local educational agency that offers an option for in-person instruction to at least some students where the students may physically attend school in-person but does not satisfy the requirements in subparagraph (A) shall have its allocation reduced on a pro rata basis as determined by the Governor.
(3) Plan contents.--A school reopening plan submitted to a Governor under paragraph (1)(B) shall include, in addition to any other information necessary to meet the criteria determined by the Governor--
(A) a detailed timeline for when the local educational agency will offer an option for in-person instruction, including the goals and criteria used for providing an option for full time in-person instruction to all students;
(B) a description of how many days of in-person instruction per calendar week the local educational agency plans to offer to students; and
(C) an assurance that the local educational agency will offer students an option to receive as much in-person instruction as is safe and practicable, consistent with maintaining safe and continuous operations aligned with challenging State academic standards.
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SA 1202. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2014. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2001(a), the amount appropriated under such section 2001(a) to the Department of Education shall be $127,269,800,000.
(b) Inspector General Audit and Investigation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$20,000,000, for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Education to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the procedures, plans, and stakeholder consultations used, developed, and adopted by relevant State and local authorities with respect to reopening elementary and secondary schools for in-person learning.
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SA 1203. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Lankford) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. EMERGENCY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND.
(a) Establishment; Appropriation.--There is established in the Treasury the Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund (in this section referred to as the ``Fund''), to be administered by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, for the purposes set forth in subsection (b). In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, which shall be deposited into the Fund and remain available through September 30, 2021. The Fund is available for reasonable expenses incurred by the Office of Personnel Management in administering this section.
(b) Purpose.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available for reimbursement to an agency for the use of paid leave under this section by any employee of the agency who is unable to work because the employee--
(1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19;
(2) has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19;
(3) is caring for an individual who is subject to such an order or has been so advised;
(4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a medical diagnosis; or
(5) is obtaining immunization related to COVID-19 or to recover from any injury, disability, illness, or condition related to such immunization, but only if determined to be medically necessary by a qualified health care provider.
(c) Limitations.--
(1) Period of availability.--Paid leave under this section may only be provided to and used by an employee during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021.
(2) Total hours; amount.--Paid leave under this section--
(A) shall be provided to an employee in an amount not to exceed 64 hours of paid leave for each full-time employee, and in the case of a part-time employee, employee on an uncommon tour of duty, or employee with a seasonal work schedule, in an amount not to exceed the proportional equivalent of 64 hours to the extent amounts in the Fund remain available for reimbursement;
(B) shall be paid at the same hourly rate as other leave payments; and
(C) may not be provided to an employee if the leave would result in payments greater than $2,800 in aggregate for any biweekly pay period for a full-time employee, or a proportionally equivalent biweekly limit for a part-time employee.
(3) Relationship to other leave.--Paid leave under this section--
(A) is in addition to any other leave provided to an employee; and
(B) may not be used by an employee concurrently with any other paid leave.
(4) Calculation of retirement benefit.--Any paid leave provided to an employee under this section shall reduce the total service used to calculate any Federal civilian retirement benefit.
(d) Employee Defined.--In this section, the term
``employee'' means--
(1) an individual in the executive branch for whom annual and sick leave is provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) an individual employed by the United States Postal Service;
(3) an individual employed by the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
(4) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Courts.
SEC. 4001A. FUNDING FOR NURSING HOME FACILITIES AND FOR
REOPENING SCHOOLS.
(a) Nursing Home Facilities.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the purposes of the Disaster Relief Fund for costs associated with vaccinating, screening, testing, providing personal protective equipment for, and meeting other COVID-19-related expenses with respect to the residents and staff of long-term care facilities, nursing facilities, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities, personal care homes, adult care homes, and residential care facilities for the elderly with 15 or more residential units.
(b) Reopening Schools.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out the purposes of the Disaster Relief Fund for the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), and for any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes such emergency declaration, to reimburse costs incurred with respect to reopening schools, including public and non-public schools, for in-person learning with COVID-19 prevention, mitigation, and control measures.
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SA 1204. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Lankford) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. EMERGENCY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND.
(a) Establishment; Appropriation.--There is established in the Treasury the Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund (in this section referred to as the ``Fund''), to be administered by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, for the purposes set forth in subsection (b). In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, which shall be deposited into the Fund and remain available through September 30, 2021. The Fund is available for reasonable expenses incurred by the Office of Personnel Management in administering this section.
(b) Purpose.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available for reimbursement to an agency for the use of paid leave under this section by any employee of the agency who is unable to work because the employee--
(1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19;
(2) has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19;
(3) is caring for an individual who is subject to such an order or has been so advised;
(4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a medical diagnosis; or
(5) is obtaining immunization related to COVID-19 or to recover from any injury, disability, illness, or condition related to such immunization, but only if determined to be medically necessary by a qualified health care provider.
(c) Limitations.--
(1) Period of availability.--Paid leave under this section may only be provided to and used by an employee during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021.
(2) Total hours; amount.--Paid leave under this section--
(A) shall be provided to an employee in an amount not to exceed 64 hours of paid leave for each full-time employee, and in the case of a part-time employee, employee on an uncommon tour of duty, or employee with a seasonal work schedule, in an amount not to exceed the proportional equivalent of 64 hours to the extent amounts in the Fund remain available for reimbursement;
(B) shall be paid at the same hourly rate as other leave payments; and
(C) may not be provided to an employee if the leave would result in payments greater than $2,800 in aggregate for any biweekly pay period for a full-time employee, or a proportionally equivalent biweekly limit for a part-time employee.
(3) Relationship to other leave.--Paid leave under this section--
(A) is in addition to any other leave provided to an employee; and
(B) may not be used by an employee concurrently with any other paid leave.
(4) Calculation of retirement benefit.--Any paid leave provided to an employee under this section shall reduce the total service used to calculate any Federal civilian retirement benefit.
(d) Employee Defined.--In this section, the term
``employee'' means--
(1) an individual in the executive branch for whom annual and sick leave is provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) an individual employed by the United States Postal Service;
(3) an individual employed by the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
(4) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Courts.
SEC. 4001A. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 RELATED EXPENSES FOR
RESIDENTS AND STAFF OF NURSING HOME FACILITIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the purposes of the Disaster Relief Fund for costs associated with vaccinating, screening, testing, providing personal protective equipment for, and meeting other COVID-19-related expenses with respect to the residents and staff of long-term care facilities, nursing facilities, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities, personal care homes, adult care homes, and residential care facilities for the elderly with 15 or more residential units.
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SA 1205. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Lankford) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res, 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. FUNDING FOR NURSING HOME FACILITIES AND FOR
REOPENING SCHOOLS.
(a) Nursing Home Facilities.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the purposes of the Disaster Relief Fund for costs associated with vaccinating, screening, testing, providing personal protective equipment for, and meeting other COVID-19-related expenses with respect to the residents and staff of long-term care facilities, nursing facilities, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities, personal care homes, adult care homes, and residential care facilities for the elderly with 15 or more residential units.
(b) Reopening Schools.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out the purposes of the Disaster Relief Fund for the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), and for any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes such emergency declaration, to reimburse costs incurred with respect to reopening schools, including public and non-public schools, for in-person learning with COVID-19 prevention, mitigation, and control measures.
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SA 1206. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Lankford) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 RELATED EXPENSES FOR
RESIDENTS AND STAFF OF NURSING HOME FACILITIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to carry out the purposes of the Disaster Relief Fund for costs associated with vaccinating, screening, testing, providing personal protective equipment for, and meeting other COVID-19-related expenses with respect to the residents and staff of long-term care facilities, nursing facilities, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities, personal care homes, adult care homes, and residential care facilities for the elderly with 15 or more residential units.
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SA 1207. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 2001, add the following:
(i) Limitation.--None of the funds made available under this section may be provided to a local educational agency unless any negotiations between the local educational agency and a labor organization with respect to the conditions for the provision of in-person instruction are documented in writing and made public.
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SA 1208. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
After section 9022, insert the following:
SEC. 9023. FUNDING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FRAUD
PREVENTION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Inspector General of the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to conduct oversight activities (supported with funds appropriated to the Secretary of Labor to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, domestically or internationally) and investigate and refer for prosecution aliens not lawfully present in the United States who improperly received Federal unemployment compensation.
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SA 1209. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
After section 9022, insert the following:
SEC. 9023. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS STUDY.
(a) Study.--The Inspector General of the Department of Labor shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which aliens not lawfully present in the United States were able to access Federal unemployment compensation benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127) and the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
(b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Inspector General determines appropriate, including recommendations for preventing further unemployment compensation fraud by aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
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SA 1210. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
After section 9022, insert the following:
SEC. 9023. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS STUDY.
(a) Study.--The Inspector General of the Department of Labor shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which aliens not lawfully present in the United States were able to access Federal unemployment compensation benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127) and the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
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SA 1211. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 3201(h).
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SA 1212. Mr. BLUNT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON OVERBUILDING BROADBAND NETWORKS.
No amounts made available under this Act or an amendment made by this Act may be used to subsidize the construction of infrastructure for, or provision of, fixed broadband service in an area that has access to fixed broadband service that qualifies as advanced telecommunications capability (as defined in the 2020 Broadband Deployment Report adopted by the Federal Communications Commission under section 706(b) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302(b))), which shall be determined based on the new broadband maps created under section 802(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)).
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SA 1213. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 11, strike lines 15 and 16 and insert the following:
$280,000,000 to carry out this subsection.
(d) Business and Industry Guaranteed Lending Programs.--Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use $20,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for the cost of loans for rural business development programs authorized by section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) and described in subsection (g) of that section.
(e) Overtime Fees.--
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SA 1214. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2021.
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SA 1215. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2022.
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SA 1216. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 7102.
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SA 1217. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle B of title VII.
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SA 1218. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer
(for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle C of title VII.
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SA 1219. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 7404 and insert the following:
SEC. 7404. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FUNDING FOR COVID-19
RELATED WORK.
(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Trade Commission for fiscal year 2021, $6,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for the purposes described in subsection (b).
(b) Purposes.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Federal Trade Commission shall use--
(1) $4,400,000 to process and monitor consumer complaints received into the Consumer Sentinel Network, including increased complaints received regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices related to COVID-19; and
(2) $2,000,000 for consumer-related education, including in connection with unfair or deceptive acts or practices related to COVID-19.
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SA 1220. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 7104.
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SA 1221. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 7103.
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SA 1222. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 7402(c)(2)(A), in the matter preceding clause
(i), strike ``September 30, 2030'' and insert the following:
``July 31, 2021, after which any amounts remaining in the Emergency Connectivity Fund shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury''.
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SA 1223. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 7402, strike subsections (c) and (d) and insert the following:
(c) Emergency Connectivity Fund.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the ``Emergency Connectivity Fund''.
(2) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Emergency Connectivity Fund for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
(A) $7,171,000,000, to remain available until July 31, 2021, after which any amounts remaining in the Emergency Connectivity Fund shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury, for--
(i) the provision of support under the covered regulations; and
(ii) the Commission to adopt, and the Commission and the Universal Service Administrative Company to administer, the covered regulations; and
(B) $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030, for the Inspector General of the Commission to conduct oversight of support provided under the covered regulations.
(3) Limitation.--Not more than 2 percent of the amount made available under paragraph (2)(A) may be used for the purposes described in clause (ii) of such paragraph.
(4) Relationship to universal service contributions.--Support provided under the covered regulations shall be provided from amounts made available from the Emergency Connectivity Fund and not from contributions under section 254(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(d)).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Advanced telecommunications and information services.--The term ``advanced telecommunications and information services'' means advanced telecommunications and information services, as such term is used in section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)).
(2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Communications Commission.
(3) Connected device.--The term ``connected device'' means a laptop computer, tablet computer, or similar end-user device that is capable of connecting to advanced telecommunications and information services.
(4) Covered regulations.--The term ``covered regulations'' means the regulations promulgated under subsection (a).
(5) COVID-19 emergency period.--The term ``COVID-19 emergency period'' means a period that--
(A) begins on the date of a determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that a public health emergency exists as a result of COVID-19; and
(B) ends on the June 30 that first occurs after the date that is 1 year after the date on which such determination
(including any renewal thereof) terminates.
(6) Eligible equipment.--The term ``eligible equipment'' means the following:
(A) Wi-Fi hotspots.
(B) Modems.
(C) Routers.
(D) Devices that combine a modem and router.
(E) Connected devices.
(7) Eligible school or library.--The term ``eligible school or library'' means an elementary school, secondary school, or library (including a Tribal elementary school, Tribal secondary school, or Tribal library) eligible for support under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) that did not receive funds under the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) (or an amendment made by that Act) or the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) (or an amendment made by that Act).
(8) Emergency connectivity fund.--The term ``Emergency Connectivity Fund'' means the fund established under subsection (c)(1).
(9) Library.--The term ``library'' includes a library consortium.
(10) Wi-fi.--The term ``Wi-Fi'' means a wireless networking protocol based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard 802.11 (or any successor standard).
(11) Wi-fi hotspot.--The term ``Wi-Fi hotspot'' means a device that is capable of--
(A) receiving advanced telecommunications and information services; and
(B) sharing such services with a connected device through the use of Wi-Fi.
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SA 1224. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001.
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SA 1225. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9622.
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SA 1226. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 9621, 9622, 9623, 9624, and 9625 and insert the following:
SEC. 9621. TAXPAYER ELIGIBLE FOR CHILDLESS EARNED INCOME
CREDIT IN CASE OF QUALIFYING CHILDREN WHO FAIL
TO MEET CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 32(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9622. CREDIT ALLOWED IN CASE OF CERTAIN SEPARATED
SPOUSES.
(a) In General.--Section 32(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``Married Individuals.--In the case of'' and inserting the following: ``Married Individuals.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Determination of marital status.--For purposes of this section--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), marital status shall be determined under section 7703(a).
``(B) Special rule for separated spouse.--An individual shall not be treated as married if such individual--
``(i) is married (as determined under section 7703(a)) and does not file a joint return for the taxable year,
``(ii) resides with a qualifying child of the individual for more than one-half of such taxable year, and
``(iii)(I) during the last 6 months of such taxable year, does not have the same principal place of abode as the individual's spouse, or
``(II) has a decree, instrument, or agreement (other than a decree of divorce) described in section 121(d)(3)(C) with respect to the individual's spouse and is not a member of the same household with the individual's spouse by the end of the taxable year.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 32(c)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking the last sentence.
(2) Section 32(c)(1)(E)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(3) Section 32(d)(1) of such Code, as amended by subsection
(a), is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1227. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 9621, 9622, 9623, 9624, and 9625 and insert the following:
SEC. 9621. CREDIT ALLOWED IN CASE OF CERTAIN SEPARATED
SPOUSES.
(a) In General.--Section 32(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``Married Individuals.--In the case of'' and inserting the following: ``Married Individuals.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Determination of marital status.--For purposes of this section--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), marital status shall be determined under section 7703(a).
``(B) Special rule for separated spouse.--An individual shall not be treated as married if such individual--
``(i) is married (as determined under section 7703(a)) and does not file a joint return for the taxable year,
``(ii) resides with a qualifying child of the individual for more than one-half of such taxable year, and
``(iii)(I) during the last 6 months of such taxable year, does not have the same principal place of abode as the individual's spouse, or
``(II) has a decree, instrument, or agreement (other than a decree of divorce) described in section 121(d)(3)(C) with respect to the individual's spouse and is not a member of the same household with the individual's spouse by the end of the taxable year.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 32(c)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking the last sentence.
(2) Section 32(c)(1)(E)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(3) Section 32(d)(1) of such Code, as amended by subsection
(a), is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1228. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 11004.
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SA 1229. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2005.
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SA 1230. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2007.
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SA 1231. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9675.
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SA 1232. Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Toomey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 172, strike line 1 and all that follows through page 180, line 13, and insert the following:
(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$30,286,355,534, to remain available until September 30, 2024, that shall--
(A) be for grants to eligible recipients under sections 5307, 5309, 5310, and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus; and
(B) not be subject to any prior restriction on the total amount of funds available for implementation or execution of programs authorized under sections 5307, 5310, or 5311 of such title.
(2) Availability of funds for operating expenses.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) or (b) of section 5307 and section 5310(b)(2)(A) of title 49, United States Code, funds provided under this section, other than subsection (b)(4), shall be available for the operating expenses of transit agencies to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus public health emergency, including, beginning on January 20, 2020--
(i) reimbursement for payroll of public transportation
(including payroll and expenses of private providers of public transportation);
(ii) operating costs to maintain service due to lost revenue due as a result of the coronavirus public health emergency, including the purchase of personal protective equipment; and
(iii) paying the administrative leave of operations or contractor personnel due to reductions in service.
(B) Use of funds.--Funds described in subparagraph (A) shall be--
(i) available for immediate obligation, notwithstanding the requirement for such expenses to be included in a transportation improvement program, long-range transportation plan, statewide transportation plan, or statewide transportation improvement program under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 49, United States Code;
(ii) directed to payroll and operations of public transportation (including payroll and expenses of private providers of public transportation), unless the recipient certifies to the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration that the recipient has not furloughed any employees;
(iii) used to provide a Federal share of the costs for any grant made under this section of 100 percent.
(b) Allocation of Funds.--
(1) Urbanized area formula grants.--
(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $26,086,580,227 shall be for grants to recipients and subrecipients under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, and shall be administered as if such funds were provided under section 5307 of such title.
(B) Allocation.--Amounts made available under subparagraph
(A) shall be apportioned to urbanized areas based on data contained in the National Transit Database such that--
(i) each urbanized area shall receive an apportionment of an amount that, when combined with amounts that were otherwise made available to such urbanized area for similar activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, is equal to 132 percent of the urbanized area's 2018 operating costs; and
(ii) for funds remaining after the apportionment described in clause (i), such funds shall be apportioned such that--
(I) each urbanized area that did not receive an apportionment under clause (i) shall receive an apportionment equal to 25 percent of the urbanized area's 2018 operating costs; and
(II) each urbanized area under clause (i), when the amounts that were otherwise made available, prior to clause (i) to that urbanized area for similar activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus are equal to or greater than 130 percent of the urbanized area's 2018 operating costs but do not exceed 132 percent of such costs, such urbanized area shall receive an apportionment equal to 10 percent of the urbanized area's 2018 operating costs, in addition to amounts apportioned to the urbanized area under clause (i).
(2) Formula grants for the enhanced mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities.--
(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $50,000,000 shall be for grants to recipients or subrecipients eligible under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, and shall be apportioned in accordance with such section.
(B) Allocation ratio.--Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) shall be allocated in the same ratio as funds were provided under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2020.
(3) Formula grants for rural areas.--
(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $317,214,013 shall be for grants to recipients or subrecipients eligible under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, and shall be administered as if the funds were provided under section 5311 of such title, and shall be apportioned in accordance with such section, except as described in paragraph (B).
(B) Allocation ratio.--Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) to States, as defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, shall be allocated to such States based on data contained in the National Transit Database, such that--
(i) any State that received an amount for similar activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus that is equal to or greater than 150 percent of the combined 2018 rural operating costs of the recipients and subrecipients in such State shall receive an amount equal to 5 percent of such State's 2018 rural operating costs;
(ii) any State that does not receive an allocation under clause (i) that received an amount for similar activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus that is equal to or greater than 140 percent of the combined 2018 rural operating costs of the recipients and subrecipients in that State shall receive an amount equal to 10 percent of such State's 2018 rural operating costs; and
(iii) any State that does not receive an allocation under clauses (i) or (ii) shall receive an amount equal to 20 percent of such State's 2018 rural operating costs.
(4) Capital investments.--
(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available under subsection (a)--
(i) $1,250,000,000 shall be for grants administered under subsections (d) and (e) of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code; and
(ii) $250,000,000 shall be for grants administered under subsection (h) of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
(B) Funding distribution.--
(i) In general.--Of the amounts made available in subparagraph (A)(i), $1,250,000,000 shall be provided to each recipient for all projects with existing full funding grant agreements that received allocations for fiscal year 2019 or 2020, except that recipients with projects open for revenue service are not eligible to receive a grant under this subparagraph. Funds shall be provided proportionally based on the non-capital investment grant share of the amount allocated.
(ii) Eligible recipients.--For amounts made available in subparagraph (A)(ii), eligible recipients shall be any recipient of an allocation under subsection (h) of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, or an applicant in the project development phase described in paragraph (2) of such subsection.
(iii) Amount.--Amounts distributed under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be provided notwithstanding the limitation of any calculation of the maximum amount of Federal financial assistance for the project under subsection (k)(2)(C)(ii) or (h)(7) of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
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SA 1233. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Sinema) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
In section 2001(b), strike ``shall make grants'' and insert the following: ``shall--
(1) use $800,000,000 for the purposes of identifying homeless children and youth and providing homeless children and youth with--
(A) wrap-around services in light of the challenges of COVID-19; and
(B) assistance needed to enable homeless children and youth to attend school and participate fully in school activities; and
(2) from the remaining amounts, make grants
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SA 1234. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle M of title IX and insert the following:
Subtitle M--Deduction of Charitable Contributions by Non-itemizers
SEC. 9901. EXPANSION OF DEDUCTION FOR CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS BY NON-ITEMIZERS.
(a) In General.--Section 170(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 212 of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-260), is amended--
(1) by striking ``in 2021'' and inserting ``after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2026'', and
(2) by striking ``$300 ( $600'' and inserting ``an amount equal to the basic standard deduction under paragraph (2)(C) of section 63(c) (as adjusted under paragraph (7)) applicable for such taxable year (twice such amount''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 212 of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020.
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SA 1235. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001(b), add at the end the following: ``A State educational shall receive a grant under this section only if the State ensures that grant funds will be used to provide assistance only to schools that are open for in-person academic instruction.''.
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SA 1236. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001(a), add at the end the following:
``Amounts appropriated under this section shall be available only after all funds appropriated under section 18003 of title VIII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and section 313 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) have been expended.''.
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SA 1237. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001(a), strike ``September 30, 2023, to carry out this section.'' and insert ``the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, to carry out this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, funding under this section shall not be made available to any State until every State has received and expended the funding appropriated under section 18003 of title VIII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and section 313 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).''.
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SA 1238. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2003, strike ``to remain available through September 30, 2023, for making allocations to institutions of higher education in accordance with the same terms and conditions of section 314 of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116-260), except that'' and insert ``to remain available through the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, for making allocations to institutions of higher education in accordance with the same terms and conditions of section 314 of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116-260), except that''.
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SA 1239. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 46, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
(8) an institution shall be eligible to receive an allocation under this section only if the institution has expended all funds made available to the institution under section 18004 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and section 314 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
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SA 1240. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 46, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
(8) an institution shall be eligible to receive an allocation under this section only if the institution is open for in-person academic instruction.
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SA 1241. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9814.
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SA 1242. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Romney, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Young, and Mr. Grassley) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following:
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
Sec. 1001. Supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sec. 1002. Additional assistance for SNAP online purchasing and technology improvements.
Sec. 1003. Additional funding for nutrition assistance programs.
Sec. 1004. Commodity supplemental food program.
Sec. 1005. Improvements to WIC benefits.
Sec. 1006. WIC program modernization.
Sec. 1007. Meals and supplements reimbursements for individuals who have not attained the age of 25.
Sec. 1008. Pandemic EBT program.
TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 2001. COVID-19 emergency medical supplies enhancement.
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Subtitle A--Funding for Providers Relating to COVID-19
Sec. 3001. Funding for providers relating to COVID-19.
Subtitle B--Unemployment Provisions
Sec. 3101. Extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.
Sec. 3102. Funding for fraud prevention, equitable access, and timely payment to eligible workers.
Subtitle C--Recovery Rebates to Individuals
Sec. 3201. 2021 recovery rebates to individuals.
TITLE IV--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
Subtitle A--Public Health Programs
Sec. 4001. Public health programs.
Subtitle B--Schools
Sec. 4101. Schools.
Subtitle C--Child Care
Sec. 4201. Child Care and Development Block Grant Program.
TITLE V--COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Sec. 5001. Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriation.
Sec. 5002. Small Provider Medical Supplies Fund.
TITLE VI--COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Sec. 6001. Additional appropriations for paycheck protection program, second draw, and economic injury disaster loans.
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
SEC. 1001. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Value of Benefits.--Section 702(a) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is amended by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and inserting
``September 30, 2021''.
(b) SNAP Administrative Expenses.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, with amounts to be obligated for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, for the costs of State administrative expenses associated with carrying out this section and administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), of which--
(1) $15,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the
``Secretary'') for management and oversight of the program; and
(2) $1,135,000,000 shall be for the Secretary to make grants to each State agency for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 as follows:
(A) 75 percent of the amounts available shall be allocated to States based on the share of each State of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)); and
(B) 25 percent of the amounts available shall be allocated to States based on the increase in the number of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture over the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)).
SEC. 1002. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SNAP ONLINE PURCHASING
AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$25,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 2026, to carry out this section.
(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Agriculture may use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a)--
(1) to make technological improvements to improve online purchasing in the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
(2) to modernize electronic benefit transfer technology;
(3) to support the mobile technologies demonstration projects and the use of mobile technologies authorized under section 7(h)(14) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14)); and
(4) to provide technical assistance to educate retailers on the process and technical requirements for the online acceptance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, for mobile payments, and for electronic benefit transfer modernization initiatives.
SEC. 1003. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.
Section 704 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(1) by striking ``In addition'' and inserting the following:
``(a) COVID-19 Response Funding.--In addition''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following--
``(b) Additional Funding.--In addition to any other funds made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition assistance, of which $30,000,000 shall be available to provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands for such assistance.''.
SEC. 1004. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM.
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $37,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for activities authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note).
SEC. 1005. IMPROVEMENTS TO WIC BENEFITS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Applicable period.--The term ``applicable period'' means a period--
(A) beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, as selected by a State agency; and
(B) ending not later than the earlier of--
(i) 4 months after the date described in subparagraph (A); or
(ii) September 30, 2021.
(2) Cash-value voucher.--The term ``cash-value voucher'' has the meaning given the term in section 246.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act).
(3) Program.--The term ``program'' means the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
(4) Qualified food package.--The term ``qualified food package'' means each of the following food packages (as defined in section 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act)):
(A) Food package III-Participants with qualifying conditions.
(B) Food Package IV-Children 1 through 4 years.
(C) Food Package V-Pregnant and partially (mostly) breastfeeding women.
(D) Food Package VI-Postpartum women.
(E) Food Package VII-Fully breastfeeding.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(6) State agency.--The term ``State agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).
(b) Authority to Increase Amount of Cash-value Voucher.--During the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and in response to challenges relating to that public health emergency, the Secretary may, in carrying out the program, increase the amount of a cash-value voucher under a qualified food package to an amount that is less than or equal to $35.
(c) Application of Increased Amount of Cash-value Voucher to State Agencies.--
(1) Notification.--An increase to the amount of a cash-value voucher under subsection (b) shall apply to any State agency that notifies the Secretary of--
(A) the intent to use that increased amount, without further application; and
(B) the applicable period selected by the State agency during which that increased amount shall apply.
(2) Use of increased amount.--A State agency that makes a notification to the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall use the increased amount described in that paragraph--
(A) during the applicable period described in that notification; and
(B) only during a single applicable period.
(d) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary under subsection (b), and the authority of a State agency to increase the amount of a cash-value voucher under subsection
(c), shall terminate on September 30, 2021.
(e) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$490,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available until September 30, 2022.
SEC. 1006. WIC PROGRAM MODERNIZATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until September 30, 2024, to carry out outreach, innovation, and program modernization efforts, including appropriate waivers and flexibility, to increase participation in and redemption of benefits under programs established under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (7 U.S.C. 1431), except that such waivers may not relate to the content of the WIC Food Packages (as defined in section 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)), or the nondiscrimination requirements under section 246.8 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).
SEC. 1007. MEALS AND SUPPLEMENTS REIMBURSEMENTS FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF
25.
(a) Program for At-risk School Children.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, notwithstanding paragraph
(1)(A) of section 17(r) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)), during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse institutions that are emergency shelters under such section 17(r) (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)) for meals and supplements served to individuals who, at the time of such service--
(1) have not attained the age of 25; and
(2) are receiving assistance, including non-residential assistance, from such emergency shelter.
(b) Participation by Emergency Shelters.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, notwithstanding paragraph
(5)(A) of section 17(t) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)), during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse emergency shelters under such section 17(t)
(42 U.S.C. 1766(t)) for meals and supplements served to individuals who, at the time of such service have not attained the age of 25.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Emergency shelter.--The term ``emergency shelter'' has the meaning given the term under section 17(t)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)(1)).
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 1008. PANDEMIC EBT PROGRAM.
Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
(7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116-127) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``During fiscal years 2020 and 2021'' and inserting ``In any school year in which there is a public health emergency designation''; and
(B) by inserting ``or in a covered summer period following a school session'' after ``in session'';
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ``During fiscal year 2020, the'' and inserting ``The'';
(3) in subsection (h)(1)--
(A) by inserting ``either'' after ``at least 1 child enrolled in such a covered child care facility and''; and
(B) by inserting ``or a Department of Agriculture grant-funded nutrition assistance program in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or American Samoa'' before ``shall be eligible to receive assistance'';
(4) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections
(j) and (k), respectively;
(5) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
``(i) Emergencies During Summer.--The Secretary of Agriculture may permit a State agency to extend a State agency plan approved under subsection (b) for not more than 90 days for the purpose of operating the plan during a covered summer period, during which time schools participating in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1773) and covered child care facilities shall be deemed closed for purposes of this section.'';
(6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Covered summer period.--The term `covered summer period' means a summer period that follows a school year during which there was a public health emergency designation.''; and
(C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking ``or another coronavirus with pandemic potential''; and
(7) in subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by inserting
``Federal agencies,'' before ``State agencies''.
TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
SEC. 2001. COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ENHANCEMENT.
(a) Supporting Enhanced Use of the Defense Production Act of 1950.--In addition to funds otherwise available, there is appropriated, for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, notwithstanding section 304(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534(e)), to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out title III of such Act in accordance with subsection (b).
(b) Medical Supplies and Equipment.--Amounts appropriated in subsection (a) shall be used for the purchase, production
(including the construction, repair, and retrofitting of government-owned or private facilities as necessary), or distribution of medical supplies and equipment (including durable medical equipment) related to combating the COVID-19 pandemic, including--
(1) in vitro diagnostic products for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the diagnosis of the virus that causes COVID-19, and the reagents and other materials necessary for producing, conducting, or administering such products, and the machinery, equipment, laboratory capacity, or other technology necessary to produce such products;
(2) face masks and personal protective equipment, including face shields, nitrile gloves, N-95 filtering facepiece respirators, and any other masks or equipment (including durable medical equipment) needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the materials, machinery, additional manufacturing lines or facilities, or other technology necessary to produce such equipment; and
(3) drugs, devices, and biological products that are approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 and symptoms related to COVID-19, and any materials, manufacturing machinery, additional manufacturing or fill-finish lines or facilities, technology, or equipment (including durable medical equipment) necessary to produce or use such drugs, biological products, or devices (including syringes, vials, or other supplies or equipment related to delivery, distribution, or administration).
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Subtitle A--Funding for Providers Relating to COVID-19
SEC. 3001. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1150C. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
``(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal year 2021, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$35,000,000,000 for purposes of making payments to eligible health care providers for health care related expenses and lost revenues that are attributable to COVID-19. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.
``(b) Special Rules.--
``(1) Parent organizations.--In the case of any payment made under this section to an eligible health care provider, but which is received by a parent organization of such provider, such parent organization shall allocate all of such payment to such provider.
``(2) Ensuring payment for providers in rural areas.--The Secretary shall make not less than $8,500,000,000 of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) available for eligible health care providers located in a rural area.
``(c) Application Requirement.--To be eligible for a payment under this section, an eligible health care provider shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. Such application shall contain the following:
``(1) A statement justifying the need of the provider for the payment, including documentation of the health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19 and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.
``(2) The tax identification number of the provider.
``(3) Such assurances as the Secretary determines appropriate that the eligible health care provider will maintain and make available such documentation and submit such reports (at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe) as the Secretary determines is necessary to ensure compliance with any conditions imposed by the Secretary under this section.
``(4) Any other information determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(d) Limitation.--Payments made to an eligible health care provider under this section may not be used to reimburse any expense or loss that--
``(1) has been reimbursed from another source; or
``(2) another source is obligated to reimburse.
``(e) Application of Requirements, Rules, and Procedures.--The Secretary shall apply any requirements, rules, or procedures as the Secretary deems appropriate for the efficient execution of this section.
``(f) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for fiscal year 2021 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116-94 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b through 256).
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible health care provider.--The term `eligible health care provider' means--
``(A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1861(u)) or a supplier (as defined in section 1861(d)) that--
``(i) is enrolled in the Medicare program under title XVIII under section 1866(j), including temporarily enrolled during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) for such period; and
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19;
``(B) a provider or supplier that--
``(i) is enrolled with a State Medicaid plan under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subsections
(a)(77) and (kk) of section 1902 (including enrolled pursuant to section 1902(a)(78) or section 1932(d)(6)) or enrolled with a State child health plan under title XXI (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subparagraph (G) of section 2107(e)(1) (including enrolled pursuant to subparagraph (D) or (Q) of such section); and
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19;
``(C) an assisted living facility (as defined for purposes of the Older Americans Act); or
``(D) a senior congregate home provider (as defined by the Secretary).
``(2) Health care related expenses attributable to covid-19.--The term `health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19' means health care related expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, including the building or construction of a temporary structure, the leasing of a property, the purchase of medical supplies and equipment, including personal protective equipment and testing supplies, providing for increased workforce and training, including maintaining staff, obtaining additional staff, or both, the operation of an emergency operation center, retrofitting a facility, providing for surge capacity, and other expenses determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(3) Lost revenue attributable to covid-19.--The term
`lost revenue attributable to COVID-19' has the meaning given that term in the Frequently Asked Questions guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services in June 2020, including the difference between such provider's budgeted and actual revenue if such budget had been established and approved prior to March 27, 2020.
``(4) Payment.--The term `payment' includes, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, a pre-payment, a prospective payment, a retrospective payment, or a payment through a grant or other mechanism.
``(5) Rural area.--The term `rural area' means--
``(A) a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D));
``(B) an area treated as a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E); or
``(C) any other rural area (as defined by the Secretary).''.
Subtitle B--Unemployment Provisions
SEC. 3101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``June 30, 2021''.
(b) Amount.--Section 2104(b)(3)(A)(ii) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``June 30, 2021''.
SEC. 3102. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION, EQUITABLE ACCESS,
AND TIMELY PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to detect and prevent fraud, promote equitable access, and ensure the timely payment of benefits with respect to unemployment insurance programs, including the program extended under section 3011.
(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available under subsection
(a) may be used--
(1) for Federal administrative costs related to the purposes described in subsection (a);
(2) for systemwide infrastructure investment and development related to such purposes;
(3) to make grants to States or territories administering unemployment insurance programs described in subsection (a) for such purposes, including the establishment of procedures or the building of infrastructure to verify or validate identity, implement Federal guidance regarding fraud detection and prevention, and accelerate claims processing or process claims backlogs due to the pandemic; and
(4) for transfer to the Inspector General of the Department of Labor, to the Attorney General, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or to other Federal agencies investigating identity theft crime affecting Federal unemployment benefits, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, for the development of State tools for fraud detection or prevention or for the investigation or prosecution of fraud.
(c) Restrictions on Grants to States and Territories.--As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may require that a State or territory receiving such a grant shall--
(1) use such program integrity tools as the Secretary may specify; and
(2) as directed by the Secretary, conduct user accessibility testing on any new system developed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
(d) Reservation of Funds for System Improvements.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 to assist States in the following activities:
(1) Improving States' use of an automated electronic transmission of requests for information relating to unemployment compensation and the provision of such information between such agency and employers or their agents.
(2) Using a system designated by the Secretary of Labor for cross-matching claimants of unemployment compensation under State law against any databases in the system to prevent and detect fraud and improper payments.
(3)(A) Comparing information in the National Directory of New Hires or other wage sources against information about individuals claiming unemployment compensation to identify any such individuals who may have become employed, in accordance with any regulations or guidance that the Secretary of Health and Human Services may issue and consistent with the computer matching provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974.
(B) Taking timely action to verify whether the individuals identified are employed.
(C) Taking appropriate action to suspend or modify unemployment compensation payments if the individuals identified are employed.
(D) Initiating recovery of any improper unemployment compensation payments that have been made.
Subtitle C--Recovery Rebates to Individuals
SEC. 3201. 2021 RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 6428A the following new section:
``SEC. 6428B. 2021 RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS.
``(a) In General.--In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2021 an amount equal to the 2021 rebate amount determined for such taxable year.
``(b) 2021 Rebate Amount.--For purposes of this section, the term `2021 rebate amount' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year, the sum of--
``(1) $1,400 ($2,800 in the case of a joint return), plus
``(2) $500 multiplied by the number of dependents of the taxpayer for such taxable year.
``(c) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term `eligible individual' means any individual other than--
``(1) any nonresident alien individual,
``(2) any individual who is a dependent of another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which the individual's taxable year begins, and
``(3) an estate or trust.
``(d) Limitation Based on Adjusted Gross Income.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) (determined without regard to this subsection and subsection (f)) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the same ratio to such credit (as so determined) as--
``(A) the excess of--
``(i) the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over
``(ii) $40,000, bears to
``(B) $10,000.
``(2) Special rules.--
``(A) Joint return or surviving spouse.--In the case of a joint return or a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting
`$80,000' for `$40,000' and `$20,000' for `$10,000'.
``(B) Head of household.--In the case of a head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting `$60,000' for `$40,000' and
`$15,000' for `$10,000'.
``(e) Definitions and Special Rules.--
``(1) Dependent defined.--For purposes of this section, the term `dependent' has the meaning given such term by section 152.
``(2) Identification number requirement.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a return other than a joint return, the $1,400 amount in subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as being zero unless the taxpayer includes the valid identification number of the taxpayer on the return of tax for the taxable year.
``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return, the
$2,800 amount in subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as being--
``(i) $1,400 if the valid identification number of only 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year, and
``(ii) zero if the valid identification number of neither spouse is so included.
``(C) Dependents.--A dependent shall not be taken into account under subsection (b)(2) unless the valid identification number of such dependent is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
``(D) Valid identification number.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term
`valid identification number' means a social security number
(as such term is defined in section 24(h)(7)).
``(ii) Adoption taxpayer identification number.--For purposes of subparagraph (C), in the case of a dependent who is adopted or placed for adoption, the term `valid identification number' shall include the adoption taxpayer identification number of such dependent.
``(E) Special rule for members of the armed forces.--Subparagraph (B) shall not apply in the case where at least 1 spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year and the valid identification number of at least 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
``(F) Coordination with certain advance payments.--In the case of any payment determined pursuant to subsection (g)(6), a valid identification number shall be treated for purposes of this paragraph as included on the taxpayer's return of tax if such valid identification number is available to the Secretary as described in such subsection.
``(G) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Any omission of a correct valid identification number required under this paragraph shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error for purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to such omission.
``(3) Credit treated as refundable.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1.
``(f) Coordination With Advance Refunds of Credit.--
``(1) Reduction of refundable credit.--The amount of the credit which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and credits made or allowed to the taxpayer (or, except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, any dependent of the taxpayer) under subsection (g). Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(2) Joint returns.--Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, in the case of a refund or credit made or allowed under subsection (g) with respect to a joint return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as having been made or allowed to each individual filing such return.
``(g) Advance Refunds and Credits.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), each individual who was an eligible individual for such individual's first taxable year beginning in 2019 shall be treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year in an amount equal to the advance refund amount for such taxable year.
``(2) Advance refund amount.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the advance refund amount is the amount that would have been allowed as a credit under this section for such taxable year if this section (other than subsection (f) and this subsection) had applied to such taxable year.
``(B) Treatment of deceased individuals.--For purposes of determining the advance refund amount with respect to such taxable year--
``(i) any individual who was deceased before January 1, 2021, shall be treated for purposes of applying subsection
(e)(2) in the same manner as if the valid identification number of such person was not included on the return of tax for such taxable year (except that subparagraph (E) thereof shall not apply),
``(ii) notwithstanding clause (i), in the case of a joint return with respect to which only 1 spouse is deceased before January 1, 2021, such deceased spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year, and the valid identification number of such deceased spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year, the valid identification number of 1 (and only 1) spouse shall be treated as included on the return of tax for the taxable year for purposes of applying subsection
(e)(2)(B) with respect to such joint return, and
``(iii) no amount shall be determined under subsection
(e)(2) with respect to any dependent of the taxpayer if the taxpayer (both spouses in the case of a joint return) was deceased before January 1, 2021.
``(3) Timing and manner of payments.--The Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of this title and consistent with rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 6428A(f)(3), refund or credit any overpayment attributable to this subsection as rapidly as possible, consistent with a rapid effort to make payments attributable to such overpayments electronically if appropriate. No refund or credit shall be made or allowed under this subsection after December 31, 2021.
``(4) No interest.--No interest shall be allowed on any overpayment attributable to this subsection.
``(5) Application to individuals who have filed a return of tax for 2020.--
``(A) Application to 2020 returns filed at time of initial determination.--If, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3), the individual referred to in paragraph (1) has filed a return of tax for the individual's first taxable year beginning in 2020, paragraph (1) shall be applied with respect to such individual by substituting
`2020' for `2019'.
``(B) Additional payment.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of any individual who files, before the additional payment determination date, a return of tax for such individual's first taxable year beginning in 2020, the Secretary shall make a payment (in addition to any payment made under paragraph (1)) to such individual equal to the excess (if any) of--
``(I) the amount which would be determined under paragraph
(1) (after the application of subparagraph (A)) by applying paragraph (1) as of the additional payment determination date, over
``(II) the amount of any payment made with respect to such individual under paragraph (1).
``(ii) Additional payment determination date.--The term
`additional payment determination date' means the earlier of--
``(I) the date which is 90 days after the 2020 calendar year filing deadline, or
``(II) September 1, 2021.
``(iii) 2020 calendar year filing deadline.--The term `2020 calendar year filing deadline' means the date specified in section 6072(a) with respect to returns for calendar year 2020. Such date shall be determined after taking into account any period disregarded under section 7508A if such disregard applies to substantially all returns for calendar year 2020 to which section 6072(a) applies.
``(6) Application to certain individuals who have not filed a return of tax for 2019 or 2020 at time of determination.--In the case of any individual who, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3), has filed a tax return for neither the year described in paragraph (1) nor for the year described in paragraph (5)(A), the Secretary shall, consistent with rules similar to the rules of section 6428A(f)(5)(H)(i), apply paragraph (1) on the basis of information available to the Secretary and shall, on the basis of such information, determine the advance refund amount with respect to such individual without regard to subsection (d) unless the Secretary has reason to know that such amount would otherwise be reduced by reason of such subsection.
``(7) Special rule related to time of filing return.--Solely for purposes of this subsection, a return of tax shall not be treated as filed until such return has been processed by the Internal Revenue Service.
``(8) Restriction on use of certain previously issued prepaid debit cards.--Payments made by the Secretary to individuals under this section shall not be in the form of an increase in the balance of any previously issued prepaid debit card if, as of the time of the issuance of such card, such card was issued solely for purposes of making payments under section 6428 or 6428A.
``(h) Special Rules With Respect to Prisoners.--
``(1) Disallowance of credit.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), no credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) to an eligible individual who is, for each day during calendar year 2021, described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)).
``(B) Joint return.--In the case of eligible individuals filing a joint return where 1 spouse is described in subparagraph (A), subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting `$1,400' for `$2,800'.
``(2) Denial of advance refund or credit.--No refund or credit shall be made or allowed under subsection (g) with respect to any individual whom the Secretary has knowledge is, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3) of such subsection, described in clause (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act.
``(i) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including--
``(1) regulations or other guidance providing taxpayers the opportunity to provide the Secretary information sufficient to allow the Secretary to make payments to such taxpayers under subsection (g) (including the determination of the amount of such payment) if such information is not otherwise available to the Secretary, and
``(2) regulations or other guidance to ensure to the maximum extent administratively practicable that, in determining the amount of any credit under subsection (a) and any credit or refund under subsection (g), an individual is not taken into account more than once, including by different taxpayers and including by reason of a change in joint return status or dependent status between the taxable year for which an advance refund amount is determined and the taxable year for which a credit under subsection (a) is determined.''.
(b) Treatment of Certain Possessions.--
(1) Payments to possessions with mirror code tax systems.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the amendments made by this section. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
(2) Payments to other possessions.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits (if any) that would have been provided to residents of such possession by reason of the amendments made by this section if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply unless the respective possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
(3) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed against United States income taxes under section 6428B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), nor shall any credit or refund be made or allowed under subsection (g) of such section, to any person--
(A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes imposed by the possession by reason of the amendments made by this section, or
(B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan described in paragraph (2).
(4) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this subsection, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
(5) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.
(c) Administrative Provisions.--
(1) Definition of deficiency.--Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``6428, and 6428A'' and inserting ``6428, 6428A, and 6428B''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``6428B,'' after
``6428A,''.
(B) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6428A the following new item:
``Sec. 6428B. 2021 recovery rebates to individuals.''.
TITLE IV--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
Subtitle A--Public Health Programs
SEC. 4001. PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
``(f) PHSA.--Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART E--MISCELLANEOUS FUNDING
``Subpart A--Vaccines
``SEC. 281. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE ACTIVITIES AT THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, and track COVID-19 vaccines.
``(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with other agencies, as applicable, shall, in conducting activities referred to in subsection
(a)--
``(1) conduct activities to enhance, expand, and improve nationwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration, including activities related to distribution of ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines; and
``(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support to, and award grants or cooperative agreements to, State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments for enhancement of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration capabilities, including--
``(A) the distribution and administration of vaccines licensed under section 351 of this Act or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3) and ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines;
``(B) the establishment and expansion, including staffing support, of community vaccination centers, particularly in underserved areas;
``(C) the deployment of mobile vaccination units, particularly in underserved areas;
``(D) information technology, standards-based data, and reporting enhancements, including improvements necessary to support standards-based sharing of data related to vaccine distribution and vaccinations and systems that enhance vaccine safety, effectiveness, and uptake, particularly among underserved populations;
``(E) facilities enhancements;
``(F) communication with the public regarding when, where, and how to receive COVID-19 vaccines; and
``(G) transportation of individuals to facilitate vaccinations, including at community vaccination centers and mobile vaccination units, particularly for underserved populations.
``(c) Supplemental Funding for State Vaccination Grants.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Base formula.--The term `base formula' means the allocation formula that applied to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2020.
``(B) Alternative allocation.--The term `alternative allocation' means an allocation to each State, territory, or locality calculated using the percentage derived from the allocation received by such State, territory, or locality of the aggregate amount of fiscal year 2020 Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement awards under section 319C-1.
``(2) Supplemental funding.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use amounts described in subsection (a) to provide supplemental funding to any State, locality, or territory that received less of the amounts that were appropriated under title III of division M of Public Law 116-260 for vaccination grants to be issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than such State, locality, or territory would have received had such amounts been allocated using the alternative allocation.
``(B) Amount.--The amount of supplemental funding provided under this subsection shall be equal to the difference between--
``(i) the amount the State, locality, or territory received, or would receive, under the base formula; and
``(ii) the amount the State, locality, or territory would receive under the alternative allocation.
``SEC. 281A. FUNDING FOR VACCINE CONFIDENCE ACTIVITIES.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--
``(1) to strengthen vaccine confidence in the United States, including its territories and possessions;
``(2) to provide further information and education with respect to vaccines licensed under section 351 of this Act or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3); and
``(3) to improve rates of vaccination throughout the United States, including its territories and possessions, including through activities described in section 313, as amended by section 311 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(Public Law 116-260).
``SEC. 281B. FUNDING FOR SUPPLY CHAIN FOR COVID-19 VACCINES,
THERAPEUTICS, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$6,050,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses with respect to research, development, manufacturing, production, and the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and ancillary medical products and supplies to prevent, prepare, or respond to--
``(1) SARS-CoV-2 or any viral variant mutating therefrom with pandemic potential; and
``(2) COVID-19 or any disease with potential for creating a pandemic.
``SEC. 281C. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE, THERAPEUTIC, AND
DEVICE ACTIVITIES AT THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be used for the evaluation of the continued performance, safety, and effectiveness, including with respect to emerging COVID-19 variants, of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; facilitation of advanced continuous manufacturing activities related to production of vaccines and related materials; facilitation and conduct of inspections related to the manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices delayed or cancelled for reasons related to COVID-19; review of devices authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; and oversight of the supply chain and mitigation of shortages of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Food and Drug Administration.
``Subpart B--Testing
``SEC. 282. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 TESTING, CONTACT TRACING,
AND MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,800,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
``(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
``(1) implement a national, evidence-based strategy for testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and mitigation with respect to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through activities authorized under section 319(a);
``(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support, and award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, and territorial public health departments for activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies and activities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19;
``(3) support the development, manufacturing, procurement, distribution, and administration of tests to detect or diagnose SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through--
``(A) support for the development, manufacture, procurement, and distribution of supplies necessary for administering tests, such as personal protective equipment; and
``(B) support for the acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally owned facilities for the production of diagnostics and ancillary medical products and supplies where the Secretary determines that such an investment is necessary to ensure the production of sufficient amounts of such supplies;
``(4) establish and expand Federal, State, local, and territorial testing and contact tracing capabilities, including--
``(A) through investments in laboratory capacity, such as--
``(i) academic and research laboratories, or other laboratories that could be used for processing of COVID-19 testing;
``(ii) community-based testing sites and community-based organizations; or
``(iii) mobile health units, particularly in medically underserved areas; and
``(B) with respect to quarantine and isolation of contacts;
``(5) enhance information technology, data modernization, and reporting, including improvements necessary to support sharing of data related to public health capabilities;
``(6) award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, State, local, and territorial public health departments to establish, expand, and sustain a public health workforce; and
``(7) to cover administrative and program support costs necessary to conduct activities related to subparagraph (a).
``SEC. 282A. FUNDING FOR SARS-COV-2 GENOMIC SEQUENCING AND
SURVEILLANCE.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to strengthen and expand activities and workforce related to genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveillance.
``(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
``(1) conduct, expand, and improve activities to sequence genomes, identify mutations, and survey the circulation and transmission of viruses and other organisms, including strains of SARS-CoV-2;
``(2) award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, Tribal, or territorial public health departments or public health laboratories--
``(A) to increase their capacity to sequence genomes of circulating strains of viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
``(B) to identify mutations in viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
``(C) to use genomic sequencing to identify outbreaks and clusters of diseases or infections, including COVID-19; and
``(D) to develop effective disease response strategies based on genomic sequencing and surveillance data;
``(3) enhance and expand the informatics capabilities of the public health workforce; and
``(4) award grants for the construction, alteration, or renovation of facilities to improve genomic sequencing and surveillance capabilities at the State and local level.
``SEC. 282B. FUNDING FOR DATA MODERNIZATION AND FORECASTING
CENTER.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support public health data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization initiatives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and establish, expand, and maintain efforts to modernize the United States disease warning system to forecast and track hotspots for COVID-19, its variants, and emerging biological threats, including academic and workforce support for analytics and informatics infrastructure and data collection systems.
``Subpart C--Strategic National Stockpile
``SEC. 283. FUNDING FOR THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$15,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for maintenance of the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2(a).
``Subpart D--Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder
``SEC. 284. FUNDING FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out subpart I of part B of title XIX, subpart III of part B of title XIX, and section 505(c) with respect to mental health. Notwithstanding section 1952, any amount awarded to a State out of amounts appropriated by this section shall be expended by the State by September 30, 2025.
``SEC. 284A. FUNDING FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND
TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out subpart II of part B of title XIX, subpart III of part B of title XIX, section 505(d) with respect to substance abuse, and section 515(d). Notwithstanding section 1952, any amount awarded to a State out of amounts appropriated by this section shall be expended by the State by September 30, 2025.
``SEC. 284B. FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, AND PUBLIC
SAFETY OFFICERS.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
``(b) Use of Funding.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall, taking into consideration the needs of rural and medically underserved communities, use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to award grants or contracts to health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities (or consortia of entities, including entities promoting multidisciplinary approaches), to plan, develop, operate, or participate in health professions and nursing training activities for health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, and public safety officers, and employers of such individuals, in evidence-informed strategies for reducing and addressing suicide, burnout, mental health conditions, and substance use disorders among health care professionals.
``SEC. 284C. FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
ENCOURAGING HEALTHY WORK CONDITIONS AND USE OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
SERVICES BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
``(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the medical professional community, shall use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to carry out a national evidence-based education and awareness campaign directed at health care professionals and first responders
(such as emergency medical service providers), and employers of such professionals and first responders. Such awareness campaign shall--
``(1) encourage primary prevention of mental health conditions and substance use disorders and secondary and tertiary prevention by encouraging health care professionals to seek support and treatment for their own mental health and substance use concerns;
``(2) help such professionals to identify risk factors in themselves and others and respond to such risks;
``(3) include information on reducing or preventing suicide, substance use disorders, burnout, and other mental health conditions, and addressing stigma associated with seeking mental health and substance use disorder support and treatment; and
``(4) consider the needs of rural and medically underserved communities.
``SEC. 284D. FUNDING FOR GRANTS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO
PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG THEIR HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose described in subsection (b).
``(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall, taking into consideration the needs of rural and medically underserved communities, use amounts appropriated by subsection (a) to award grants or contracts to entities providing health care, including health care providers associations and Federally qualified health centers, to establish, enhance, or expand evidence-informed programs or protocols to promote mental health among their providers, other personnel, and members.
``SEC. 284E. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED LOCAL SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER SERVICES.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$30,000,000, to support community-based local substance use disorder services, to remain available until expended, as authorized in section 547.
``SEC. 284F. FUNDING FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 520E-3.
``SEC. 284G. FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS
NETWORK.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 582 with respect to addressing the problem of high-risk or medically underserved persons who experience violence-related stress.
``SEC. 284H. FUNDING FOR PROJECT AWARE.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 520A with respect to advancing wellness and resiliency in education.
``SEC. 284I. FUNDING FOR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out sections 520E and 520E-2.
``SEC. 284J. FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 756.
``SEC. 284K. FUNDING FOR PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 330M.
``SEC. 284L. FUNDING FOR EXPANSION GRANTS FOR CERTIFIED
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $420,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to communities and community organizations that meet the criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note).''.
Subtitle B--Schools
SEC. 4101. SCHOOLS.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), as amended by section 4001, is further amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
``(g) Schools.--Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of title I the following:
``PART G--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL RELIEF
``SEC. 1701. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF
FUND.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $19,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, for providing grants to States in accordance with the same terms and conditions that apply to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund of the Education Stabilization Fund for funding appropriated for fiscal year 2021, except that a State that receives a grant under this section shall use--
``(1) not less than 95 percent of such grant for subgrants to local educational agencies that--
``(A) by April 1, 2021, provide in-person instruction for not less than 50 percent of the students served by such agency where the students physically attend and are taught by teachers in a school not less than 50 percent of each school week, as it was defined by the local educational agency prior to the coronavirus emergency; and
``(B) on and after April 1, 2021, provide in-person instruction in accordance with the requirements of (1), to the greatest extent practicable, for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; and
``(2) not more than 5 percent of such grant to carry out, directly or through grants or contacts, activities to support the safe reopening of schools.
``SEC. 1702. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, to provide supplemental Emergency Education Relief grants to the Governors of each State for emergency assistance to non-public schools in accordance with the same terms and conditions that apply to funds provided under section 312(d) of division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).''.
Subtitle C--Child Care
SEC. 4201. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 301 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), as amended by section 4101, is further amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
``(h) Child Care and Development Block Grant Program.--The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 658B the following:
``SEC. 658B-1. APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL CHILD CARE AND
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.
``(a) Child Care and Development Block Grant Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, to carry out the program authorized under section 658C without regard to the requirements in subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 658E(c)(3) or section 658G. Payments made to States, territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations from funds made available under this subsection shall be obligated in fiscal year 2021.
``(b) Use of Funds.--States may use funds made available under subsection (a)--
``(1) to provide financial assistance to eligible child care providers under section 658P(6) in the case of decreased attendance or closures related to coronavirus, and to assure the providers are able to remain open or reopen as appropriate and applicable, including financial assistance for fixed costs and increased operating expenses;
``(2) to stabilize the child care sector to help providers afford increased operating expenses during the COVID-19 public health emergency;
``(3) to provide technical assistance to help providers apply for funding available for purposes described in paragraph (1), (2), or (5), including center-based child care providers, family child care providers, and group home child care providers;
``(4) to provide child care assistance to health care sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, farmworkers, and other workers determined by a public official to be essential during the response to coronavirus, without regard to the income eligibility requirements of section 658P(4); and
``(5) to provide relief from copayments and tuition payments for families, and for paying that portion of an eligible child care provider's cost ordinarily paid through family copayments.
``(c) Special Rule.--States, territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations that receive funds made available under subsection (a) shall use a portion of the funds to provide assistance to eligible child care providers under section 658P(6) that were not receiving child care assistance under this Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency, to maintain or resume the operation of child care programs, including assistance for fixed costs and increased operating expenses.''.
TITLE V--COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SEC. 5001. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY APPROPRIATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $30,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
SEC. 5002. SMALL PROVIDER MEDICAL SUPPLIES FUND.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to establish a Small Provider Medical Supplies Fund to provide personal protective equipment for first responders and health care providers, to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
TITLE VI--COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SEC. 6001. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION
PROGRAM, SECOND DRAW, AND ECONOMIC INJURY
DISASTER LOANS.
(a) Paycheck Protection Program and Second Draw Loans.--
(1) Commitment authority.--Section 1102(b)(1) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
(A) by striking ``March 31, 2021'' and inserting ``June 30, 2021''; and
(B) by striking ``$804,450,000,000'' and inserting
``$844,445,000,000''.
(2) Direct appropriations.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to remain available until expended, for additional amounts, $39,995,000,000 under the heading ``Small Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account, CARES Act'', for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).
(b) Direct Appropriations for OIG Audits and Investigations.--There is appropriated to the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to remain available until expended, for additional amounts, $5,000,000 for audits and investigations related to loans made under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).
(c) EIDL.--There is appropriated to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to remain available until expended, for additional amounts, $10,000,000,000 for loans made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)).
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SA 1243. Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. King) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con, Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2102. SENSE OF SENATE.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) all Americans who work full time should make a living and be able to support themselves and their families; and
(2) the Senate must act to increase the minimum wage over time to give millions of workers a raise and lift families out of poverty.
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SA 1244. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 4262(n) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as added by section 9704(b), add the following: ``An eligible multiemployer plan may not invest any special financial assistance received under this section or any earnings thereon in a Chinese military company.''.
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SA 1245. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 10, line 11, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1246. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 14, line 25, strike ``2023'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1247. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 15, line 10, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1248. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 17, line 22, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1249. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con, Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 23, line 15, strike ``2026'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1250. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 24, line 25, strike ``2027'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1251. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 28, line 22, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1252. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 33, line 13, strike ``2023'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1253. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 44, line 6, strike ``2023'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1254. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 58, line 1, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1255. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 58, line 23, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1256. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 59, line 20, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1257. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 62, line 17, strike ``2025'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1258. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table as follows:
On page 75, line 10, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1259. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 78, line 23, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1260. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 82, line 18, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1261. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 83, line 18, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1262. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 84, line 9, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1263. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 86, line 9, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1264. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 89, line 2, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1265. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 90, line 11, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1266. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 90, line 24, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1267. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 91, line 18, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1268. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 93, line 11, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1269. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 93, line 23, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1270. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 96, line 6, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1271. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 97, line 7, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1272. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 100, line 1, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1273. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 100, line 15, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1274. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 114, line 19, strike ``2022'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1275. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 115, line 12, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1276. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 123, line 11, strike ``2027'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1277. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 141, line 12, strike ``2025'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1278. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 147, line 5, strike ``2025'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1279. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 163, line 15, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1280. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 172, line 5, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1281. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 191, line 16, strike ``2025'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1282. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 205, line 17, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1283. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 222, line 25, strike ``2025'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1284. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 223, line 5, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1285. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 227, line 19, strike ``expended'' and insert
``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1286. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 231, line 12, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1287. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 231, line 20, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1288. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 612, line 22, strike ``2022'' and insert ``2021''.
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SA 1289. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. REMOVING THE CAPITOL FENCING.
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no funds shall be used to provide, maintain, or otherwise support fencing surrounding the perimeter of the Capitol or the grounds of the Capitol, except that funds shall be used to remove the fencing as expediently as possible.
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SA 1290. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 1007 (relating to the use of the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities and associated expenses), insert ``, subject to the conditions that section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to the use of those amounts, and the least expensive transportation available shall be used for the distribution of commodities acquired using those amounts'' before the period at the end.
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SA 1291. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title XI, add the following:
SEC. 1100_. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.
It is the sense of Congress that the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 include causing an economic disadvantage for Tribal communities, including endemic poverty, unemployment, overcrowded housing, poor health care, and poor infrastructure, that results in--
(1) preexisting conditions that cause more frequent hospitalizations and serious illnesses and higher rates of mortality among Native COVID-19 patients; and
(2) systemic disparities in Tribal health care.
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SA 1292. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 2402, insert the following:
(c) Prohibited Use of Funds.--Amounts made available under this section may not be used with respect to activities carried out by any company (including any subsidiaries or subcontractors of a company)--
(1) over which control is exercised or exercisable by the Government of China, a national of the People's Republic of China, or an entity organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China; or
(2) in which the Government of China has a substantial interest.
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SA 1293. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--
``(1) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for making payments to States, Tribal governments, and units of local government under this section, $350,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
``(2) Reservation of funds.--Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reserve--
``(A) $4,500,000,000 for making payments to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; and
``(B) $20,000,000,000 for making payments to Tribal governments.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pay each State and Tribal government the amount determined for the State or Tribal government for fiscal year 2021 under subsection (c).
``(c) Payment Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is 1 of the 50 States shall be the amount equal to the relative population proportion amount determined for the State under paragraph (3) for such fiscal year.
``(2) Minimum payment.--
``(A) In general.--No State that is 1 of the 50 States shall receive a payment under this section for fiscal year 2021 that is less than $2,927,000,000.
``(B) Pro rata adjustments.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the payments for each of the 50 States determined under this subsection without regard to this subparagraph to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A).
``(3) Relative population proportion amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the relative population proportion amount determined under this paragraph for a State for fiscal year 2021 is the product of--
``(A) the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2021 that remains after the application of paragraph (2) of that subsection; and
``(B) the relative State population proportion (as defined in paragraph (4)).
``(4) Relative state population proportion defined.--For purposes of paragraph (3)(B), the term `relative State population proportion' means, with respect to a State, the quotient of--
``(A) the population of the State; and
``(B) the total population of all States (excluding the District of Columbia and territories specified in subsection
(a)(2)(A)).
``(5) District of columbia and territories.--The amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is the District of Columbia or a territory specified in subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be the amount equal to the product of--
``(A) the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(A) for such fiscal year; and
``(B) each such District's and territory's share of the combined total population of the District of Columbia and all such territories, as determined by the Secretary.
``(6) Tribal governments.--From the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021, the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a Tribal government shall be the amount the Secretary shall determine, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes, that is based on increased expenditures of each such Tribal government (or a tribally-owned entity of such Tribal government) relative to aggregate expenditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Tribal government (or tribally-owned entity) and determined in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that all amounts available under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021 are distributed to Tribal governments.
``(7) Data.--For purposes of this subsection, the population of States shall be determined based on the most recent year for which data are available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(d) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State or Tribal government shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover only those costs of the State or Tribal government that--
``(A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19);
``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the State or government; and
``(C) were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2022.
``(2) State distributions to units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Each State (other than the District of Columbia) shall distribute 45 percent of the amount allocated and paid to the State under this section to units of local government in the State in accordance with this paragraph.
``(B) Manner of distribution.--A State shall allocate the amount that the State is required to distribute among units of local government in the State based on the population of each such unit of local government (as determined by the State) relative to the population of all units of local government in the State.
``(C) Application of uses of funds.--The limitations on the uses of funds described in paragraph (1) shall apply to amounts distributed to a unit of local government under this paragraph in the same manner that such limitations apply to a payment to a State under this subsection.
``(e) Inspector General Oversight; Recoupment.--
``(1) Oversight authority.--The Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made available under this section.
``(2) Recoupment.--If the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury determines that a State, Tribal government, or unit of local government has failed to comply with subsection (d), the amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection shall be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal Government. Amounts recovered under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Funding.--The Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury may use amounts appropriated under section 601(f)(3) to carry out oversight and recoupment activities under this subsection.
``(4) Authority of inspector general.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of any Inspector General, including such authority as provided in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) In general.--The terms `Indian Tribe', `Secretary',
`State', and `Tribal government' shall have the meaning given such terms in section 601(g).
``(2) Unit of local government.--The term `unit of local government' means a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the State level.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``AND FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS''.
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SA 1294. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 5005, add the following:
(c) Additional Shuttered Venue Program Improvements.--Section 324(a) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``a trade show venue operator, a trade show service provider,'' after ``a motion picture theatre operator,'';
(ii) in clause (i)--
(I) by inserting ``the trade show venue operator, the trade show service provider,'' after ``the motion picture theatre operator,'' each place it appears; and
(II) in subclause (I), by inserting ``a trade show venue operator, a trade show service provider,'' after ``a motion picture theatre operator,'';
(iii) in clause (ii)--
(I) in subclause (III), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(II) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(III) by adding at the end the following:
``(V) the trade show venue operator is open or intends to reopen for exhibiting trade shows; or
``(VI) the trade show service provider is open or intends to reopen to organize trade shows.'';
(iv) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii);
(v) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
``(vi) The trade show venue operator owns or operates indoor exhibition spaces that are a component of the principal business activity of the trade show venue operator and which have been subjected to occupancy restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.''; and
(vi) in clause (vii), as so redesignated--
(I) by inserting ``the trade show venue operator, the trade show service provider,'' after ``the motion picture theatre operator,'' each place it appears; and
(II) in subclause (II), by inserting ``trade show venues, trade shows,'' after ``motion picture theaters,'' each place it appears;
(B) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by inserting ``a trade show venue operator, a trade show service provider,'' after ``a motion picture theatre operator,''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``subparagraph
(A)(vi)(II)(cc)'' and inserting ``subparagraph
(A)(vii)(II)(cc)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Trade show.--The term `trade show' means a live event at which different businesses within a particular industry promote their products or services.
``(12) Trade show service provider.--The term `trade show service provider' means a person--
``(A) that organizes trade shows; and
``(B) for which not less than 70 percent of the revenue of the person during 2019 is attributable to organizing trade shows.
``(13) Trade show venue operator.--The term `trade show venue operator' means a person--
``(A) that owns or operates a venue at which trade shows are exhibited; and
``(B) for which not less than 70 percent of the revenue of the person during 2019 is attributable to exhibiting trade shows.''.
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SA 1295. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 605, after line 25, insert the following:
SEC. 9902. MODIFICATION OF INCOME LIMITATIONS FOR 2021
RECOVERY REBATES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 6428B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 9601(a), is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Limitation Based on Adjusted Gross Income.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) (determined without regard to this subsection and subsection (f)) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the same ratio to such credit (as so determined) as--
``(A) the excess of--
``(i) the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over
``(ii) $75,000, bears to
``(B) $25,000.
``(2) Special rules.--
``(A) Joint return or surviving spouse.--In the case of a joint return or a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting
`$150,000' for `$75,000' and `$50,000' for `$25,000'.
``(B) Head of household.--In the case of a head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting `$112,500' for `$75,000' and
`$37,500' for `$25,000'.''.
(b) Offset.--Section 602 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$219,800,000,000'' and inserting ``$208,132,000,000''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking
``$195,300,000,000'' and inserting ``183,632,000,000''.
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SA 1296. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title IX, add the following:
SEC. ____. MEDICAL MANUFACTURING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
SUSTAINABILITY.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:
``Subchapter AA--Medical Product Manufacturing in Economically
Distressed Zones
``subchapter aa--medical product manufacturing in economically distressed zones
``Sec. 1400AA-1. Medical product manufacturing in economically distressed zone credit.
``Sec. 1400AA-2. Credit for economically distressed zone products and services acquired by domestic medical product manufacturers.
``Sec. 1400AA-3. Special rules to secure the national supply chain.
``Sec. 1400AA-4. Designation of economically distressed zones.
``SEC. 1400AA-1. MEDICAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING IN
ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED ZONE CREDIT.
``(a) Allowance of Credit.--There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the taxable year an amount equal to 40 percent of the sum of--
``(1) the aggregate amount of the taxpayer's medical product manufacturing economically distressed zone wages for such taxable year,
``(2) the allocable employee fringe benefit expenses of the taxpayer for such taxable year, and
``(3) the depreciation and amortization allowances of the taxpayer for the taxable year with respect to qualified medical product manufacturing facility property.
``(b) Denial of Double Benefit.--Any wages or other expenses taken into account in determining the credit under this section may not be taken into account in determining the credit under sections 41, and any other provision determined by the Secretary to be substantially similar.
``(c) Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) Economically distressed zone wages.--
``(A) In general.--The term `economically distressed zone wages' means amounts paid or incurred for wages during the taxable year which are--
``(i) in connection with the active conduct of a trade or business of the taxpayer, and
``(ii) paid or incurred for an employee the principal place of employment of whom is in a qualified medical product manufacturing facility of such taxpayer.
``(B) Limitation on amount of wages taken into account.--
``(i) In general.--The amount of wages which may be taken into account under subparagraph (A) with respect to any employee for any taxable year shall not exceed the contribution and benefit base determined under section 230 of the Social Security Act for the calendar year in which such taxable year begins.
``(ii) Treatment of part-time employees, etc.--If--
``(I) any employee is not employed by the taxpayer on a substantially full-time basis at all times during the taxable year, or
``(II) the principal place of employment of any employee is not within an economically distressed zone at all times during the taxable year,
the limitation applicable under clause (i) with respect to such employee shall be the appropriate portion (as determined by the Secretary) of the limitation which would otherwise be in effect under clause (i).
``(C) Treatment of certain employees.--The term
`economically distressed zone wages' shall not include any wages paid to employees who are assigned by the employer to perform services for another person, unless the principal trade or business of the employer is to make employees available for temporary periods to other persons in return for compensation.
``(2) Allocable employee fringe benefit expenses.--
``(A) In general.--The term `allocable employee fringe benefit expenses' means the aggregate amount allowable as a deduction under this chapter to the taxpayer for the taxable year for the following amounts which are allocable to employment in a qualified medical product manufacturing facility:
``(i) Employer contributions under a stock bonus, pension, profit-sharing, or annuity plan.
``(ii) Employer-provided coverage under any accident or health plan for employees.
``(iii) The cost of life or disability insurance provided to employees.
``(B) Allocation.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), an amount shall be treated as allocable to a qualified medical product manufacturing facility only if such amount is with respect to employment of an individual for services provided, and the principal place of employment of whom is, in such facility.
``(3) Qualified medical product manufacturing facility.--The term `qualified medical product manufacturing facility' means any facility that--
``(A) researches and develops or produces medical products or essential components of medical products, and
``(B) is located within an economically distressed zone.
``(4) Qualified medical product manufacturing facility property.--The term `qualified medical product manufacturing facility property' means any property used in (or consisting of) a qualified medical product manufacturing facility if such property is directly connected to the research, development, or production of a medical product.
``(5) Medical product; essential component.--
``(A) Medical product.--The term `medical product' means--
``(i) a drug that--
``(I) is a prescription drug subject to regulation under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 262);
``(II) is subject to regulation under section 802 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 382); or
``(III) is described in section 201(jj) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 321(jj)); or
``(ii) a device, as defined in section 201(h) of such Act
(21 U.S.C. 321(h)).
``(B) Essential component.--The term `essential component' means, with respect to a medical product--
``(i) an active pharmaceutical ingredient; or
``(ii) a protein, antibody, enzyme, hormone, or other organic material that is an active ingredient in a biological product.
``(6) Aggregation rules.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of this section, members of an affiliated group shall be treated as a single taxpayer.
``(B) Affiliated group.--The term `affiliated group' means an affiliated group (as defined in section 1504(a), determined without regard to section 1504(b)(3)) one or more members of which are engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business within an economically distressed zone.
``SEC. 1400AA-2. CREDIT FOR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED ZONE
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ACQUIRED BY DOMESTIC
MEDICAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS.
``(a) Allowance of Credit.--In the case of an eligible medical product manufacturer, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the taxable year an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the aggregate amounts paid or incurred by the taxpayer during such taxable year for qualified products or services.
``(b) Applicable Percentage.--For purposes of this section, the term applicable percentage means--
``(1) 30 percent in the case of amounts paid or incurred to persons not described in paragraph (2) or (3), and
``(2) 5 percent in the case of amounts paid or incurred to a related person.
``(c) Eligible Medical Product Manufacturer.--For purposes of this section, the term `eligible medical product manufacturer' means any person in the trade or business of producing medical products in the United States.
``(d) Qualified Product or Service.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified product or service' means--
``(1) any product which is produced in an economically distressed zone and which is integrated into a medical product produced by the taxpayer, and
``(2) any service which is provided in an economically distressed zone and which is necessary to the production of a medical product by the taxpayer (including packaging).
``(e) Related Persons.--For purposes of this section, persons shall be treated as related to each other if such persons would be treated as a single employer under the regulations prescribed under section 52(b).
``(f) Other Terms.--Terms used in this section which are also used in section 1400AA-1 shall have the same meaning as when used in such section.
``SEC. 1400AA-3. SPECIAL RULES TO SECURE THE NATIONAL SUPPLY
CHAIN.
``(a) In General.--In the case of a qualified repatriated pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, section 1400AA-1(a) shall be applied by substituting `60 percent' for `40 percent'.
``(b) Election To Expense in Lieu of Tax Credit for Depreciation.--In the case of a taxpayer which elects (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may provide) the application of this subsection with respect to any qualified repatriated medical product manufacturing facility or qualified population health product manufacturing facility--
``(1) section 1400AA-1(a)(3) shall not apply with respect to any qualified medical product manufacturing facility property with respect to such facility, and
``(2) for purposes of section 168(k)--
``(A) such property shall be treated as qualified property, and
``(B) the applicable percentage with respect to such property shall be 100 percent.
``(c) Qualified Repatriated Medical Product Manufacturing Facility.--For purposes of this section, the term `qualified repatriated medical product manufacturing facility' means any qualified medical product manufacturing facility (as defined in section 1400AA-1) the production of which was moved to an economically distressed zone from a foreign country that the United States Trade Representative has determined could pose a risk to the national supply chain because of political or social factors.
``SEC. 1400AA-4. DESIGNATION OF ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
ZONES.
``(a) In General.--For purposes of this subchapter, the term `economically distressed zone' means any population census tract within the United States which--
``(1) has a poverty rate of not less than 35 percent for each of the 5 most recent calendar years for which information is available, or
``(2) satisfies each of the following requirements:
``(A) The census tract has pervasive poverty, unemployment, low labor force participation, and general distress measured as a prolonged period of economic decline measured by real gross national product.
``(B) The census tract has a poverty rate of not less than 30 percent for each of the 5 most recent calendar years for which information is available.
``(C) The census tract has been designated as such by the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to an application under subsection (b).
``(b) Application for Designation.--
``(1) In general.--An application for designation as an economically distressed zone may be filed by a State or local government in which the population census tract to which the application applies is located.
``(2) Requirements.--Such application shall include a strategic plan for accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter, which--
``(A) describes the coordinated economic, human, community, and physical development plan and related activities proposed for the nominated area,
``(B) describes the process by which the affected community is a full partner in the process of developing and implementing the plan and the extent to which local institutions and organizations have contributed to the planning process,
``(C) identifies the amount of State, local, and private resources that will be available in the nominated area and the private/public partnerships to be used, which may include participation by, and cooperation with, universities, medical centers, and other private and public entities,
``(D) identifies the funding requested under any Federal program in support of the proposed economic, human, community, and physical development and related activities,
``(E) identifies baselines, methods, and benchmarks for measuring the success of carrying out the strategic plan, including the extent to which poor persons and families will be empowered to become economically self-sufficient, and
``(F) does not include any action to assist any establishment in relocating from one area outside the nominated area to the nominated area, except that assistance for the expansion of an existing business entity through the establishment of a new branch, affiliate, or subsidiary is permitted if--
``(i) the establishment of the new branch, affiliate, or subsidiary will not result in a decrease in employment in the area of original location or in any other area where the existing business entity conducts business operations,
``(ii) there is no reason to believe that the new branch, affiliate, or subsidiary is being established with the intention of closing down the operations of the existing business entity in the area of its original location or in any other area where the existing business entity conducts business operation, and
``(iii) includes such other information as may be required by the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce.
``(c) Period for Which Designations Are in Effect.--Designation as an economically distressed zone may be made at any time during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section, and shall remain in effect with respect to such zone during the 15-year period beginning on the date of such designation. Economically distressed zones described in subsection (a)(1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect during the 15-year period beginning on such date.
``(d) Territories and Possessions.--The term `United States' includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including--
``(1) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, a list of the population census tracts described in subsection (a)(1), and
``(2) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, regulations or other guidance regarding the designation of population census tracts described in subsection (a)(2).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of subchapters for chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``subchapter aa--medical product manufacturing in economically distressed zones''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1297. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S.Con.Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
In section 4001(a), strike ``$570,000,000'' and insert
``$370,000,000''.
At the end of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4015. REIMBURSEMENT OF INTEREST PAYMENTS RELATED TO
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 431. REIMBURSEMENT OF INTEREST PAYMENTS RELATED TO
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
``(a) In General.--The President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, may provide financial assistance at the applicable Federal share to State or local governments or owners or operators of private nonprofit facilities as reimbursement for qualifying interest.
``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
``(1) Qualifying interest.--The term `qualifying interest' means, with respect to a qualifying loan, the lesser of--
``(A) the actual interest paid to a lender for such qualifying loan; and
``(B) the interest that would have been paid to a lender if such qualifying loan had an interest rate equal to the prime rate most recently published on the Federal Reserve Statistical Release on selected interest rates.
``(2) Qualifying loan.--The term `qualifying loan' means a loan--
``(A) obtained by a State or local government or an owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility; and
``(B) of which not less than 90 percent of the proceeds are used to fund activities for which such State or local government or owner or operator receives assistance under this Act after the date on which such loan is disbursed.''.
(b) Rule of Applicability.--Any qualifying interest (as such term is defined in section 431 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as added by subsection (a)) incurred by a State or local government or owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility in the 5 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act shall be treated as eligible for financial assistance for purposes of such section 431.
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SA 1298. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 83 of the amendment, strike line 18 and all that follows through line 12 on page 86, and insert the following:
``$10,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2031, necessary expenses with respect to the research, development, manufacturing, production, and purchase, at the discretion of the Secretary, of vaccines, therapeutics, ancillary supplies necessary for the administration of such vaccines and therapeutics, and medical devices to prevent, prepare for, and respond to SARS-CoV-2 or any viral variant mutating therefrom with pandemic potential and COVID-19 or other public health threats, of which--
``(1) $4,000,000,000 shall be for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to support the research, advanced research, development, manufacturing, and procurement of medical countermeasures, which may include supporting, maintaining, and improving domestic manufacturing surge capacity of medical products or platform technologies for use during a public health emergency, pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act;
``(2) $1,500,000,000 shall be for the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act related to the procurement and maintenance of medical products and ancillary medical supplies necessary to respond to public health threats, which may include through the establishment and maintenance of domestic manufacturing surge capacity or vendor managed supply reserves;
``(3) $2,000,000,000 shall be for the National Institutes of Health to support the research and development of medical countermeasures, including broad-spectrum antivirals for SARS-CoV-2;
``(4) $1,000,000,000 shall be for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to support the research and development of broad-spectrum antivirals for SARS-CoV-2; and
``(5) $1,500,000,000 shall be for the Secretary for rapid screening, identification, and development of compounds and platform technologies that may support preparedness for and response to a potential public health threat.
``SEC. 2304. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE, THERAPEUTIC, AND
DEVICE ACTIVITIES AT THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION.
``In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, domestically or internationally, including the development and review of medical countermeasures to address COVID-19 and emerging variants of COVID-19, and which may be used for the evaluation of the continued performance, safety, and effectiveness, including with respect to emerging COVID-19 variants, of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; facilitation of advanced continuous manufacturing activities related to production of vaccines and related materials; facilitation and conduct of inspections related to the manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices delayed or cancelled for reasons related to COVID-19, including modernizing inspection processes; facilitation of the use of real world evidence and real world data for approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized medical products; review of devices authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; and oversight of the supply chain and mitigation of shortages of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Food and Drug Administration.
``SEC. 2305. REDUCED COST-SHARING.
``(a) In General.--Section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
`` `(f) Special Rule for Individuals Who Receive Unemployment Compensation During 2021.--For purposes of this section, in the case of an individual who has received, or has been approved to receive, unemployment compensation for any week beginning during 2021, for the plan year in which such week begins--
`` `(1) such individual shall be treated as meeting the requirements of subsection (b)(2), and
`` `(2) for purposes of subsections (c) and (d), there shall not be taken into account any household income of the individual in excess of 133 percent of the poverty line for a family of the size involved.'.
``(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2020.
``Subtitle E--Testing
``SEC. 2401. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 TESTING, CONTACT TRACING,
AND MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subtitle referred to as the
`Secretary') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,080,000,000, to remain available until expended, to''.
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SA 1299. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 84, line 9, strike ``to be'' and all that follows through ``COVID-19'' on line 19, page 84 and insert the following:to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, domestically or internationally, including the development and review of medical countermeasures to address COVID-19 and emerging variants of COVID-19, and which may be used for the evaluation of the continued performance, safety, and effectiveness, including with respect to emerging COVID-19 variants, of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; facilitation of advanced continuous manufacturing activities related to production of vaccines and related materials; facilitation and conduct of inspections related to the manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices delayed or cancelled for reasons related to COVID-19, including modernizing inspection processes; facilitation of the use of real world evidence and real world data for approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized medical products.
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SA 1300. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2501 and insert the following:
SEC. 2501. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL
COUNTERMEASURES AND ANCILLARY MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subtitle referred to as the
``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,660,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2031, necessary expenses with respect to the research, development, manufacturing, production, and purchase, at the discretion of the Secretary, of vaccines, therapeutics, ancillary supplies necessary for the administration of such vaccines and therapeutics, and medical devices to prevent, prepare for, and respond to SARS-CoV-2, or any viral variant mutating therefrom with pandemic potential and COVID-19, or other public health threats, of which--
(1) $3,064,000,000 shall be for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to support the research, advanced research, development, manufacturing, and procurement of medical countermeasures, which may include supporting, maintaining, and improving domestic manufacturing surge capacity of medical products or platform technologies for use during a public health emergency, pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-7e);
(2) $1,149,000,000 shall be for the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b) related to the procurement and maintenance of medical products and ancillary medical supplies necessary to respond to public health threats, which may include through the establishment and maintenance of domestic manufacturing surge capacity or vendor managed supply reserves;
(3) $1,532,000,000 shall be for the National Institutes of Health to support the research and development of medical countermeasures, including broad-spectrum antivirals for SARS-CoV-2;
(4) $766,000,000 shall be for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to support the research and development of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs for SARS-CoV-2; and
(5) $1,149,000,000 shall be for the Secretary for rapid screening, identification, and development of compounds and platform technologies that may support preparedness for and response to a potential public health threat.
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SA 1301. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 2402 through 2404 of the amendment and insert the following:
SEC. 2402. PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
FORECASTING.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support activities related to public health surveillance and disease detection, including for SARS-CoV-2 and any strains of such virus, by providing funding to State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments through section 2821 of the Public Health Service Act in order to increase capacity, conduct, expand, and improve activities to sequence genomes, identify mutations, and track the circulation and development of strains of SARS-CoV-2, and to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with academic institutions and private entities, which may include partnerships with such entities, to support genomic sequencing activities consistent with this subsection, for such activities.
SEC. 2403. FUNDING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat SARS-CoV- 2, COVID-19, and other emerging infectious disease threats globally, including efforts related to global health security, global disease detection and response, and global immunization, for such activities.
SEC. 2404. FUNDING FOR DATA MODERNIZATION AND FORECASTING
CENTER.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support the improvement and maintenance of a nationwide public health situational awareness capability pursuant to section 319D(c) of the Public Health Service Act, including the establishment or enhancement of infectious disease data analytics capabilities to facilitate improved infectious disease early warning and forecasting for SARS-CoV-2, its variants, and emerging infectious disease threats that leverages the expertise of academic and private entities, and public health data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization initiatives pursuant to section 2823 of the Public Health Service Act, for such activities.
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SA 1302. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2501 of the amendment and insert the following:
SEC. 2501. FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,660,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031, for grants or contracts pursuant to sections 317F, 317G, 765, 766, 767, and 768 of the Public Health Service Act, and for sections 487A and 487B of the Public Health Service Act, related to emerging scientific needs under section 487A(b)(B) and section 487B(b)(B).
(b) Transfer of Funds.--Not later than 90 days after the termination of the public health emergency for COVID-19 declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 31, 2020, any funds remaining unobligated under this section shall transfer to the Fund established under section 319(b) of the Public Health Service Act.
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SA 1303. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 86, line 9, strike ``expended'' and all that follows through line 20 on page 88 and insert the following:September 30, 2031, to carry out activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related activities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
(b) Transfer of Funds.--Not later than 90 days after the termination of the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID-19, any funds remaining unobligated under this section shall transfer to the Fund established under section 319(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247d(b)).
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SA 1304. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike line 1 on page 79 and all that follows through line 12 on page 82 and insert the following:
(b) Transfer of Funds.--Not later than 90 days after the termination of the public health emergency for COVID-19 declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 31, 2020, any funds remaining unobligated under this section shall transfer to the relevant account to support the immunization program authorized pursuant to section 317 of the Public Health Service Act.
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SA 1305. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title IX, insert the following:
SEC. 96__. DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED BUSINESS INCOME MADE
PERMANENT.
(a) In General.--Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (i).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 96___. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON DEDUCTION
FOR STATE AND LOCAL, ETC., TAXES.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (6) of section 164(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``, and before January 1, 2026'', and
(2) by striking ``2018 through 2025'' in the heading and inserting ``after 2017''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1306. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.
No amounts made available under this Act or an amendment made by this Act for a program may be obligated or expended until all amounts made available for the program under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139), or division M or N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) are obligated.
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SA 1307. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8___. INCREASED FUNDING FOR VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--In addition to amount otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $852,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for hospital care, medical services, and extended care services furnished under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code.
(b) Offset.--Section 2206 shall have no force or effect.
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SA 1308. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 40__. FREE THE CAPITOL.
(a) Limit on Funding.--No Federal funds may be used on or after the date of enactment of this Act by the United States Capitol Police for the construction or maintenance of a fence or similar barrier surrounding the Capitol.
(b) Removal of Existing Fencing.--Any fence or similar barrier surrounding the Capitol on the date of enactment of this Act shall be removed not later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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SA 1309. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Strike part 2 of subtitle A of title II.
In section 11001(a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), strike ``$6,094,000,000'' and insert ``$6,564,000,000''.
In section 11001(a)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), strike ``$5,484,000,000'' and insert
``$5,954,000,000''.
In section 11001(a)(1)(C), strike ``$140,000,000'' and insert ``$375,000,000''.
In section 11001(a)(1)(G), strike ``$240,000,000'' and insert ``$475,000,000''.
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SA 1310. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ____. INCREASED FUNDING FOR STATE HOMES.
(a) In General.--In addition to amount otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for funding for State homes under subchapter V of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, or subchapter III of chapter 81 of such title.
(b) Offset.--Section 10004 shall have no force or effect.
(c) State Home Defined.--In this section, the term ``State home'' has the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of title 38, United States Code.
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SA 1311. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8___. INCREASED FUNDING FOR VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--In addition to amount otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for hospital care, medical services, and extended care services furnished under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code.
(b) Offset.--Section 3204 shall have no force or effect.
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SA 1312. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 5001, add the following:
(e) Extension of PPP.--Section 1102(b)(1) of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking ``March 31, 2021'' and inserting ``the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Administration begins accepting applications for grants under section 324 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act
(title III of division N of Public Law 116-260)''.
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SA 1313. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
``(1) $219,300,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
``(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to territories.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$4,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally to each territory; and
``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$19,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the Tribal governments; and
``(ii) $18,500,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$195,300,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
``(ii) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated for the District of Columbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to the District of Columbia; and
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program) in the State or District of Columbia over the 3-month period ending with December 2020 bears to the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia over the same period.
``(C) Payment.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the total of the amounts allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(ii) Minimum payment requirement.--
``(I) In general.--The sum of--
``(aa) the total amounts allocated for 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) (as determined without regard to this clause); and
``(bb) the amounts allocated under section 603 to the State
(for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State) and to metropolitan cities and counties in the State;
shall not be less than the amount paid to the State or District of Columbia for fiscal year 2020 under section 601.
``(II) Pro rata adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the allocations for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia determined under subparagraph (B)(iii) (without regard to this clause) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of subclause
(I).
``(4) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are allocated to States, territories, and Tribal governments in accordance with the requirements specified in each such paragraph (as applicable).
``(5) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to cover costs incurred by the State, territory, or Tribal government, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
``(B) Pension funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(d) Certifications and Reports.--
``(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section
``(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
``(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
``(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
``(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
``(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(4) Territory.--The term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(5) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
``SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$120,200,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to metropolitan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Metropolitan cities.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $42,070,000,000 to make payments to metropolitan cities.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each metropolitan city an amount determined for the metropolitan city consistent with the formula under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such formula, the Secretary shall substitute `all metropolitan cities' for `all metropolitan areas' each place it appears.
``(2) Nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $18,030,000,000 to make payments to States for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each State an amount which bears the same proportion to such reserved amount as the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in the State bears to the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in all such States.
``(C) Distribution to nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after a State receives a payment under subparagraph (B), the State shall distribute to each nonentitlement unit of local government in the State an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount of such payment as the population of the nonentitlement unit of local government bears to the total population of all the nonentitlement units of local government in the State, subject to clause (iii).
``(ii) Distribution of funds.--
``(I) Extension for distribution.--If an authorized officer of a State required to make distributions under clause (i) certifies in writing to the Secretary before the end of the 30-day distribution period described in such clause that it would constitute an excessive administrative burden for the State to meet the terms of such clause with respect to 1 or more such distributions, the authorized officer may request, and the Secretary shall grant, an extension of such period of not more than 30 days to allow the State to make such distributions in accordance with clause (i).
``(II) Additional extensions.--
``(aa) In general.--If a State has been granted an extension to the distribution period under subclause (I) but is unable to make all the distributions required under clause
(i) before the end of such period as extended, an authorized officer of the State may request an additional extension of the distribution period of not more than 30 days. The Secretary may grant a request for an additional extension of such period only if--
``(AA) the authorized officer making such request provides a written plan to the Secretary specifying, for each distribution for which an additional extension is requested, when the State expects to make such distribution and the actions the State has taken and will take in order to make all such distributions before the end of the distribution period (as extended under subclause (I) and this subclause); and
``(BB) the Secretary determines that such plan is reasonably designed to distribute all such funds to nonentitlement units of local government by the end of the distribution period (as so extended).
``(bb) Further additional extensions.--If a State granted an additional extension of the distribution period under item
(aa) requires any further additional extensions of such period, the request only may be made and granted subject to the requirements specified in item (aa).
``(iii) Capped amount.--The total amount distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government under this paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to 75 percent of the most recent budget for the nonentitlement unit of local government as of January 27, 2020.
``(iv) Return of excess amounts.--Any amounts not distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government as a result of the application of clause (iii) shall be returned to the Secretary.
``(D) Penalty for noncompliance.--If, by the end of the 120-day period that begins on the date a State receives a payment from the amount allocated under subparagraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the distribution period for the State (as extended with respect to the State under subparagraph (C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the distributions from such payment in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including any extensions of the distribution period granted in accordance with such subparagraph), an amount equal to the amount of such payment that remains undistributed as of such date shall be booked as a debt of such State owed to the Federal Government, shall be paid back from the State's allocation provided under section 602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Counties.--
``(A) Amount.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve and allocate
$60,100,000,000 of such amount to make payments directly to counties in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount reserved under this paragraph as the population of each such county bears to the total population of all such entities and shall pay such allocated amounts to such counties in accordance with paragraph (7).
``(B) Special rules.--
``(i) Urban counties.--No county that is an `urban county'
(as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the amount paid under this paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)).
``(ii) Counties that are not units of general local government.--In the case of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the State in which such county is located, and such State shall distribute such amount to each unit of general local government within such county in an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount to be paid to such county as the population of such units of general local government bears to the total population of such county.
``(iii) District of columbia.--For purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a single county that is a unit of general local government.
``(4) Consolidated governments.--A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified in such paragraphs.
``(5) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, counties, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
``(6) Population.--For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the population of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent data are available from the Bureau of the Census or, if not available, from such other data as a State determines appropriate.
``(7) Timing.--
``(A) First tranche amount.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall pay from such allocation the First Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(B) Second tranche amount.--The Secretary shall pay to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Second Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not earlier than 12 months after the date on which the First Tranche Amount is paid to the city, State, or county.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover costs incurred by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Pension funds.--No metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(4) Transfers to states.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer such funds to the State in which such entity is located.
``(d) Reporting.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds provided under a payment made under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of such funds by such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county and including such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) County.--The term `county' means a county, parish, or other equivalent county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).
``(2) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds under this section, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county in which all of the funds received by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county under this section have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(3) First tranche amount.--The term `First Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(4) Metropolitan city.--The term `metropolitan city' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving allocations under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) for fiscal year 2021.
``(5) Nonentitlement unit of local government.--The term
`nonentitlement unit of local government' means a `city', as that term is defined in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))), that is not a metropolitan city.
``(6) Second tranche amount.--The term `Second Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(7) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(8) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(9) Unit of general local government.--The term `unit of general local government' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).
``SEC. 604. CORONAVIRUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Payments to Each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.--
``(1) Minimum amounts.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)--
``(A) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to each State;
``(B) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and $100,000,000 to the District of Columbia;
``(C) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and
``(D) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii (in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph
(A)), of which--
``(i) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and
``(ii) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.
``(2) Remaining amounts.--
``(A) In general.--From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;
``(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and
``(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.
``(B) Data.--In determining the allocations to be made to each State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish a process of applying for grants to access funding made available under section (b) not later than 60 days after enactment of this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means 1 of the 50 States.
``(3) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' has the meaning given such term in section 603(g).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``, FISCAL RECOVERY, AND CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS''.
SEC. 9902. CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY FOR ALASKA NATIVE
CORPORATIONS.
(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to the Secretary $500,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to Alaska Native Corporations to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
(b) Allocation and Payment.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make allocations and payments to Alaska Native Corporations in such manner as the Secretary shall determine.
(c) Requirements.--
(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), an Alaska Native Corporation shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section by December 31, 2024--
(A) to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; or
(B) to make necessary investments in public water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
(2) Transfer authority.--An Alaska Native Corporation receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
(d) Certifications and Reports.--
(1) In general.--In order for an Alaska Native Corporation to receive a payment under this section, the Alaska Native Corporation shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such Alaska Native Corporation, that such Alaska Native Corporation requires the payment to carry out the activities specified in subsection
(c) and will use any payment under this section in compliance with such subsection.
(2) Reporting.--Any Alaska Native Corporation receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
(A) the uses of funds by such Alaska Native Corporation; and
(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
(e) Recoupment.--Any Alaska Native Corporation that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Alaska native corporation.--The term ``Alaska Native Corporation'' means a Native Corporation (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)).
(2) COVID-19 public health emergency.--The term ``COVID-19 public health emergency'' means the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19).
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
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SA 1314. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 7105. VOYAGE DEEMED TO BE FOREIGN.
(a) Criteria.--A roundtrip voyage transporting passengers between a port or place in the State of Alaska and a port or place in the State of Washington is deemed a foreign voyage for purposes of the law of the United States, if the voyage--
(1) is made by a passenger vessel to which sections 3507 and 3508 of title 46, United State Code, apply; and
(2) occurs during the period described in subsection (b).
(b) Duration of Applicability.--A voyage deemed to be a foreign voyage under subsection (a) is a voyage which begins not later than any date prior to February 28, 2022, on which the Government of Canada or its political subdivisions, or any port or province in Canada, prohibits a passenger vessel to which sections 3507 and 3508 of title 46, United State Code, apply from entering, berthing, or docking in Canadian waters of the Pacific Coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SA 1315. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9674.
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SA 1316. Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 1001, add the following:
(e) Implementation of COVID-19 Relief to Agricultural Producers.--
(1) Funding.--Out of the amounts made available under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall use
$52,500,000 for salaries and expenses of the Farm Service Agency associated with carrying out this subsection.
(2) Use of funds.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the amounts made available by paragraph (1) for the following purposes:
(A) Implementation of final rules.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
(i) carry out all final rules published in the Federal Register as of January 20, 2021, to provide assistance to agricultural producers impacted by the effects of COVID-19; and
(ii) disburse to agricultural producers all payments required under those final rules.
(B) Payments for producers of certain crops and cattle.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make--
(I) the supplemental payments to producers of price trigger crops as required under the first proviso of section 751 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(Public Law 116-260);
(II) the supplemental payments to producers of flat-rate crops as required under the second proviso of that section; and
(III) the payments to producers of cattle as required under the seventh and eighth provisos of that section.
(ii) Applications.--In providing supplemental payments described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) to producers of price trigger crops and flat-rate crops, respectively, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not require a producer to submit an application for such a supplemental payment.
(C) Expedited provision of other payments.--In providing any payments or assistance not described in subparagraph (A) or (B) to agricultural producers impacted by the effects of COVID-19, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the payments or assistance as soon as practicable.
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SA 1317. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM REALLOCATION.
(a) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 150 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can reallocate for licensed and unlicensed use in accordance with subsection
(b), including sufficient spectrum to generate not less than
$10,000,000,000 in revenue through an auction described in subsection (b)(1).
(b) Reallocation.--Not later than December 31, 2022, of the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (a), the Federal Communications Commission shall--
(1) use a system of competitive bidding to award licenses for commercial use of half of the spectrum; and
(2) make half of the spectrum available for unlicensed use.
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SA 1318. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM AUCTION.
(a) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 100 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can auction for commercial purposes by December 31, 2022, to generate not less than $10,000,000,000 in revenue.
(b) Auction.--Not later than December 31, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission shall use a system of competitive bidding to award licenses in the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (a) for commercial purposes.
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SA 1319. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM REALLOCATION.
(a) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 150 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can reallocate for licensed and unlicensed use in accordance with subsection
(b), including sufficient spectrum to generate not less than
$10,000,000,000 in revenue through an auction described in subsection (b)(1).
(b) Reallocation.--Not later than December 31, 2022, of the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (a), the Federal Communications Commission shall--
(1) use a system of competitive bidding to award licenses for commercial use of half of the spectrum; and
(2) make half of the spectrum available for unlicensed use.
(c) Broadband Infrastructure Deployment in Unserved Areas.--The Federal Communications Commission shall use the proceeds of the auction conducted under subsection (b)(1) for the deployment of broadband infrastructure to areas in the United States that the Commission has determined lack access to both--
(1) fixed broadband internet access service; and
(2) mobile broadband internet access service.
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SA 1320. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM AUCTION.
(a) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 100 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can auction for commercial purposes by December 31, 2022, to generate not less than $10,000,000,000 in revenue.
(b) Auction.--Not later than December 31, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission shall use a system of competitive bidding to award licenses in the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (a) for commercial purposes.
(c) Broadband Infrastructure Deployment in Unserved Areas.--The Federal Communications Commission shall use the proceeds of the auction conducted under subsection (b) for the deployment of broadband infrastructure to areas in the United States that the Commission has determined lack access to both--
(1) fixed broadband internet access service; and
(2) mobile broadband internet access service.
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SA 1321. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 205 of the amendment, line 16, strike
``$15,000,000,000'' and insert ``$14,800,000,000''.
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SA 1322. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 1005(a)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), strike ``120 percent'' and insert ``100 percent''.
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SA 1323. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 1005 and 1006.
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SA 1324. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 6002 (relating to funding for pollution and disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic) and insert the following:
SEC. 6002. FUNDING FOR POLLUTION AND DISPARATE IMPACTS OF THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to address health outcome disparities from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic, for--
(1) grants and activities authorized under subsections (a) through (c) of section 103 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403); and
(2) grants and activities authorized under section 105 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7405).
(b) Administration of Funds.--Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall reserve 5 percent for activities funded pursuant to such subsection other than grants.
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SA 1325. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9661 and insert the following:
SEC. 9661. IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY BY EXPANDING PREMIUM
ASSISTANCE FOR CONSUMERS.
(a) In General.--Section 36B(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(iii) Temporary percentages for 2021.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021--
``(I) clause (ii) shall not apply for purposes of adjusting premium percentages under this subparagraph, and
``(II) the following table shall be applied in lieu of the table contained in clause (i):
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``In the case of household income
(expressed as a percent of poverty The initial The final
line) within the following income premium premium
tier: percentage is-- percentage is--
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Up to 150.0 percent.................. 0.0 0.0
150.0 percent up to 200.0 percent.... 0.0 2.0
200.0 percent up to 250.0 percent.... 2.0 4.0
250.0 percent up to 300.0 percent.... 4.0 6.0
300.0 percent up to 400.0 percent.... 6.0 8.5
400.0 percent and higher............. 8.5 8.5''.
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(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) Temporary rule for 2021.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021, subparagraph (A) shall be applied without regard to `but does not exceed 400 percent'.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1326. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9663.
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SA 1327. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9662.
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SA 1328. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9661.
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SA 1329. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike part 7 of subtitle G of title IX.
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SA 1330. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2801.
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SA 1331. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table as follows:
Strike section 9661 and insert the following:
SEC. 9661. IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY BY EXPANDING PREMIUM
ASSISTANCE FOR CONSUMERS.
(a) In General.--Section 36B(b)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(iii) Temporary percentages for 2021 and 2022.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021 or 2022--
``(I) clause (ii) shall not apply for purposes of adjusting premium percentages under this subparagraph, and
``(II) the following table shall be applied in lieu of the table contained in clause (i):
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``In the case of household income
(expressed as a percent of poverty The initial The final
line) within the following income premium premium
tier: percentage is-- percentage is--
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Up to 150.0 percent.................. 0.0 0.0
150.0 percent up to 200.0 percent.... 0.0 2.0
200.0 percent up to 250.0 percent.... 2.0 4.0
250.0 percent up to 300.0 percent.... 4.0 6.0
300.0 percent up to 400.0 percent.... 6.0 8.5
400.0 percent up to 500.0 percent.... 8.5 8.5''.
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(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) Temporary rule for 2021 and 2022.--In the case of a taxable year beginning in 2021 or 2022, subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting `500 percent' for `400 percent'.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1332. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. LIMITATION ON CANCELLATION OF CONTRACTOR FACILITY
CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS
SERVICE OR THE BUREAU OF PRISONS.
The Attorney General may not cancel, or otherwise fail to extend, any contractor facility contract with the United States Marshals Service or the Bureau of Prisons until the date on which the Attorney General studies and publishes a report evaluating the existence of adequate alternative transportation services and detention and incarceration facilities at the State and local level in the event that such contractor-provided facilities are eliminated.
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SA 1333. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
After section 9022, insert the following:
SEC. 9023. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS STUDY.
(a) Study.--The Inspector General of the Department of Labor shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which aliens not lawfully present in the United States were able to access Federal unemployment compensation benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127) and the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
(b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Inspector General determines appropriate, including recommendations for preventing further unemployment compensation fraud by aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
SEC. 9024. FUNDING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FRAUD
PREVENTION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Inspector General of the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to conduct oversight activities
(supported with funds appropriated to the Secretary of Labor to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, domestically or internationally) and investigate and refer for prosecution aliens not lawfully present in the United States who improperly received Federal unemployment compensation.
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SA 1334. Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2001, strike subsection (d) and insert the following:
(d) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), each State shall reserve not less than 87.5 percent of the grant funds awarded to the State under this section to allocate such funds as subgrants to local educational agencies (including charter schools that are local educational agencies) in the State in proportion to the amount of funds such local educational agencies and charter schools that are local educational agencies received under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the most recent fiscal year.
(2) In-person learning.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the case of a local educational agency that does not offer an option for in-person instruction to the students served by the local educational agency, that local educational agency shall be eligible to receive an amount that is equal to 75 percent of the amount that the local educational agency would otherwise have been eligible to receive under paragraph (1).
(3) Availability of funds.--Each State shall make allocations under paragraph (1) to local educational agencies in an expedited and timely manner and, to the extent practicable, not later than 60 days after the receipt of such funds.
(4) Tuition assistance for students with disabilities.--
(A) In general.--The State shall distribute remaining funds reserved under this subsection to one or more State-approved scholarship-granting organizations for the purpose of providing tuition assistance for children with disabilities in the State to attend non-public schools that provide an in-person instruction option.
(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph, the term--
(i) ``remaining funds reserved under this subsection'' means the amounts made available under this subsection that a State does not award as subgrant funds due to a local educational agency that is eligible for a decreased subgrant amount under paragraph (3); and
(ii) ``children with disabilities'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).
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SA 1335. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2306. RURAL AND FRONTIER COMMUNITIES.
For purposes of this subtitle and subtitles E through H, the terms ``medically underserved'' and ``underserved'', with respect to areas and communities, are deemed to include frontier and rural areas and communities.
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SA 1336. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2 and all that follows and insert the following:
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
Subtitle A--Public Health
Sec. 101. Funding for COVID-19 vaccine activities at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Sec. 102. Funding for vaccine confidence activities.
Sec. 103. Funding for supply chain for COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and medical supplies.
Sec. 104. Funding for COVID-19 vaccine, therapeutic, and device activities at the Food and Drug Administration.
Sec. 105. Reduced cost-sharing.
Subtitle B--Testing
Sec. 111. Funding for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and mitigation activities.
Sec. 112. Funding for SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing and surveillance.
Sec. 113. Funding for global health.
Sec. 114. Funding for data modernization and forecasting center.
TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Sec. 201. COVID-19 emergency medical supplies enhancement.
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Sec. 301. Funding for providers relating to COVID-19.
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
Subtitle A--Public Health
SEC. 101. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE ACTIVITIES AT THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subtitle referred to as the
``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, and track COVID-19 vaccines.
(b) Use of Funds.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with other agencies, as applicable, shall, in conducting activities referred to in subsection
(a)--
(1) conduct activities to enhance, expand, and improve nationwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration, including activities related to distribution of ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines; and
(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support to, and award grants or cooperative agreements to, State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments for enhancement of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration capabilities, including--
(A) the distribution and administration of vaccines licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 262) or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3) and ancillary medical products and supplies related to vaccines;
(B) the establishment and expansion, including staffing support, of community vaccination centers, particularly in underserved areas;
(C) the deployment of mobile vaccination units, particularly in underserved areas;
(D) information technology, standards-based data, and reporting enhancements, including improvements necessary to support standards-based sharing of data related to vaccine distribution and vaccinations and systems that enhance vaccine safety, effectiveness, and uptake, particularly among underserved populations;
(E) facilities enhancements;
(F) communication with the public regarding when, where, and how to receive COVID-19 vaccines; and
(G) transportation of individuals to facilitate vaccinations, including at community vaccination centers and mobile vaccination units, particularly for underserved populations.
(c) Supplemental Funding for State Vaccination Grants.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Base formula.--The term ``base formula'' means the allocation formula that applied to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2020.
(B) Alternative allocation.--The term ``alternative allocation'' means an allocation to each State, territory, or locality calculated using the percentage derived from the allocation received by such State, territory, or locality of the aggregate amount of fiscal year 2020 Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement awards under section 319C-1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-3a).
(2) Supplemental funding.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use amounts described in subsection (a) to provide supplemental funding to any State, locality, or territory that received less of the amounts that were appropriated under title III of division M of Public Law 116-260 for vaccination grants to be issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than such State, locality, or territory would have received had such amounts been allocated using the alternative allocation.
(B) Amount.--The amount of supplemental funding provided under this subsection shall be equal to the difference between--
(i) the amount the State, locality, or territory received, or would receive, under the base formula; and
(ii) the amount the State, locality, or territory would receive under the alternative allocation.
SEC. 102. FUNDING FOR VACCINE CONFIDENCE ACTIVITIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--
(1) to strengthen vaccine confidence in the United States, including its territories and possessions;
(2) to provide further information and education with respect to vaccines licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) or authorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3); and
(3) to improve rates of vaccination throughout the United States, including its territories and possessions, including through activities described in section 313 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 311 of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
SEC. 103. FUNDING FOR SUPPLY CHAIN FOR COVID-19 VACCINES,
THERAPEUTICS, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$6,050,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses with respect to research, development, manufacturing, production, and the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and ancillary medical products and supplies to prevent, prepare, or respond to--
(1) SARS-CoV-2 or any viral variant mutating therefrom with pandemic potential; and
(2) COVID-19 or any disease with potential for creating a pandemic.
SEC. 104. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE, THERAPEUTIC, AND
DEVICE ACTIVITIES AT THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be used for the evaluation of the continued performance, safety, and effectiveness, including with respect to emerging COVID-19 variants, of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; facilitation of advanced continuous manufacturing activities related to production of vaccines and related materials; facilitation and conduct of inspections related to the manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices delayed or cancelled for reasons related to COVID-19; review of devices authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19; and oversight of the supply chain and mitigation of shortages of vaccines, therapeutics, and devices approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use for the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Food and Drug Administration.
SEC. 105. REDUCED COST-SHARING.
(a) In General.--Section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by redesignating subsection
(f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
``(f) Special Rule for Individuals Who Receive Unemployment Compensation During 2021.--For purposes of this section, in the case of an individual who has received, or has been approved to receive, unemployment compensation for any week beginning during 2021, for the plan year in which such week begins--
``(1) such individual shall be treated as meeting the requirements of subsection (b)(2), and
``(2) for purposes of subsections (c) and (d), there shall not be taken into account any household income of the individual in excess of 133 percent of the poverty line for a family of the size involved.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2020.
Subtitle B--Testing
SEC. 111. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 TESTING, CONTACT TRACING, AND
MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subtitle referred to as the
``Secretary'') for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,800,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection
(a), the Secretary shall--
(1) implement a national, evidence-based strategy for testing, contact tracing, surveillance, and mitigation with respect to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through activities authorized under section 319(a) of the Public Health Service Act;
(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and support, and award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, and territorial public health departments for activities to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infections and related strategies and activities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19;
(3) support the development, manufacturing, procurement, distribution, and administration of tests to detect or diagnose SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including through--
(A) support for the development, manufacture, procurement, and distribution of supplies necessary for administering tests, such as personal protective equipment; and
(B) support for the acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally owned facilities for the production of diagnostics and ancillary medical products and supplies where the Secretary determines that such an investment is necessary to ensure the production of sufficient amounts of such supplies;
(4) establish and expand Federal, State, local, and territorial testing and contact tracing capabilities, including--
(A) through investments in laboratory capacity, such as--
(i) academic and research laboratories, or other laboratories that could be used for processing of COVID-19 testing;
(ii) community-based testing sites and community-based organizations; or
(iii) mobile health units, particularly in medically underserved areas; and
(B) with respect to quarantine and isolation of contacts;
(5) enhance information technology, data modernization, and reporting, including improvements necessary to support sharing of data related to public health capabilities;
(6) award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, State, local, and territorial public health departments to establish, expand, and sustain a public health workforce; and
(7) to cover administrative and program support costs necessary to conduct activities related to subparagraph (a).
SEC. 112. FUNDING FOR SARS-COV-2 GENOMIC SEQUENCING AND
SURVEILLANCE.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to strengthen and expand activities and workforce related to genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveillance.
(b) Use of Funds.--From amounts appropriated by subsection
(a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
(1) conduct, expand, and improve activities to sequence genomes, identify mutations, and survey the circulation and transmission of viruses and other organisms, including strains of SARS-CoV-2;
(2) award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, Tribal, or territorial public health departments or public health laboratories--
(A) to increase their capacity to sequence genomes of circulating strains of viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
(B) to identify mutations in viruses and other organisms, including SARS-CoV-2;
(C) to use genomic sequencing to identify outbreaks and clusters of diseases or infections, including COVID-19; and
(D) to develop effective disease response strategies based on genomic sequencing and surveillance data;
(3) enhance and expand the informatics capabilities of the public health workforce; and
(4) award grants for the construction, alteration, or renovation of facilities to improve genomic sequencing and surveillance capabilities at the State and local level.
SEC. 113. FUNDING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$750,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat SARS-CoV- 2, COVID-19, and other emerging infectious disease threats globally, including efforts related to global health security, global disease detection and response, global health protection, global immunization, and global coordination on public health.
SEC. 114. FUNDING FOR DATA MODERNIZATION AND FORECASTING
CENTER.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support public health data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization initiatives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and establish, expand, and maintain efforts to modernize the United States disease warning system to forecast and track hotspots for COVID-19, its variants, and emerging biological threats, including academic and workforce support for analytics and informatics infrastructure and data collection systems.
TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
SEC. 201. COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ENHANCEMENT.
(a) Supporting Enhanced Use of the Defense Production Act of 1950.--In addition to funds otherwise available, there is appropriated, for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000,000, notwithstanding section 304(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534(e)), to remain available until September 30, 2025, to carry out titles I, III, and VII of such Act in accordance with subsection (b).
(b) Medical Supplies and Equipment.--
(1) Testing, ppe, vaccines, and other materials.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), amounts appropriated in subsection
(a) shall be used for the purchase, production (including the construction, repair, and retrofitting of government-owned or private facilities as necessary), or distribution of medical supplies and equipment (including durable medical equipment) related to combating the COVID-19 pandemic, including--
(A) in vitro diagnostic products for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the diagnosis of the virus that causes COVID-19, and the reagents and other materials necessary for producing, conducting, or administering such products, and the machinery, equipment, laboratory capacity, or other technology necessary to produce such products;
(B) face masks and personal protective equipment, including face shields, nitrile gloves, N-95 filtering facepiece respirators, and any other masks or equipment (including durable medical equipment) needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the materials, machinery, additional manufacturing lines or facilities, or other technology necessary to produce such equipment; and
(C) drugs, devices, and biological products that are approved, cleared, licensed, or authorized for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 and symptoms related to COVID-19, and any materials, manufacturing machinery, additional manufacturing or fill-finish lines or facilities, technology, or equipment (including durable medical equipment) necessary to produce or use such drugs, biological products, or devices (including syringes, vials, or other supplies or equipment related to delivery, distribution, or administration).
(2) Responding to public health emergencies.--After September 30, 2022, amounts appropriated in subsection (a) may be used for any activity authorized by paragraph (1), or any other activity necessary to meet critical public health needs of the United States, with respect to any pathogen that the President has determined has the potential for creating a public health emergency.
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
SEC. 301. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1150C. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
``(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal year 2021, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$8,500,000,000 for purposes of making payments to eligible health care providers for health care related expenses and lost revenues that are attributable to COVID-19. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.
``(b) Special Rule Regarding Parent Organizations.--In the case of any payment made under this section to an eligible health care provider, but which is received by a parent organization of such provider, such parent organization shall allocate all of such payment to such provider.
``(c) Application Requirement.--To be eligible for a payment under this section, an eligible health care provider shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. Such application shall contain the following:
``(1) A statement justifying the need of the provider for the payment, including documentation of the health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19 and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.
``(2) The tax identification number of the provider.
``(3) Such assurances as the Secretary determines appropriate that the eligible health care provider will maintain and make available such documentation and submit such reports (at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe) as the Secretary determines is necessary to ensure compliance with any conditions imposed by the Secretary under this section.
``(4) Any other information determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(d) Limitation.--Payments made to an eligible health care provider under this section may not be used to reimburse any expense or loss that--
``(1) has been reimbursed from another source; or
``(2) another source is obligated to reimburse.
``(e) Application of Requirements, Rules, and Procedures.--The Secretary shall apply any requirements, rules, or procedures as the Secretary deems appropriate for the efficient execution of this section.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible health care provider.--The term `eligible health care provider' means--
``(A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1861(u)) or a supplier (as defined in section 1861(d)) that--
``(i) is enrolled in the Medicare program under title XVIII under section 1866(j), including temporarily enrolled during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) for such period;
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19; and
``(iii) is located in a rural area or treated as located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E); or
``(B) a provider or supplier that--
``(i) is enrolled with a State Medicaid plan under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subsections
(a)(77) and (kk) of section 1902 (including enrolled pursuant to section 1902(a)(78) or section 1932(d)(6)) or enrolled with a State child health plan under title XXI (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subparagraph (G) of section 2107(e)(1) (including enrolled pursuant to subparagraph (D) or (Q) of such section);
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19; and
``(iii) is located in a rural area.
``(2) Health care related expenses attributable to covid-19.--The term `health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19' means health care related expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, including the building or construction of a temporary structure, the leasing of a property, the purchase of medical supplies and equipment, including personal protective equipment and testing supplies, providing for increased workforce and training, including maintaining staff, obtaining additional staff, or both, the operation of an emergency operation center, retrofitting a facility, providing for surge capacity, and other expenses determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(3) Lost revenue attributable to covid-19.--The term
`lost revenue attributable to COVID-19' has the meaning given that term in the Frequently Asked Questions guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services in June 2020, including the difference between such provider's budgeted and actual revenue if such budget had been established and approved prior to March 27, 2020.
``(4) Payment.-- The term `payment' includes, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, a pre-payment, a prospective payment, a retrospective payment, or a payment through a grant or other mechanism.
``(5) Rural area.--The term `rural area' means--
``(A) a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
``(B) any other rural area (as defined by the Secretary).''.
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SA 1337. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 259, strike line 6 and all that follows through page 263, line 15, and insert the following:
(D) certifies to the Secretary that such air carrier will--
(i) refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs or reducing pay rates or benefits until September 30, 2021, or the date on which assistance provided under this section is exhausted, whichever is later;
(ii) refrain from purchasing an equity security of the air carrier or the parent company of the air carrier that is listed on a national securities exchange through September 30, 2022;
(iii) refrain from paying dividends, or making other capital distributions, with respect to common stock (or equivalent interest) of such air carrier through September 30, 2022; and
(iv) during the 2-year period beginning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 2023, refrain from paying--
(I) any officer or employee of the air carrier whose total compensation exceeded $150,000 in calendar year 2019--
(aa) total compensation that exceeds, during any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total annualized compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier as of the date of enactment of this Act; or
(bb) severance pay or other benefits upon termination of employment with the air carrier which exceeds twice the maximum total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier in calendar year 2019; and
(II) any officer or employee of the air carrier whose total compensation exceeded $3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 during any 12 consecutive months of such period total compensation in excess of the sum of--
(aa) $3,000,000; and
(bb) 50 percent of the excess over $3,000,000 of the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier in calendar year 2019.
(5) the term ``eligible contractor'' means a contractor that--
(A) received financial assistance pursuant to section 402(a)(2) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260);
(B) performs one or more of the functions described under paragraph (2) as of March 31, 2021;
(C) has not conducted involuntary furloughs or reduced pay rates or benefits between March 31, 2021, and the date on which the contractor makes a certification to the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (D); and
(D) certifies to the Secretary that such contractor will--
(i) refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs or reducing pay rates or benefits until September 30, 2021, or the date on which assistance provided under this section is exhausted, whichever is later;
(ii) refrain from purchasing an equity security of the contractor or the parent company of the contractor that is listed on a national securities exchange through September 30, 2022;
(iii) refrain from paying dividends, or making other capital distributions, with respect to common stock (or equivalent interest) of the contractor through September 30, 2022; and
(iv) during the 2-year period beginning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 2023, refrain from paying--
(I) any officer or employee of the contractor whose total compensation exceeded $150,000 in calendar year 2019--
(aa) total compensation that exceeds, during any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total annualized compensation received by the officer or employee from the contractor as of the date of enactment of this Act; or
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SA 1338. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 258, strike line 17, and all that follows through page 264, line 10, and insert the following:
(4) the term ``eligible air carrier'' means an air carrier that--
(A) received financial assistance pursuant section 402(a)(1) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260);
(B) provides air transportation as of March 31, 2021;
(C) has not conducted involuntary furloughs or reduced pay rates or benefits between March 31, 2021, and the date on which the air carrier makes a certification to the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (D) (except as necessary to comply with subparagraph (D)(iv)); and
(D) certifies to the Secretary that such air carrier will--
(i) refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs or reducing pay rates or benefits until September 30, 2021, or the date on which assistance provided under this section is exhausted, whichever is later (except as necessary to comply with clause (iv));
(ii) refrain from purchasing an equity security of the air carrier or the parent company of the air carrier that is listed on a national securities exchange through September 30, 2022;
(iii) refrain from paying dividends, or making other capital distributions, with respect to common stock (or equivalent interest) of such air carrier through September 30, 2022;
(iv) during the 2-year period beginning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 2023, refrain from paying--
(I) any officer or employee of the air carrier whose total compensation exceeded $425,000 in calendar year 2019--
(aa) total compensation that exceeds, during any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier in calendar year 2019; or
(bb) severance pay or other benefits upon termination of employment with the air carrier which exceeds twice the maximum total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier in calendar year 2019; and
(II) any officer or employee of the air carrier whose total compensation exceeded $3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 during any 12 consecutive months of such period total compensation in excess of the sum of--
(aa) $3,000,000; and
(bb) 50 percent of the excess over $3,000,000 of the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier in calendar year 2019.
(5) the term ``eligible contractor'' means a contractor that--
(A) received financial assistance pursuant to section 402(a)(2) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260);
(B) performs one or more of the functions described under paragraph (2) as of March 31, 2021;
(C) has not conducted involuntary furloughs or reduced pay rates or benefits between March 31, 2021, and the date on which the contractor makes a certification to the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (D) (except as necessary to comply with subparagraph (D)(iv)); and
(D) certifies to the Secretary that such contractor will--
(i) refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs or reducing pay rates or benefits until September 30, 2021, or the date on which assistance provided under this section is exhausted, whichever is later (except as necessary to comply with clause (iv));
(ii) refrain from purchasing an equity security of the contractor or the parent company of the contractor that is listed on a national securities exchange through September 30, 2022;
(iii) refrain from paying dividends, or making other capital distributions, with respect to common stock (or equivalent interest) of the contractor through September 30, 2022;
(iv) during the 2-year period beginning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 2023, refrain from paying--
(I) any officer or employee of the contractor whose total compensation exceeded $425,000 in calendar year 2019--
(aa) total compensation that exceeds, during any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the contractor in calendar year 2019; or
(bb) severance pay or other benefits upon termination of employment with the contractor which exceeds twice the maximum total compensation received by the officer or employee from the contractor in calendar year 2019; and
(II) any officer or employee of the contractor whose total compensation exceeded $3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 during any 12 consecutive months of such period total compensation in excess of the sum of--
(aa) $3,000,000; and
(bb) 50 percent of the excess over $3,000,000 of the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the contractor in calendar year 2019.
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SA 1339. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer
(for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In subtitle G of title IX, strike part 2 and insert the following:
PART 2--CHILD TAX CREDIT
SEC. 9611. CHILD TAX CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2021.
(a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Special Rules for 2021.--In the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022--
``(1) Refundable credit.--Paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (h) shall not apply, and in applying subsection
(d)--
``(A) subsection (d)(1)(A) shall be applied without regard to subsection (h)(4), and
``(B) subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) shall be applied by substituting `15.3 percent of the taxpayer's earned income
(within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income' for `15 percent of so much of the taxpayer's earned income (within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income for the taxable year as exceeds $3,000'.
``(2) 17-year-olds eligible for treatment as qualifying children.--This section shall be applied--
``(A) by substituting `age 18' for `age 17' in subsection
(c)(1), and
``(B) by substituting `described in subsection (c)
(determined after the application of subsection (i)(2)(A))' for `described in subsection (c)' in subsection (h)(4)(A).
``(3) Credit amount.--Subsection (h)(2) shall not apply and subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting `$3,500
($4,500 in the case of a qualifying child who has not attained age 6 as of the close of the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins)' for `$1,000'.
``(4) Reduction of increased credit amount based on modified adjusted gross income.--
``(A) In general.--The amount of the credit allowable under subsection (a) (determined without regard to subsection (b)) shall be reduced by $50 for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) exceeds the applicable threshold amount.
``(B) Applicable threshold amount.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `applicable threshold amount' means--
``(i) $150,000, in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)) ,
``(ii) $112,500, in the case of a head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), and
``(iii) $75,000, in any other case.
``(C) Limitation on reduction.--
``(i) In general.--The amount of the reduction under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the lesser of--
``(I) the applicable credit increase amount, or
``(II) 5 percent of the applicable phaseout threshold range.
``(ii) Applicable credit increase amount.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable credit increase amount' means the excess (if any) of--
``(I) the amount of the credit allowable under this section for the taxable year determined without regard to this paragraph and subsection (b), over
``(II) the amount of such credit as so determined and without regard to paragraph (3).
``(iii) Applicable phaseout threshold range.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable phaseout threshold range' means the excess of--
``(I) the threshold amount applicable to the taxpayer under subsection (b) (determined after the application of subsection (h)(3)), over
``(II) the applicable threshold amount applicable to the taxpayer under this paragraph.
``(D) Coordination with limitation on overall credit.--Subsection (b) shall be applied by substituting `the credit allowable under subsection (a) (determined after the application of subsection (i)(4)(A)' for `the credit allowable under subsection (a)'.''.
(b) Advance Payment of Credit.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 77 of such Code is amended by inserting after section 7527 the following new section:
``SEC. 7527A. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CHILD TAX CREDIT.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a program for making periodic payments to taxpayers which, in the aggregate during any calendar year, equal the annual advance amount determined with respect to such taxpayer for such calendar year. Except as provided in subsection (b)(3)(B), the periodic payments made to any taxpayer for any calendar year shall be in equal amounts.
``(b) Annual Advance Amount.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the term `annual advance amount' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the amount (if any) which is estimated by the Secretary as being equal to 50 percent of the amount which would be treated as allowed under subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 by reason of section 24(d) (after application of subsection (i)(1) thereof) for the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in such calendar year if--
``(A) the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year is equal to the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for the reference taxable year,
``(B) the only children of such taxpayer for such taxable year are qualifying children properly claimed on the taxpayer's return of tax for the reference taxable year,
``(C) the ages of such children (and the status of such children as qualifying children) are determined for such taxable year by taking into account the passage of time since the reference taxable year, and
``(D) the earned income (within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income for the taxable year of such taxpayer for such taxable year is equal to the earned income for the reference taxable year.
``(2) Reference taxable year.--Except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), the term `reference taxable year' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in the preceding calendar year or, in the case of taxpayer who did not file a return of tax for such taxable year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in the second preceding calendar year.
``(3) Modifications during calendar year.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may modify, during any calendar year, the annual advance amount with respect to any taxpayer for such calendar year to take into account--
``(i) a return of tax filed by such taxpayer during such calendar year (and the taxable year to which such return relates may be taken into account as the reference taxable year), and
``(ii) any other information provided by the taxpayer to the Secretary which allows the Secretary to determine payments under subsection (a) which, in the aggregate during any taxable year of the taxpayer, more closely total the Secretary's estimate of the amount treated as allowed under subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 by reason of section 24(i)(1) for such taxable year of such taxpayer.
``(B) Adjustment to reflect excess or deficit in prior payments.--In the case of any modification of the annual advance amount under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may adjust the amount of any periodic payment made after the date of such modification to properly take into account the amount by which any periodic payment made before such date was greater than or less than the amount that such payment would have been on the basis of the annual advance amount as so modified.
``(4) Treatment of certain deaths.--A child shall not be taken into account in determining the annual advance amount under paragraph (1) if the death of such child is known to the Secretary as of the beginning of the calendar year for which the estimate under such paragraph is made.
``(c) On-line Information Portal.--The Secretary shall establish an on-line portal which allows taxpayers to--
``(1) elect not to receive payments under this section, and
``(2) provide information to the Secretary which would be relevant to a modification under subsection (b)(3)(B) of the annual advance amount, including information regarding--
``(A) a change in the number of the taxpayer's qualifying children, including by reason of the birth of a child,
``(B) a change in the taxpayer's marital status,
``(C) a significant change in the taxpayer's income, and
``(D) any other factor which the Secretary may provide.
``(d) Notice of Payments.--Not later than January 31 of the calendar year following any calendar year during which the Secretary makes one or more payments to any taxpayer under this section, the Secretary shall provide such taxpayer with a written notice which includes the taxpayer's taxpayer identity (as defined in section 6103(b)(6)), the aggregate amount of such payments made to such taxpayer during such calendar year, and such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.
``(e) Administrative Provisions.--
``(1) Application of electronic funds payment requirement.--The payments made by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be made by electronic funds transfer to the same extent and in the same manner as if such payments were Federal payments not made under this title.
``(2) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 6428A(f)(3) shall apply for purposes of this section.
``(3) Exception from reduction or offset.--Any payment made to any individual under this section shall not be--
``(A) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to subsection
(c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402, or
``(B) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal taxes that would otherwise be subject to levy or collection.
``(4) Application of advance payments in the possessions of the united states.--
``(5) Advance payments not applicable to possessions of the united states.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of any possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system (as defined in section 24(k)), this section shall not be treated as part of the income tax laws of the United States for purposes of determining the income tax law of such possession.
``(B) Administrative expenses of advance payments.--
``(i) Mirror code possessions.--In the case of any possession described in subparagraph (B) which makes the election described in such subparagraph, the amount otherwise paid by the Secretary to such possession under section 24(k)(1)(A) with respect to taxable years beginning in 2021 shall be increased by $300,000 if such possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary, for making advance payments consistent with such election.
``(ii) American samoa.--The amount otherwise paid by the Secretary to American Samoa under subparagraph (A) of section 24(k)(3) with respect to taxable years beginning in 2021 shall be increased by $300,000 if the plan described in subparagraph (B) of such section includes a program, which has been approved by the Secretary, for making advance payments under rules similar to the rules of this section.
``(iii) Timing of payment.--The Secretary may pay, upon the request of the possession of the United States to which the payment is to be made, the amount of the increase determined under clause (i) or (ii) immediately upon approval of the plan referred to in such clause, respectively.
``(f) Application.--No payments shall be made under the program established under subsection (a) with respect to--
``(1) any period before July 1, 2021, or
``(2) any period after December 31, 2021.
``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section and subsections (i)(1) and (j) of section 24, including regulations or other guidance which provides for the application of such provisions where the filing status of the taxpayer for a taxable year is different from the status used for determining the annual advance amount.''.
(2) Reconciliation of credit and advance credit.--Section 24 of such Code, as amended by the preceding provision of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Reconciliation of Credit and Advance Credit.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed under this section to any taxpayer for any taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate amount of payments made under section 7527A to such taxpayer during such taxable year. Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(2) Excess advance payments.--
``(A) In general.--If the aggregate amount of payments under section 7527A to the taxpayer during the taxable year exceeds the amount of the credit allowed under this section to such taxpayer for such taxable year (determined without regard to paragraph (1)), the tax imposed by this chapter for such taxable year shall be increased by the amount of such excess. Any failure to so increase the tax shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(B) Safe harbor based on modified adjusted gross income.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) for the taxable year does not exceed 200 percent of the applicable income threshold, the amount of the increase determined under subparagraph (A) with respect to such taxpayer for such taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the safe harbor amount.
``(ii) Phase out of safe harbor amount.--In the case of a taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) for the taxable year exceeds the applicable income threshold, the safe harbor amount otherwise in effect under clause (i) shall be reduced by the amount which bears the same ratio to such amount as such excess bears to the applicable income threshold.
``(iii) Applicable income threshold.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable income threshold' means--
``(I) $60,000 in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),
``(II) $50,000 in the case of a head of household, and
``(III) $40,000 in any other case.
``(iv) Safe harbor amount.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `safe harbor amount' means, with respect to any taxable year, the product of--
``(I) $2,000, multiplied by
``(II) the excess (if any) of the number of qualified children taken into account in determining the annual advance amount with respect to the taxpayer under section 7527A with respect to months beginning in such taxable year, over the number of qualified children taken into account in determining the credit allowed under this section for such taxable year.''.
(3) Coordination with wage withholding.--Section 3402(f)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking ``section 24(a)'' and inserting ``section 24 (determined after application of subsection (j) thereof)''.
(4) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 26(b)(2) of such Code is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (X), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (Y) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(Z) section 24(j)(2) (relating to excess advance payments).''.
(B) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code, as amended by the preceding provisions of this subtitle, is amended by striking
``and 6428B'' and inserting ``6428B, and 7527A''.
(C) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(i) by inserting ``24,'' before ``25A'', and
(ii) by striking `` or 6431'' and inserting ``6431, or 7527A''.
(D) The table of sections for chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7527 the following new item:
``Sec. 7527A. Advance payment of child tax credit.''.
(5) Appropriations to carry out advance payments.--Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated:
(A) $397,200,000 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses for the Internal Revenue Service to carry out this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose, and
(B) $16,200,000 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to carry out this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
(2) Establishment of advance payment program.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's designee) shall establish the program described in section 7527A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the Secretary shall ensure that the timing of the establishment of such program does not interfere with carrying out section 6428B(g) as rapidly as possible.
SEC. 9612. APPLICATION OF CHILD TAX CREDIT IN POSSESSIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Application of Credit in Possessions.--
``(1) Mirror code possessions.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to each possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the application of this section (determined without regard to this subsection) with respect to taxable years beginning after 2020. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
``(B) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed under this section for any taxable year to any individual to whom a credit is allowable against taxes imposed by a possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system by reason of the application of this section in such possession for such taxable year.
``(C) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `mirror code tax system' means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
``(2) Puerto rico.--In the case of any bona fide resident of Puerto Rico (within the meaning of section 937(a)) for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020--
``(A) the credit determined under this section shall be allowable to such resident, and
``(B) subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii) shall be applied without regard to the phrase `in the case of a taxpayer with 3 or more qualifying children'.
``(3) American samoa.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to American Samoa amounts estimated by the Secretary as being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of American Samoa by reason of the application of this section for taxable years beginning after 2020 if the provisions of this section had been in effect in American Samoa (applied as if American Samoa were the United States and without regard to the application of this section to bona fide residents of Puerto Rico under subsection (i)(1)).
``(B) Distribution requirement.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply unless American Samoa has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary, under which American Samoa will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
``(C) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxable year with respect to which a plan is approved under subparagraph (B), this section (other than this subsection) shall not apply to any individual eligible for a distribution under such plan.
``(ii) Application of section in event of absence of approved plan.--In the case of a taxable year with respect to which a plan is not approved under subparagraph (B), rules similar to the rules of paragraph (2) shall apply with respect to bona fide residents of American Samoa (within the meaning of section 937(a)).
``(4) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1340. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2014. PROHIBITION OF FUNDS TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ALLOW
FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF BIOLOGICAL MALE
ATHLETES IN FEMALE SPORTS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education may not provide any funds made available under this title to any institution of higher education, State, or local educational agency that allows a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls. For purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
(b) Return of Funds.--An institution of higher education that receives funds made available under this title shall--
(1) submit a certification to the Secretary of Education not later than 60 days after receipt of the funds that the institution does not allow a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls; and
(2) if the institution does not submit the certification under paragraph (1), return the funds made available under this title to the Treasury of the United States.
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SA 1341. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 6001, add the following:
(d) Of the funds provided by this section, $750,000,000 shall be used to assist high-speed broadband projects in unserved rural communities.
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SA 1342. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Lankford) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
At the end of section 2013, add the following:
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made under this section shall--
(1) be subject to the master calendar requirements under section 482 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089) and the public involvement and negotiated rulemaking requirements under section 492 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098a), except that such negotiated rulemaking shall commence not earlier than October 1, 2021; and
(2) apply to institutional fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2023.
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SA 1343. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 3201(d)(1)(D).
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SA 1344. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mrs. Murray) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
(_) Safe Return to In-person Instruction.--
(1) In general.--A local educational agency receiving funds under this section shall develop and make publicly available on the local educational agency's website, not later than 30 days after receiving the allocation of funds described in paragraph (d)(1), a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of services.
(2) Comment period.--Before making the plan described in paragraph (1) publicly available, the local educational agency shall seek public comment on the plan and take such comments into account in the development of the plan.
(3) Previous plans.--If a local educational agency has developed a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction before the date of enactment of this Act that meets the requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2), such plan shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements under this subsection.
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SA 1345. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Portman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9911 and insert the following:
SEC. 9911. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
(a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1150C. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.
``(a) Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal year 2021, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$35,000,000,000 for purposes of making payments to eligible health care providers for health care related expenses and lost revenues that are attributable to COVID-19. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.
``(b) Special Rule.--The Secretary shall make not less than
$8,500,000,000 of the amounts appropriated under subsection
(a) available for eligible health care providers located in a rural area.
``(c) Application Requirement.--To be eligible for a payment under this section, an eligible health care provider shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. Such application shall contain the following:
``(1) A statement justifying the need of the provider for the payment, including documentation of the health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19 and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.
``(2) The tax identification number of the provider.
``(3) Such assurances as the Secretary determines appropriate that the eligible health care provider will maintain and make available such documentation and submit such reports (at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary shall prescribe) as the Secretary determines is necessary to ensure compliance with any conditions imposed by the Secretary under this section.
``(4) Any other information determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(d) Limitations.--Payments made to an eligible health care provider under this section may not be used to reimburse any expense or loss that--
``(1) has been reimbursed from another source; or
``(2) another source is obligated to reimburse.
``(e) Application of Requirements, Rules, and Procedures.--The Secretary shall apply any requirements, rules, or procedures as the Secretary deems appropriate for the efficient execution of this section.
``(f) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section for fiscal year 2021 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116-94 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b through 256).
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible health care provider.--The term `eligible health care provider' means--
``(A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1861(u)) or a supplier (as defined in section 1861(d)) that--
``(i) is enrolled in the Medicare program under title XVIII under section 1866(j), including temporarily enrolled during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) for such period; and
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19;
``(B) a provider or supplier that--
``(i) is enrolled with a State Medicaid plan under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subsections
(a)(77) and (kk) of section 1902 (including enrolled pursuant to section 1902(a)(78) or section 1932(d)(6)) or enrolled with a State child health plan under title XXI (or a waiver of such plan) in accordance with subparagraph (G) of section 2107(e)(1) (including enrolled pursuant to subparagraph (D) or (Q) of such section); and
``(ii) provides diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19;
``(C) an assisted living facility (as defined for purposes of the Older Americans Act); or
``(D) a senior congregate home provider (as defined by the Secretary).
``(2) Health care related expenses attributable to covid-19.--The term `health care related expenses attributable to COVID-19' means health care related expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19, including the building or construction of a temporary structure, the leasing of a property, the purchase of medical supplies and equipment, including personal protective equipment and testing supplies, providing for increased workforce and training, including maintaining staff, obtaining additional staff, or both, the operation of an emergency operation center, retrofitting a facility, providing for surge capacity, and other expenses determined appropriate by the Secretary.
``(3) Lost revenue attributable to covid-19.--The term
`lost revenue attributable to COVID-19' has the meaning given that term in the Frequently Asked Questions guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services in June 2020, including the difference between such provider's budgeted and actual revenue if such budget had been established and approved prior to March 27, 2020.
``(4) Payment.-- The term `payment' includes, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, a pre-payment, a prospective payment, a retrospective payment, or a payment through a grant or other mechanism.
``(5) Rural area.--The term `rural area' means--
``(A) a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D));
``(B) an area treated as a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E); or
``(C) any other rural area (as defined by the Secretary).''.
(b) Offsets.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), as amended by section 9901, is further amended--
(1) in section 602--
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$219,800,000,000'' and inserting ``$203,600,000,000''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking
``$195,300,000,000'' and inserting ``$179,100,000,000''; and
(2) by striking section 604.
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SA 1346. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 5005, add the following:
(c) Adding Small Event Space Operators to the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 324(a) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``a small event space operator,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(II) in clause (i)--
(aa) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting
``the small event space operator,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(bb) in subclause (I), by inserting ``a small event space operator,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(cc) in subclause (II)--
(AA) by inserting ``(aa)'' before ``has gross'';
(BB) in item (aa), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(CC) by adding at the end the following:
``(bb) with respect to a small event space operator, has gross revenue during the first, second, third, or fourth quarter in 2020 that demonstrates not less than a 70 percent reduction from gross revenue of the small event space operator during the same quarter in 2019;'';
(III) in clause (ii)--
(aa) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(bb) in subclause (IV), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
(cc) by adding at the end the following:
``(V) the small event space operator is or intends to resume hosting the special events described in paragraph
(11);''; and
(IV) in clause (vi)--
(aa) in subclause (I)--
(AA) in the matter preceding item (aa), by inserting ``the small event space operator,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(BB) in item (bb), by inserting ``the small event space operator,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(bb) in subclause (II)--
(AA) in the matter preceding item (aa), by inserting ``the small event space operator,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(BB) by inserting ``small event spaces,'' after
``theatres,'' each place that term appears; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``small event space operator,'' after ``theatre operator,'' each place that term appears; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Small event space operator.--The term `small event space operator'--
``(A) means an individual or entity that--
``(i) operates not fewer than 1 private event space that may be reserved for special events; and
``(ii) employs not more than 10 full-time employees; and
``(B) includes an individual or entity described in subparagraph (A) that--
``(i) operates for profit;
``(ii) is a nonprofit organization; or
``(iii) is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or operated as a sole proprietorship.''.
(2) Maximum initial grant amount for small event space operators.--Section 324(c)(1) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ``(or, with respect to a small event space operator, gross revenue)'' after ``revenue'' each place that term appears; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Application to small event space operators.--A small event space operator may not receive grants under subsection
(b)(2) in a total amount that is more than $150,000.''.
(3) Cap on appropriations.--Of amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to carry out section 324 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act
(title III of division N of Public Law 116-260), not more than $500,000,000 may be used to provide grants under that section to small event space operators, as defined in such section 324(a).
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SA 1347. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 3206(c)(1)(E)(ii).
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SA 1348. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 7(a)(36)(A)(xvii)(I) of the Small Business Act, as added by section 5001(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the bill, insert
``(5) (if the organization is subject to reporting requirements under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 401 et seq.)),'' after
``(4),''.
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SA 1349. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 1006 and 1007 and insert the following:
SEC. 1006. USDA ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS, RANCHERS, FOREST LAND
OWNERS AND OPERATORS, AND GROUPS.
(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $890,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out this section.
(b) Assistance.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a)--
(1) to provide outreach, mediation, financial training, capacity building training, cooperative development training and support, and other technical assistance on issues concerning food, agriculture, agricultural credit, agricultural extension, rural development, or nutrition to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, or other members of socially disadvantaged groups;
(2) to provide grants and loans to improve land access for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, including issues related to heirs' property in a manner as determined by the Secretary;
(3) to support the activities of one or more equity commissions that will address racial equity issues within the Department of Agriculture and its programs, using $5,000,000 of the amount made available pursuant to subsection (a);
(4) to support and supplement agricultural research, education, and extension, as well as scholarships and programs that provide internships and pathways to Federal employment, at--
(A) colleges or universities eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the
``Second Morrill Act'') (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University;
(B) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103-382));
(C) Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions eligible to receive grants under subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of section 1419B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156);
(D) Hispanic-serving institutions eligible to receive grants under section 1455 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241); and
(E) the insular area institutions of higher education located in the territories of the United States, as referred to in section 1489 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3361); and
(5) to provide financial assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners that are former farm loan borrowers that suffered related adverse actions or past discrimination or bias in Department of Agriculture programs, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Nonindustrial private forest land.--The term
``nonindustrial private forest land'' has the meaning given the term in section 1201(a)(18) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(18)).
(2) Socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner'' means a farmer, rancher, or owner or operator of nonindustrial private forest land who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group.
(3) Socially disadvantaged group.--The term ``socially disadvantaged group'' has the meaning given the term in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a)).
SEC. 1007. USE OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR
COMMODITIES AND ASSOCIATED EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to use the Commodity Credit Corporation to acquire and make available commodities under section 406(b) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736(b)) and for expenses under such section.
(b) Requirements.--With respect to the use of amounts appropriated by subsection (a)--
(1) section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply; and
(2) the least expensive transportation available shall be used for the distribution of commodities acquired using those amounts.
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SA 1350. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2303(2), strike ``or any disease with potential for creating a pandemic''.
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SA 1351. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2402(b)(1), strike ``viruses and other organisms, including strains of''.
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SA 1352. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 1005 and 1006 and insert the following:
SEC. 1005. FARM LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED
FARMERS AND RANCHERS.
(a) Payments.--
(1) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $3,980,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the cost of loan modifications and payments under this section.
(2) Payments.--The Secretary shall provide a payment in an amount up to 120 percent of the outstanding indebtedness of each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher as of January 1, 2021, to pay off the loan directly or to the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (or a combination of both), on each--
(A) direct farm loan made by the Secretary to the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher; and
(B) farm loan guaranteed by the Secretary the borrower of which is the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Farm loan.--The term ``farm loan'' means--
(A) a loan administered by the Farm Service Agency under subtitle A, B, or C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.); and
(B) a Commodity Credit Corporation Farm Storage Facility Loan.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher.--
(A) In general.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher'' has the meaning given the term in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)).
(B) Inclusion.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher'' includes a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))).
SEC. 1006. USDA ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS, RANCHERS, FOREST LAND
OWNERS AND OPERATORS, AND GROUPS.
(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,010,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out this section.
(b) Assistance.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a)--
(1) to provide outreach, mediation, financial training, capacity building training, cooperative development training and support, and other technical assistance on issues concerning food, agriculture, agricultural credit, agricultural extension, rural development, or nutrition to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, or other members of socially disadvantaged groups;
(2) to provide grants and loans to improve land access for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, including issues related to heirs' property in a manner as determined by the Secretary;
(3) to support the activities of one or more equity commissions that will address racial equity issues within the Department of Agriculture and its programs, using $5,000,000 of the amount made available pursuant to subsection (a);
(4) to support and supplement agricultural research, education, and extension, as well as scholarships and programs that provide internships and pathways to Federal employment, at--
(A) colleges or universities eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the
``Second Morrill Act'') (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University;
(B) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103-382));
(C) Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions eligible to receive grants under subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of section 1419B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156);
(D) Hispanic-serving institutions eligible to receive grants under section 1455 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241); and
(E) the insular area institutions of higher education located in the territories of the United States, as referred to in section 1489 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3361); and
(5) to provide financial assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners that are former farm loan borrowers that suffered related adverse actions or past discrimination or bias in Department of Agriculture programs, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Nonindustrial private forest land.--The term
``nonindustrial private forest land'' has the meaning given the term in section 1201(a)(18) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(18)).
(2) Socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner'' means a farmer, rancher, or owner or operator of nonindustrial private forest land who is--
(A) a member of a socially disadvantaged group; or
(B) a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))).
(3) Socially disadvantaged group.--The term ``socially disadvantaged group'' has the meaning given the term in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)).
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SA 1353. Mr. CRAPO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 583, strike line 16 and all that follows through page 586, line 4, and insert the following:
(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
(d) Certifications and Reports.--
(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section
(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
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SA 1354. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 231, strike line 6 and all that follows through page 242, line 17, and insert the following:
SEC. 7101. GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION.
(a) Northeast Corridor Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $220,388,160, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for grants as authorized under section 11101(a) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(b) National Network Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $729,611,840, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for grants as authorized under section 11101(b) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(c) Long-distance Service Restoration and Employee Recalls.--Not less than $165,926,000 of the aggregate amounts made available under subsections (a) and (b) shall be for use by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to--
(1) restore, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the frequency of rail service on long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation reduced the frequency of on or after July 1, 2020, and continue to operate such service at such frequency; and
(2) recall and manage employees furloughed on or after October 1, 2020, as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(d) Use of Funds in Lieu of Capital Payments.--Not less than $109,805,000 of the aggregate amounts made available under subsections (a) and (b)--
(1) shall be for use by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in lieu of capital payments from States and commuter rail passenger transportation providers that are subject to the cost allocation policy under section 24905(c) of title 49, United States Code; and
(2) notwithstanding sections 24319(g) and 24905(c)(1)(A)(i) of title 49, United States Code, such amounts do not constitute cross-subsidization of commuter rail passenger transportation.
(e) Use of Funds for State Payments for State-supported Routes.--
(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available under subsection (b), $174,850,000 shall be for use by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to offset amounts required to be paid by States for covered State-supported routes.
(2) Funding share.--The share of funding provided under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered State-supported route shall be distributed as follows:
(A) Each covered State-supported route shall receive 7 percent of the costs allocated to the route in fiscal year 2019 under the cost allocation methodology adopted pursuant to section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432).
(B) Any remaining amounts after the distribution described in subparagraph (A) shall be apportioned to each covered State-supported route in proportion to the passenger revenue of such route and other revenue allocated to such route in fiscal year 2019 divided by the total passenger revenue and other revenue allocated to all covered State-supported routes in fiscal year 2019.
(3) Covered state-supported route defined.--In this subsection, the term ``covered State-supported route'' means a State-supported route, as such term is defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code, but does not include a State-supported route for which service was terminated on or before February 1, 2020.
(f) Use of Funds for Debt Repayment or Prepayment.--Not more than $100,885,000 of the aggregate amounts made available under subsections (a) and (b) shall be--
(1) for the repayment or prepayment of debt incurred by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under financing arrangements entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) to pay required reserves, costs, and fees related to such debt, including for loans from the Department of Transportation and loans that would otherwise have been paid from National Railroad Passenger Corporation revenues.
(g) Project Management Oversight.--Not more than $2,000,000 of the aggregate amounts made available under subsections (a) and (b) shall be for activities authorized under section 11101(c) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94).
SEC. 7102. RELIEF FOR AIRPORTS.
(a) In General.--
(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$8,750,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for assistance to sponsors of airports, as such terms are defined in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, to be made available to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(2) Requirements and limitations.--Amounts made available under this section--
(A) may not be used for any purpose not directly related to the airport; and
(B) may not be provided to any airport that was allocated in excess of 4 years of operating funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus in fiscal year 2020.
(b) Allocations.--The following terms shall apply to the amounts made available under this section:
(1) Operating expenses and debt service payments.--
(A) In general.--Not more than $6,642,000,000 shall be made available for primary airports, as such term is defined in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code, and certain cargo airports, for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, combating the spread of pathogens at the airport, and debt service payments.
(B) Distribution.-- Amounts made available under this paragraph--
(i) shall not be subject to the reduced apportionments under section 47114(f) of title 49, United States Code;
(ii) shall first be apportioned as set forth in sections 47114(c)(1)(A), 47114(c)(1)(C)(i), 47114(c)(1)(C)(ii), 47114(c)(2)(A), 47114(c)(2)(B), and 47114(c)(2)(E) of title 49, United States Code; and
(iii) shall not be subject to a maximum apportionment limit set forth in section 47114(c)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code.
(C) Remaining amounts.--Any amount remaining after distribution under subparagraph (B) shall be distributed to the sponsor of each primary airport (as such term is defined in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code) based on each such primary airport's passenger enplanements compared to the total passenger enplanements of all such primary airports in calendar year 2019.
(2) Federal share for development projects.--
(A) In general.--Not more than $608,000,000 allocated under subsection (a)(1) shall be available to pay a Federal share of 100 percent of the costs for any grant awarded in fiscal year 2021, or in fiscal year 2020 with less than a 100-percent Federal share, for an airport development project (as such term is defined in section 47102 of title 49).
(B) Remaining amounts.--Any amount remaining under this paragraph shall be distributed as described in paragraph
(1)(C).
(3) Nonprimary airports.--
(A) In general.--Not more than $500,000,000 shall be made available for general aviation and commercial service airports that are not primary airports (as such terms are defined in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code) for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, combating the spread of pathogens at the airport, and debt service payments.
(B) Distribution.--Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be apportioned to each non-primary airport based on the categories published in the most current National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, reflecting the percentage of the aggregate published eligible development costs for each such category, and then dividing the allocated funds evenly among the eligible airports in each category, rounding up to the nearest thousand dollars.
(C) Remaining amounts.--Any amount remaining under this paragraph shall be distributed as described in paragraph
(1)(C).
(4) Airport concessions.--
(A) In general.--Not more than $1,000,000,000 shall be made available for sponsors of primary airports to provide relief from rent and minimum annual guarantees to airport concessions.
(B) Distribution.--The amounts made available for each set-aside in this paragraph shall be distributed to the sponsor of each primary airport (as such term is defined in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code) based on each such primary airport's passenger enplanements compared to the total passenger enplanements of all such primary airports in calendar year 2019.
(C) Conditions.--As a condition of approving a grant under this paragraph--
(i) the sponsor shall provide such relief from the date of enactment of this Act until the sponsor has provided relief equaling the total grant amount, to the extent practicable and to the extent permissible under State laws, local laws, and applicable trust indentures; and
(ii) for each set-aside, the sponsor shall provide relief from rent and minimum annual guarantee obligations to each eligible airport concession in an amount that reflects each eligible airport concession's proportional share of the total amount of the rent and minimum annual guarantees of those eligible airport concessions at such airport.
(c) Administration.--
(1) Administrative expenses.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.1 percent of the funds provided under this section to fund the award of, and oversight by the Administrator of, grants made under this section.
(2) Workforce retention requirements.--
(A) Required retention.--As a condition for receiving funds provided under this section, an airport shall continue to employ, through September 30, 2021, at least 90 percent of the number of individuals employed (after making adjustments for retirements or voluntary employee separations) by the airport as of March 27, 2020.
(B) Waiver of retention requirement.--The Secretary shall waive the workforce retention requirement if the Secretary determines that--
(i) the airport is experiencing economic hardship as a direct result of the requirement; or
(ii) the requirement reduces aviation safety or security.
(C) Exception.--The workforce retention requirement shall not apply to nonhub airports or nonprimary airports receiving funds under this section.
(D) Noncompliance.--Any financial assistance provided under this section to an airport that fails to comply with the workforce retention requirement described in subparagraph
(A), and does not otherwise qualify for a waiver or exception under this paragraph, shall be subject to clawback by the Secretary.
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SA 1355. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2605 of the amendment and insert the following:
SEC. 2605. TELEHEALTH ASSISTANCE FUND.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses for the establishment of a Telehealth Assistance Fund by the Secretary to carry out existing telehealth initiatives of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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SA 1356. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part 8 of subtitle G of title IX, add the following:
SEC. 96__. BUSINESS VENTILATION TAX CREDIT.
(a) In General.--In the case of an employer, there shall be allowed as a credit against applicable employment taxes for each calendar quarter an amount equal to 50 percent of the qualified ventilation, zoning, and air filtration and purification expenses paid or incurred by the employer during such calendar quarter.
(b) Limitations and Refundability.--
(1) Overall dollar limitation on credit.--The aggregate amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a) with respect to any qualified location shall not exceed the maximum amount provided in the credit certificate awarded with respect to such location under subsection (e).
(2) Credit limited to employment taxes.--The credit allowed by subsection (a) with respect to any calendar quarter shall not exceed the applicable employment taxes (reduced by any credits allowed under sections 3131, 3132, 3134, and 6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) on the wages paid with respect to the employment of all the employees of the employer for such calendar quarter.
(3) Refundability of excess credit.--
(A) In general.--If the amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation of paragraph (2) for any calendar quarter, such excess shall be treated as an overpayment that shall be refunded under sections 6402(a) and 6413(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(B) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, any amounts due to the employer under this paragraph shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection
(b)(2) of such section.
(c) Qualified Ventilation, Zoning, and Air Filtration and Purification Expenses.--For purposes of this section--
(1) In general.--The term ``qualified ventilation, zoning, and air filtration and purification expenses'' means amounts paid or incurred by the employer for--
(A) the purchase and installation of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system--
(i) which is originally placed in service at a qualified location,
(ii) which includes indoor air quality sensors and controls, and
(iii) which--
(I) is designed to filter air at a rate equivalent to or in excess of a MERV 13 or equivalent level of filtration,
(II) uses UV-based purification, or
(III) provides a fresh air supply at least 17 cubic feet per minute per occupant, the ability to conduct zoning and sub-zoning, and the ability to direct air via directional and controlled air outlets in order to minimize draft air exchange between neighboring occupants or zones,
(B) upgrading a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system at a qualified location which does not meet the requirements of any item of subparagraph (A)(iii) so that the system meets such requirements,
(C) the purchase of any--
(i) air filter--
(I) which is used in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system at a qualified location, and
(II) which filters air at a rate equivalent to or in excess of a MERV 13 or equivalent level of filtration, or
(ii) UV light bulb which is used in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system at a qualified location,
(D) the purchase of any stand alone air cleaner or air purifier--
(i) which is originally placed in service at such qualified location by the employer,
(ii) which is capable of providing at least 5 air changes per hour at such qualified location, and
(iii) which--
(I) is capable of using HEPA filters,
(II) uses UV-based purification, or
(III) uses electronic air cleaners or ionizers to clean air at a rate equivalent to a HEPA filter, and
(E) the purchase of any--
(i) HEPA filter used in an air cleaner described in subparagraph (D)(iii)(I),
(ii) UV light bulb used in an air purifier described in subparagraph (D)(iii)(II), or
(iii) purification component used in an air purifier described in subparagraph (D)(iii)(III).
(2) Termination.--Such term shall not include any expenses for property placed in service after December 31, 2021.
(d) Other Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) Applicable employment taxes.--The term ``applicable employment taxes'' means the following:
(A) The taxes imposed under section 3111(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(B) So much of the taxes imposed under section 3221(a) of such Code as are attributable to the rate in effect under section 3111(b) of such Code.
(2) Qualified location.--The term ``qualified location'' means any structure--
(A) which is non-residential real property (as defined in section 168(e)(2) of such Code) in the United States,
(B) which is leased or owned by the employer,
(C) at which an employer conducts business, and
(D) with respect to which the Secretary has awarded a credit certification under subsection (e) .
(3) COVID-19.--Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, any reference in this section to COVID-19 shall be treated as including a reference to the virus which causes COVID-19.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury or such Secretary's delegate.
(5) Other terms.--Any term used in this section which is also used in chapter 21 or 22 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning as when used in such chapter.
(e) Credit Certificates.--
(1) In general.--A credit certificate awarded under this subsection with respect to any qualified location shall state the maximum amount of credit allowed to the taxpayer under subsection (b)(1).
(2) Limitations.--
(A) Aggregate limitation.--The aggregate amount of credits for all credit certificates awarded under this subsection shall not exceed $3,000,000,000.
(B) Award limitation.--The aggregate amount of credit allocated to any qualified location under paragraph (3) shall not exceed $15,000.
(3) Credit certificate program.--
(A) In general.--As soon as practical after the date of the enactment of the section, the Secretary shall establish a program for the award of credit certificates and the allocation of the limitation under paragraph (2)(A) with respect to qualified locations of employers.
(B) Applications.--Each applicant for a credit certificate under this paragraph shall submit an application containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(C) Selection criteria.--In awarding credit certificates, the Secretary shall give priority to employers that are small business concerns (within the meaning of section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) which have qualified locations that are public-facing or provide public accommodations.
(f) Certain Governmental Employers.--This section shall not apply to the Government of the United States, the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
(g) Rules Relating to Employer, etc.--
(1) Aggregation rule.--All persons treated as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414 of such Code, shall be treated as one employer for purposes of this section.
(2) Third-party payors.--Any credit allowed under subsection (a) shall be treated as a credit described in section 3511(d)(2) of such Code.
(h) Treatment of Deposits.--The Secretary shall waive any penalty under section 6656 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any failure to make a deposit of any applicable employment taxes if the Secretary determines that such failure was due to the reasonable anticipation of the credit allowed under subsection (a).
(i) Denial of Double Benefit.--
(1) In general.--Any deduction or other credit otherwise allowable under any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to any expense for which a credit is allowed under this section shall be reduced by the amount of the credit under this section with respect to such expense.
(2) Reduction in basis.--For purposes of subtitle A of such Code, the basis of any property for which a credit is allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount of such credit so allowed
(j) Election Not to Have Section Apply.--This section shall not apply with respect to any employer for any calendar quarter if such employer elects (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe) not to have this section apply.
(k) Regulations and Guidance.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations and other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including--
(1) with respect to the application of the credit under subsection (a) to third-party payors (including professional employer organizations, certified professional employer organizations, or agents under section 3504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), regulations or other guidance allowing such payors to submit documentation necessary to substantiate the amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a),
(2) regulations or other guidance for recapturing the benefit of credits determined under subsection (a) in cases where there is a subsequent adjustment to the credit determined under such subsection, and
(3) regulations or other guidance to prevent abuse of the purposes of this section.
(l) Application.--
(1) In general.--This section shall only apply to amounts paid or incurred after January 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022.
(2) Special rule for certain amounts paid or incurred in calendar quarters ending before the date of the enactment of this act.--For purposes of this section, in the case of any amount paid or incurred after January 31, 2020, and on or before the last day of the last calendar quarter ending before the date of the enactment of this Act, such amount shall be treated as paid or incurred on such date of enactment.
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SA 1357. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Section 2004 is amended by striking ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:'' and inserting the following:
(d) Federal Funds to Supplement, Not Supplant, Non-federal Funds.--
(1) In general.--As a condition of receiving funds under section 2001, a State educational agency or local educational agency shall use Federal funds received under such section only to supplement the funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from State and local sources for the education of students participating in programs assisted under such section, and not to supplant such funds.
(2) Compliance.--To demonstrate compliance with paragraph
(1), a local educational agency shall demonstrate that the methodology used to allocate State and local funds to each school receiving assistance under section 2001 ensures that such school receives all of the State and local funds it would otherwise receive if it were not receiving assistance under this section.
(3) Special rule.--No local educational agency shall be required to--
(A) identify that an individual cost or service supported under section 2001 is supplemental; or
(B) provide services under such section through a particular instructional method or in a particular instructional setting in order to demonstrate such agency's compliance with paragraph (1).
(4) Prohibition.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or permit the Secretary to prescribe the specific methodology a local educational agency uses to allocate State and local funds to each school receiving assistance under section 2001.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
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SA 1358. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM AUCTION.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``net proceeds'', with respect to the use of a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)), means the proceeds remaining after subtracting all auction-related expenditures, including--
(1) relocation payments, including accelerated relocation payments;
(2) payments to incumbent licensees for the relinquishment of all or a portion of the spectrum usage rights of those licensees;
(3) costs associated with the reallocation of spectrum, whether on an exclusive or shared use basis;
(4) relocation or sharing costs, including for planning for relocation or sharing; and
(5) bidding credits.
(b) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 100 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can auction for commercial purposes by July 31, 2024, to generate not less than $10,000,000,000 in net proceeds.
(c) Auction.--
(1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission shall conduct a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) to award licenses in the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (b) of this section for commercial purposes.
(2) Use of proceeds for relocation or sharing costs.--Notwithstanding section 309(j)(8)(D)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(D)(i)), in the case of proceeds attributable to the auction under paragraph (1) of this subsection of any eligible frequencies described in paragraph (2) of section 113(g) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)), only the portion of the proceeds as is necessary to cover the relocation or sharing costs (as defined in paragraph (3) of such section 113(g)) of Federal entities relocated from those eligible frequencies shall be deposited in the Spectrum Relocation Fund established under section 118 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928).
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SA 1359. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM AUCTION.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``net proceeds'', with respect to the use of a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)), means the proceeds remaining after subtracting all auction-related expenditures, including--
(1) relocation payments, including accelerated relocation payments;
(2) payments to incumbent licensees for the relinquishment of all or a portion of the spectrum usage rights of those licensees;
(3) costs associated with the reallocation of spectrum, whether on an exclusive or shared use basis;
(4) relocation or sharing costs, including for planning for relocation or sharing; and
(5) bidding credits.
(b) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 100 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can auction for commercial purposes by July 31, 2024, to generate not less than $10,000,000,000 in net proceeds.
(c) Auction.--
(1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission shall conduct a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) to award licenses in the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (b) for commercial purposes.
(2) Use of proceeds for relocation or sharing costs.--Notwithstanding section 309(j)(8)(D)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(D)(i)), in the case of proceeds attributable to the auction under paragraph (1) of this subsection of any eligible frequencies described in paragraph (2) of section 113(g) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)), only the portion of the proceeds as is necessary to cover the relocation or sharing costs (as defined in paragraph (3) of such section 113(g)) of Federal entities relocated from those eligible frequencies shall be deposited in the Spectrum Relocation Fund established under section 118 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928).
(d) Broadband Infrastructure Deployment in Unserved Areas.--The Federal Communications Commission shall use the net proceeds of the auction conducted under subsection (c)(1) for the deployment of broadband infrastructure to areas in the United States that the Commission has determined lack access to both--
(1) fixed broadband internet access service; and
(2) mobile broadband internet access service.
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SA 1360. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM REALLOCATION.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``net proceeds'', with respect to the use of a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)), means the proceeds remaining after subtracting all auction-related expenditures, including--
(1) relocation payments, including accelerated relocation payments;
(2) payments to incumbent licensees for the relinquishment of all or a portion of the spectrum usage rights of those licensees;
(3) costs associated with the reallocation of spectrum, whether on an exclusive or shared use basis;
(4) relocation or sharing costs, including for planning for relocation or sharing; and
(5) bidding credits.
(b) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 150 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can reallocate for licensed and unlicensed use in accordance with subsection
(c)(1), including sufficient spectrum to generate not less than $10,000,000,000 in net proceeds through an auction described in subsection (c)(1)(A).
(c) Reallocation.--
(1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2024, of the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (b), the Federal Communications Commission shall--
(A) conduct a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) to award licenses for commercial use of half of the spectrum; and
(B) make half of the spectrum available for unlicensed use.
(2) Use of proceeds for relocation or sharing costs.--Notwithstanding section 309(j)(8)(D)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(D)(i)), in the case of proceeds attributable to the auction under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection of any eligible frequencies described in paragraph (2) of section 113(g) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)), only the portion of the proceeds as is necessary to cover the relocation or sharing costs (as defined in paragraph (3) of such section 113(g)) of Federal entities relocated from those eligible frequencies shall be deposited in the Spectrum Relocation Fund established under section 118 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928).
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SA 1361. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SPECTRUM REALLOCATION.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``net proceeds'', with respect to the use of a system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)), means the proceeds remaining after subtracting all auction-related expenditures, including--
(1) relocation payments, including accelerated relocation payments;
(2) payments to incumbent licensees for the relinquishment of all or a portion of the spectrum usage rights of those licensees;
(3) costs associated with the reallocation of spectrum, whether on an exclusive or shared use basis;
(4) relocation or sharing costs, including for planning for relocation or sharing; and
(5) bidding credits.
(b) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify not less than 150 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission can reallocate for licensed and unlicensed use in accordance with subsection
(c)(1), including sufficient spectrum to generate not less than $10,000,000,000 in net proceeds through an auction described in subsection (c)(1)(A).
(c) Reallocation.--
(1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2024, of the band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under subsection (b), the Federal Communications Commission shall--
(A) use a system of competitive bidding to award licenses for commercial use of half of the spectrum; and
(B) make half of the spectrum available for unlicensed use.
(2) Use of proceeds for relocation or sharing costs.--Notwithstanding section 309(j)(8)(D)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(D)(i)), in the case of proceeds attributable to the auction under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection of any eligible frequencies described in paragraph (2) of section 113(g) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)), only the portion of the proceeds as is necessary to cover the relocation or sharing costs (as defined in paragraph (3) of such section 113(g)) of Federal entities relocated from those eligible frequencies shall be deposited in the Spectrum Relocation Fund established under section 118 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928).
(d) Broadband Infrastructure Deployment in Unserved Areas.--The Federal Communications Commission shall use the net proceeds of the auction conducted under subsection
(c)(1)(A) for the deployment of broadband infrastructure to areas in the United States that the Commission has determined lack access to both--
(1) fixed broadband internet access service; and
(2) mobile broadband internet access service.
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SA 1362. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle M of title IX and insert the following:
Subtitle M--Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
``(1) $125,600,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
``(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to territories.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$2,571,428,571 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally to each territory; and
``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$11,428,571,429 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $571,428,571 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the Tribal governments; and
``(ii) $10,857,142,857 shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$111,600,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $14,571,428,571 of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
``(ii) an amount equal to $714,285,714 less the amount allocated for the District of Columbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to the District of Columbia; and
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program) in the State or District of Columbia over the 3-month period ending with December 2020 bears to the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia over the same period.
``(C) Payment.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the total of the amounts allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(ii) Minimum payment requirement.--
``(I) In general.--The sum of--
``(aa) the total amounts allocated for 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) (as determined without regard to this clause); and
``(bb) the amounts allocated under section 603 to the State
(for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State) and to metropolitan cities and counties in the State;
shall not be less than the amount paid to the State or District of Columbia for fiscal year 2020 under section 601.
``(II) Pro rata adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the allocations for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia determined under subparagraph (B)(iii) (without regard to this clause) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of subclause
(I).
``(4) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are allocated to States, territories, and Tribal governments in accordance with the requirements specified in each such paragraph (as applicable).
``(5) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to cover costs incurred by the State, territory, or Tribal government, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
``(B) Pension funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(d) Certifications and Reports.--
``(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section
``(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
``(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
``(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
``(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
``(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(4) Territory.--The term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(5) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
``SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$68,685,714,286, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to metropolitan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Metropolitan cities.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $24,040,000,000 to make payments to metropolitan cities.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each metropolitan city an amount determined for the metropolitan city consistent with the formula under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such formula, the Secretary shall substitute `all metropolitan cities' for `all metropolitan areas' each place it appears.
``(2) Nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $10,302,857,143 to make payments to States for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each State an amount which bears the same proportion to such reserved amount as the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in the State bears to the total population of all nonentitlement units of local government in all such States.
``(C) Distribution to nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after a State receives a payment under subparagraph (B), the State shall distribute to each nonentitlement unit of local government in the State an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount of such payment as the population of the nonentitlement unit of local government bears to the total population of all the nonentitlement units of local government in the State, subject to clause (iii).
``(ii) Distribution of funds.--
``(I) Extension for distribution.--If an authorized officer of a State required to make distributions under clause (i) certifies in writing to the Secretary before the end of the 30-day distribution period described in such clause that it would constitute an excessive administrative burden for the State to meet the terms of such clause with respect to 1 or more such distributions, the authorized officer may request, and the Secretary shall grant, an extension of such period of not more than 30 days to allow the State to make such distributions in accordance with clause (i).
``(II) Additional extensions.--
``(aa) In general.--If a State has been granted an extension to the distribution period under subclause (I) but is unable to make all the distributions required under clause
(i) before the end of such period as extended, an authorized officer of the State may request an additional extension of the distribution period of not more than 30 days. The Secretary may grant a request for an additional extension of such period only if--
``(AA) the authorized officer making such request provides a written plan to the Secretary specifying, for each distribution for which an additional extension is requested, when the State expects to make such distribution and the actions the State has taken and will take in order to make all such distributions before the end of the distribution period (as extended under subclause (I) and this subclause); and
``(BB) the Secretary determines that such plan is reasonably designed to distribute all such funds to nonentitlement units of local government by the end of the distribution period (as so extended).
``(bb) Further additional extensions.--If a State granted an additional extension of the distribution period under item
(aa) requires any further additional extensions of such period, the request only may be made and granted subject to the requirements specified in item (aa).
``(iii) Capped amount.--The total amount distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government under this paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to 75 percent of the most recent budget for the nonentitlement unit of local government as of January 27, 2020.
``(iv) Return of excess amounts.--Any amounts not distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government as a result of the application of clause (iii) shall be returned to the Secretary.
``(D) Penalty for noncompliance.--If, by the end of the 120-day period that begins on the date a State receives a payment from the amount allocated under subparagraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the distribution period for the State (as extended with respect to the State under subparagraph (C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the distributions from such payment in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including any extensions of the distribution period granted in accordance with such subparagraph), an amount equal to the amount of such payment that remains undistributed as of such date shall be booked as a debt of such State owed to the Federal Government, shall be paid back from the State's allocation provided under section 602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Counties.--
``(A) Amount.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve and allocate
$34,342,857,143 of such amount to make payments directly to counties in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount reserved under this paragraph as the population of each such county bears to the total population of all such entities and shall pay such allocated amounts to such counties in accordance with paragraph (7).
``(B) Special rules.--
``(i) Urban counties.--No county that is an `urban county'
(as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the amount paid under this paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)).
``(ii) Counties that are not units of general local government.--In the case of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the State in which such county is located, and such State shall distribute such amount to each unit of general local government within such county in an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount to be paid to such county as the population of such units of general local government bears to the total population of such county.
``(iii) District of columbia.--For purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a single county that is a unit of general local government.
``(4) Consolidated governments.--A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified in such paragraphs.
``(5) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, counties, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
``(6) Population.--For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the population of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent data are available from the Bureau of the Census or, if not available, from such other data as a State determines appropriate.
``(7) Timing.--
``(A) First tranche amount.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall pay from such allocation the First Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(B) Second tranche amount.--The Secretary shall pay to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Second Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not earlier than 12 months after the date on which the First Tranche Amount is paid to the city, State, or county.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover costs incurred by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county due to such emergency; or
``(C) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Pension funds.--No metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(4) Transfers to states.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer such funds to the State in which such entity is located.
``(d) Reporting.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds provided under a payment made under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of such funds by such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county and including such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) County.--The term `county' means a county, parish, or other equivalent county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).
``(2) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds under this section, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county in which all of the funds received by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county under this section have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(3) First tranche amount.--The term `First Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(4) Metropolitan city.--The term `metropolitan city' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving allocations under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) for fiscal year 2021.
``(5) Nonentitlement unit of local government.--The term
`nonentitlement unit of local government' means a `city', as that term is defined in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))), that is not a metropolitan city.
``(6) Second tranche amount.--The term `Second Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(7) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(8) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(9) Unit of general local government.--The term `unit of general local government' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).
``SEC. 604. CORONAVIRUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$5,714,285,714 , to remain available until expended, for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Payments to Each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.--
``(1) Minimum amounts.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)--
``(A) the Secretary shall pay $57,142,857 to each State;
``(B) the Secretary shall pay $57,142,857 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and $57,142,857 to the District of Columbia;
``(C) the Secretary shall pay $57,142,857 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and
``(D) the Secretary shall pay $57,142,857 of such amount to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii (in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph
(A)), of which--
``(i) not less than $28,571 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and
``(ii) not less than $28,571 shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.
``(2) Remaining amounts.--
``(A) In general.--From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;
``(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and
``(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.
``(B) Data.--In determining the allocations to be made to each State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish a process of applying for grants to access funding made available under section (b) not later than 60 days after enactment of this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means 1 of the 50 States.
``(3) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' has the meaning given such term in section 603(g).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``, FISCAL RECOVERY, AND CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS''.
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SA 1363. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 2001, add the following:
(i) Funding Restriction.--A local educational agency that has a partnership in effect with a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Government of the People's Republic of China (which partnership is commonly referred to as a ``Confucius Classroom'') shall not be eligible to receive funds under this section, unless the local educational agency can demonstrate that it will terminate the partnership before the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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SA 1364. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 575, strike line 21 and all that follows through page 587, line 12, and insert the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
``(1) $219,800,000,000, to remain available until through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
``(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to territories.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$4,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each territory; and
``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the relative population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B).
``(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$20,000,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each Tribal government; and
``(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary among each Tribal government in an amount determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B).
``(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$195,300,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, upon application to the Secretary, an amount that shall not exceed the sum of--
``(i) the total amount of necessary expenditures incurred by the State or District of Columbia between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, for necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (as such term was defined by the Secretary for purposes of applying section 601(d)(1) on or before the date of enactment of this section);
``(ii) the amount (if any) by which--
``(I) the total amount of tax revenue collected by the State or District of Columbia in the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of 2019 (as published by the Bureau of the Census in the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Tax Revenue); exceeds
``(II) the total amount of such revenue collected by the State or District of Columbia in the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of 2020 (as so published); and
``(iii) the amount (if any) by which--
``(I) the total amount expended by the State or District of Columbia for medical assistance furnished under the State Medicaid plan under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan) in the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of 2020
(reduced by the total amount of any Federal payments received or scheduled to be received by the State or the District of Columbia with respect to such expenditures that are attributable to the increase to the Federal medical assistance percentage for the State or the District of Columbia under section 6008 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127)); exceeds
``(II) the total amount expended by the State or District of Columbia for medical assistance furnished under such plan or waiver in the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of 2019.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia the amount allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B).
``(4) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(5) Timing.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each State, territory, and Tribal government allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State, territory, or Tribal government (as applicable) not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d) is provided to the Secretary.
``(6) Pro rata adjustment authority.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to territories, Tribal governments, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
``(B) Unallocated amounts.--Any amounts from the amount reserved under paragraph (3)(A) that are not allocated by the Treasury under paragraph (3)(B) shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided under paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to--
``(A) respond to or mitigate the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts;
``(B) cover costs incurred as a result of such emergency; or
``(C) replace revenue that was lost, delayed, or decreased
(as published by the Bureau of the Census in the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Tax Revenue) as a result of such emergency.
``(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
``(B) Pension funds.--No state or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(d) Certifications and Reports.--
``(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section
``(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
``(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
``(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
``(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
``(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(4) Territory.--The term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(5) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
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SA 1365. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike part 7 of subtitle G of title IX and insert the following:
PART 7--EXPANSION OF HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY
SEC. 9661. EXPANSION OF HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY.
(a) In General.--Section 223(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) Special rule for taxable years 2020 through 2025.--In the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2026, the term eligible individual includes, for any month, any individual if such individual is covered under a health plan that provides a level of coverage that is designed to provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to not greater than 60 percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1366. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 9661, 9662, and 9663 and insert the following:
SEC. 9661. TREATMENT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AS MEDICAL
EXPENSES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(12) Dietary supplements.--In the case of taxable years beginning before January 1, 2026, amounts paid for dietary supplements shall be treated as paid for medical care. For purposes of this paragraph, the term `dietary supplement' has the meaning given such term by section 201(ff) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
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SA 1367. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR MEMBERS.
None of the funds made available under this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, may be provided to or used to benefit a Member of Congress or an immediate family member of a Member of Congress.
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SA 1368. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--
``(1) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for making payments to States, Tribal governments, and units of local government under this section, $349,950,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
``(2) Reservation of funds.--Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reserve--
``(A) $4,499,357,143 for making payments to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; and
``(B) $19,997,142,857 for making payments to Tribal governments.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pay each State and Tribal government the amount determined for the State or Tribal government for fiscal year 2021 under subsection (c).
``(c) Payment Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is 1 of the 50 States shall be the amount equal to the relative population proportion amount determined for the State under paragraph (3) for such fiscal year.
``(2) Minimum payment.--
``(A) In general.--No State that is 1 of the 50 States shall receive a payment under this section for fiscal year 2021 that is less than $2,927,000,000.
``(B) Pro rata adjustments.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the payments for each of the 50 States determined under this subsection without regard to this subparagraph to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A).
``(3) Relative population proportion amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the relative population proportion amount determined under this paragraph for a State for fiscal year 2021 is the product of--
``(A) the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2021 that remains after the application of paragraph (2) of that subsection; and
``(B) the relative State population proportion (as defined in paragraph (4)).
``(4) Relative state population proportion defined.--For purposes of paragraph (3)(B), the term `relative State population proportion' means, with respect to a State, the quotient of--
``(A) the population of the State; and
``(B) the total population of all States (excluding the District of Columbia and territories specified in subsection
(a)(2)(A)).
``(5) District of columbia and territories.--The amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is the District of Columbia or a territory specified in subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be the amount equal to the product of--
``(A) the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(A) for such fiscal year; and
``(B) each such District's and territory's share of the combined total population of the District of Columbia and all such territories, as determined by the Secretary.
``(6) Tribal governments.--From the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021, the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a Tribal government shall be the amount the Secretary shall determine, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes, that is based on increased expenditures of each such Tribal government (or a tribally-owned entity of such Tribal government) relative to aggregate expenditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Tribal government (or tribally-owned entity) and determined in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that all amounts available under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021 are distributed to Tribal governments.
``(7) Data.--For purposes of this subsection, the population of States shall be determined based on the most recent year for which data are available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(d) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State or Tribal government shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover only those costs of the State or Tribal government that--
``(A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19);
``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the State or government; and
``(C) were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2022.
``(2) State distributions to units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Each State (other than the District of Columbia) shall distribute 45 percent of the amount allocated and paid to the State under this section to units of local government in the State in accordance with this paragraph.
``(B) Manner of distribution.--A State shall allocate the amount that the State is required to distribute among units of local government in the State based on the population of each such unit of local government (as determined by the State) relative to the population of all units of local government in the State.
``(C) Application of uses of funds.--The limitations on the uses of funds described in paragraph (1) shall apply to amounts distributed to a unit of local government under this paragraph in the same manner that such limitations apply to a payment to a State under this subsection.
``(e) OIG Appropriation.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury, $50,000,000, for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, investigations, and audits of programs, grants, and projects funded under this section carried out by the Office of Inspector General. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) In general.--The terms `Indian Tribe', `Secretary',
`State', and `Tribal government' shall have the meaning given such terms in section 601(g).
``(2) Unit of local government.--The term `unit of local government' means a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the State level.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``AND FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS''.
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SA 1369. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Marshall) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
Strike section 9901 and insert the following:
SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--
``(1) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for making payments to States, Tribal governments, and units of local government under this section, $350,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
``(2) Reservation of funds.--Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reserve--
``(A) $4,500,000,000 for making payments to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; and
``(B) $20,000,000,000 for making payments to Tribal governments.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pay each State and Tribal government the amount determined for the State or Tribal government for fiscal year 2021 under subsection (c).
``(c) Payment Amounts.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is 1 of the 50 States shall be the amount equal to the relative population proportion amount determined for the State under paragraph (3) for such fiscal year.
``(2) Minimum payment.--
``(A) In general.--No State that is 1 of the 50 States shall receive a payment under this section for fiscal year 2021 that is less than $2,927,000,000.
``(B) Pro rata adjustments.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the payments for each of the 50 States determined under this subsection without regard to this subparagraph to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (A).
``(3) Relative population proportion amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the relative population proportion amount determined under this paragraph for a State for fiscal year 2021 is the product of--
``(A) the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2021 that remains after the application of paragraph (2) of that subsection; and
``(B) the relative State population proportion (as defined in paragraph (4)).
``(4) Relative state population proportion defined.--For purposes of paragraph (3)(B), the term `relative State population proportion' means, with respect to a State, the quotient of--
``(A) the population of the State; and
``(B) the total population of all States (excluding the District of Columbia and territories specified in subsection
(a)(2)(A)).
``(5) District of columbia and territories.--The amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is the District of Columbia or a territory specified in subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be the amount equal to the product of--
``(A) the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(A) for such fiscal year; and
``(B) each such District's and territory's share of the combined total population of the District of Columbia and all such territories, as determined by the Secretary.
``(6) Tribal governments.--From the amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021, the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 2021 to a Tribal government shall be the amount the Secretary shall determine, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Tribes, that is based on increased expenditures of each such Tribal government (or a tribally-owned entity of such Tribal government) relative to aggregate expenditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Tribal government (or tribally-owned entity) and determined in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that all amounts available under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2021 are distributed to Tribal governments.
``(7) Data.--For purposes of this subsection, the population of States shall be determined based on the most recent year for which data are available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(d) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a State or Tribal government shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover only those costs of the State or Tribal government that--
``(A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19);
``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the State or government; and
``(C) were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2022.
``(2) State distributions to units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Each State (other than the District of Columbia) shall distribute 45 percent of the amount allocated and paid to the State under this section to units of local government in the State in accordance with this paragraph.
``(B) Manner of distribution.--A State shall allocate the amount that the State is required to distribute among units of local government in the State based on the population of each such unit of local government (as determined by the State) relative to the population of all units of local government in the State.
``(C) Application of uses of funds.--The limitations on the uses of funds described in paragraph (1) shall apply to amounts distributed to a unit of local government under this paragraph in the same manner that such limitations apply to a payment to a State under this subsection.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) In general.--The terms `Indian Tribe', `Secretary',
`State', and `Tribal government' shall have the meaning given such terms in section 601(g).
``(2) Unit of local government.--The term `unit of local government' means a county, municipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or other unit of general government below the State level.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``AND FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS''.
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SA 1370. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 122, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 123, line 2.
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SA 1371. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2801.
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SA 1372. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page __, line ___, insert ``and whose household income for the taxable year is less than 750 percent of the poverty line for a family of the size involved'' after ``year in which such week begins''.
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SA 1373. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 3401.
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SA 1374. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike subtitle F of title VII.
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SA 1375. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 10005.
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SA 1376. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Lummis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 2004, add at the end the following:
(e) Waiver.--For the purpose of relieving fiscal burdens incurred by States in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the coronavirus, the Secretary of Education may waive any maintenance of equity requirements associated with the Education Stabilization Fund under subsections (b) or
(c).
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SA 1377. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Lummis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2004.
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SA 1378. Mr. WYDEN proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
In title IX, strike part 1 of subtitle A and all that follows through page 303, line 8, and insert the following:
Subtitle A--Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers
PART 1--EXTENSION OF CARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 9011. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting
``paragraph (2)''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (3).
(b) Increase in Number of Weeks.--Section 2102(c)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``50 weeks'' and inserting ``79 weeks''; and
(2) by striking ``50-week period'' and inserting ``79-week period''.
(c) Hold Harmless for Proper Administration.--In the case of an individual who is eligible to receive pandemic unemployment assistance under section 2102 of the CARES Act
(15 U.S.C. 9021) as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act and on the date of enactment of this Act becomes eligible for pandemic emergency unemployment compensation under section 2107 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025) by reason of the amendments made by section 9016(b) of this title, any payment of pandemic unemployment assistance under such section 2102 made after the date of enactment of this Act to such individual during an appropriate period of time, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, that should have been made under such section 2107 shall not be considered to be an overpayment of assistance under such section 2102, except that an individual may not receive payment for assistance under section 2102 and a payment for assistance under section 2107 for the same week of unemployment.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), except that no amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment ending on or before March 14, 2021.
SEC. 9012. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF FOR
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 903(i)(1)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(D)) is amended by striking
``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(b) Increase in Reimbursement Rate.--Section 903(i)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``and except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph'' after ``as determined by the Secretary of Labor''; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
``With respect to the amounts of such compensation paid for weeks of unemployment beginning after March 31, 2021, and ending on or before September 6, 2021, the preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting `75 percent' for `one-half'.''.
SEC. 9013. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(b) Amount.--Section 2104(b)(3)(A)(ii) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
SEC. 9014. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE FIRST
WEEK OF COMPENSABLE REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT FOR
STATES WITH NO WAITING WEEK.
(a) In General.--Section 2105(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(b) Full Reimbursement.--Paragraph (3) of section 2105(c) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(c)) is repealed and such section shall be applied to weeks of unemployment to which an agreement under section 2105 of such Act applies as if such paragraph had not been enacted. In implementing the preceding sentence, a State may, if necessary, reenter the agreement with the Secretary under section 2105 of such Act, and retroactively pay for the first week of regular compensation without a waiting week consistent with State law (including a waiver of State law) and receive full reimbursement for weeks of unemployment that ended after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9015. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY STATE STAFFING FLEXIBILITY.
If a State modifies its unemployment compensation law and policies, subject to the succeeding sentence, with respect to personnel standards on a merit basis on an emergency temporary basis as needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, such modifications shall be disregarded for the purposes of applying section 303 of the Social Security Act and section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to such State law. Such modifications shall only apply through September 6, 2021, and shall be limited to engaging of temporary staff, rehiring of retirees or former employees on a non-competitive basis, and other temporary actions to quickly process applications and claims.
SEC. 9016. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2107(g) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(g)) is amended to read as follows:
``(g) Applicability.--An agreement entered into under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
``(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement is entered into; and
``(2) ending on or before September 6, 2021.''.
(b) Increase in Number of Weeks.--Section 2107(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``24'' and inserting ``53''.
(c) Coordination of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation With Extended Compensation.--Section 2107(a)(5)(B) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(5)(B)) is amended by inserting ``or for the week that includes the date of enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (without regard to the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of section 9016 of such Act)'' after ``2020)''.
(d) Special Rule for Extended Compensation.--Section 2107(a)(8) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(8)) is amended by striking ``April 12, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136), except that no amount shall be payable by virtue of such amendments with respect to any week of unemployment ending on or before March 14, 2021.
SEC. 9017. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PROGRAMS
IN LAW.
Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9026(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting
``September 6, 2021''.
SEC. 9018. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME
COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS FOR STATES WITHOUT
PROGRAMS IN LAW.
Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9027(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting
``September 6, 2021''.
PART 2--EXTENSION OF FFCRA UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 9021. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR STATES WITH
ADVANCES.
Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
SEC. 9022. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' each place it appears and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127).
PART 3--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FUNDING FOR TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND EQUITABLE
PAYMENT
SEC. 9031. FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to carry out Federal activities relating to the administration of unemployment compensation programs.
SEC. 9032. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION, EQUITABLE ACCESS,
AND TIMELY PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
Subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 2118. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION, EQUITABLE ACCESS,
AND TIMELY PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
``(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to detect and prevent fraud, promote equitable access, and ensure the timely payment of benefits with respect to unemployment compensation programs, including programs extended under subtitle A of title IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
``(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available under subsection (a) may be used--
``(1) for Federal administrative costs related to the purposes described in subsection (a);
``(2) for systemwide infrastructure investment and development related to such purposes; and
``(3) to make grants to States or territories administering unemployment compensation programs described in subsection
(a) (including territories administering the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program under section 2102) for such purposes, including the establishment of procedures or the building of infrastructure to verify or validate identity, implement Federal guidance regarding fraud detection and prevention, and accelerate claims processing or process claims backlogs due to the pandemic.
``(c) Restrictions on Grants to States and Territories.--As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may require that a State or territory receiving such a grant shall--
``(1) use such program integrity tools as the Secretary may specify; and
``(2) as directed by the Secretary, conduct user accessibility testing on any new system developed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2).''.
PART 4--OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 9041. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON EXCESS BUSINESS LOSSES
OF NONCORPORATE TAXPAYERS.
(a) In General.--Section 461(l)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``January 1, 2026'' each place it appears and inserting ``January 1, 2027''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
SEC. 9042. SUSPENSION OF TAX ON PORTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 85 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Special Rule for 2020.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2020, if the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for such taxable year is less than $150,000, the gross income of such taxpayer shall not include so much of the unemployment compensation received by such taxpayer (or, in the case of a joint return, received by each spouse) as does not exceed $10,200.
``(2) Application.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer shall be determined--
``(A) after application of sections 86, 135, 137, 219, 221, 222, and 469, and
``(B) without regard to this section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 74(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ``85(c),'' before ``86''.
(2) Section 86(b)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting ``85(c),'' before ``135''.
(3) Section 135(c)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting ``85(c),'' before ``137''.
(4) Section 137(b)(3)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting ``85(c)'' before ``221''.
(5) Section 219(g)(3)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by inserting ``85(c),'' before ``135''.
(6) Section 221(b)(2)(C)(i) of such Code is amended by inserting ``85(c)'' before ``911''.
(7) Section 222(b)(2)(C)(i) of such Code, as in effect before date of enactment of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, is amended by inserting
``85(c)'' before ``911''.
(8) Section 469(i)(3)(E)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking ``135 and 137'' and inserting ``85(c), 135, and 137''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
Subtitle B--Emergency Assistance to Families Through Home Visiting
Programs
SEC. 9101. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES THROUGH HOME
VISITING PROGRAMS.
Effective 1 day after the date of enactment of this Act, title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701-713) is amended by inserting after section 511 the following:
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SA 1379. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.
(a) Limitation on Declarations by President.--The President
(or any designee thereof) shall not, for the purpose of confiscating firearms or ammunition magazines, or prohibiting or otherwise regulating the possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of firearms or ammunition magazines, declare an emergency pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or an emergency or major disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
(b) Firearms Policies.--Section 706 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5207) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (3) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) prohibit the manufacturing, sale, or transfer of firearms; or
``(6) prohibit the manufacturing, sale, or transfer of ammunition.''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Award.--Any prevailing party in an action under this section shall be awarded not less than $5,000,000, adjusted for inflation.''.
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SA 1380. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer
(for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In subtitle G of title IX, strike part 2 and all that follows through the end of part 4 and insert the following:
PART 2--CHILD TAX CREDIT
SEC. 9611. CHILD TAX CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2021.
(a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Special Rules for 2021.--In the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022--
``(1) Refundable credit.--Paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (h) shall not apply, and in applying subsection
(d)--
``(A) subsection (d)(1)(A) shall be applied without regard to subsection (h)(4), and
``(B) subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) shall be applied by substituting `15.3 percent of the taxpayer's earned income
(within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income' for `15 percent of so much of the taxpayer's earned income (within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income for the taxable year as exceeds $3,000'.
``(2) 17-year-olds eligible for treatment as qualifying children.--This section shall be applied--
``(A) by substituting `age 18' for `age 17' in subsection
(c)(1), and
``(B) by substituting `described in subsection (c)
(determined after the application of subsection (i)(2)(A))' for `described in subsection (c)' in subsection (h)(4)(A).
``(3) Credit amount.--Subsection (h)(2) shall not apply and subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting `$3,300
($4,100 in the case of a qualifying child who has not attained age 6 as of the close of the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins)' for `$1,000'.
``(4) Reduction of increased credit amount based on modified adjusted gross income.--
``(A) In general.--The amount of the credit allowable under subsection (a) (determined without regard to subsection (b)) shall be reduced by $50 for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) exceeds the applicable threshold amount.
``(B) Applicable threshold amount.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `applicable threshold amount' means--
``(i) $150,000, in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)) ,
``(ii) $112,500, in the case of a head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), and
``(iii) $75,000, in any other case.
``(C) Limitation on reduction.--
``(i) In general.--The amount of the reduction under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the lesser of--
``(I) the applicable credit increase amount, or
``(II) 5 percent of the applicable phaseout threshold range.
``(ii) Applicable credit increase amount.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable credit increase amount' means the excess (if any) of--
``(I) the amount of the credit allowable under this section for the taxable year determined without regard to this paragraph and subsection (b), over
``(II) the amount of such credit as so determined and without regard to paragraph (3).
``(iii) Applicable phaseout threshold range.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable phaseout threshold range' means the excess of--
``(I) the threshold amount applicable to the taxpayer under subsection (b) (determined after the application of subsection (h)(3)), over
``(II) the applicable threshold amount applicable to the taxpayer under this paragraph.
``(D) Coordination with limitation on overall credit.--Subsection (b) shall be applied by substituting `the credit allowable under subsection (a) (determined after the application of subsection (i)(4)(A)' for `the credit allowable under subsection (a)'.''.
(b) Advance Payment of Credit.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 77 of such Code is amended by inserting after section 7527 the following new section:
``SEC. 7527A. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CHILD TAX CREDIT.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a program for making periodic payments to taxpayers which, in the aggregate during any calendar year, equal the annual advance amount determined with respect to such taxpayer for such calendar year. Except as provided in subsection (b)(3)(B), the periodic payments made to any taxpayer for any calendar year shall be in equal amounts.
``(b) Annual Advance Amount.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the term `annual advance amount' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the amount (if any) which is estimated by the Secretary as being equal to 50 percent of the amount which would be treated as allowed under subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 by reason of section 24(d) (after application of subsection (i)(1) thereof) for the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in such calendar year if--
``(A) the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year is equal to the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for the reference taxable year,
``(B) the only children of such taxpayer for such taxable year are qualifying children properly claimed on the taxpayer's return of tax for the reference taxable year,
``(C) the ages of such children (and the status of such children as qualifying children) are determined for such taxable year by taking into account the passage of time since the reference taxable year, and
``(D) the earned income (within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income for the taxable year of such taxpayer for such taxable year is equal to the earned income for the reference taxable year.
``(2) Reference taxable year.--Except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), the term `reference taxable year' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in the preceding calendar year or, in the case of taxpayer who did not file a return of tax for such taxable year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in the second preceding calendar year.
``(3) Modifications during calendar year.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may modify, during any calendar year, the annual advance amount with respect to any taxpayer for such calendar year to take into account--
``(i) a return of tax filed by such taxpayer during such calendar year (and the taxable year to which such return relates may be taken into account as the reference taxable year), and
``(ii) any other information provided by the taxpayer to the Secretary which allows the Secretary to determine payments under subsection (a) which, in the aggregate during any taxable year of the taxpayer, more closely total the Secretary's estimate of the amount treated as allowed under subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 by reason of section 24(i)(1) for such taxable year of such taxpayer.
``(B) Adjustment to reflect excess or deficit in prior payments.--In the case of any modification of the annual advance amount under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may adjust the amount of any periodic payment made after the date of such modification to properly take into account the amount by which any periodic payment made before such date was greater than or less than the amount that such payment would have been on the basis of the annual advance amount as so modified.
``(4) Treatment of certain deaths.--A child shall not be taken into account in determining the annual advance amount under paragraph (1) if the death of such child is known to the Secretary as of the beginning of the calendar year for which the estimate under such paragraph is made.
``(c) On-line Information Portal.--The Secretary shall establish an on-line portal which allows taxpayers to--
``(1) elect not to receive payments under this section, and
``(2) provide information to the Secretary which would be relevant to a modification under subsection (b)(3)(B) of the annual advance amount, including information regarding--
``(A) a change in the number of the taxpayer's qualifying children, including by reason of the birth of a child,
``(B) a change in the taxpayer's marital status,
``(C) a significant change in the taxpayer's income, and
``(D) any other factor which the Secretary may provide.
``(d) Notice of Payments.--Not later than January 31 of the calendar year following any calendar year during which the Secretary makes one or more payments to any taxpayer under this section, the Secretary shall provide such taxpayer with a written notice which includes the taxpayer's taxpayer identity (as defined in section 6103(b)(6)), the aggregate amount of such payments made to such taxpayer during such calendar year, and such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.
``(e) Administrative Provisions.--
``(1) Application of electronic funds payment requirement.--The payments made by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be made by electronic funds transfer to the same extent and in the same manner as if such payments were Federal payments not made under this title.
``(2) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 6428A(f)(3) shall apply for purposes of this section.
``(3) Exception from reduction or offset.--Any payment made to any individual under this section shall not be--
``(A) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to subsection
(c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402, or
``(B) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal taxes that would otherwise be subject to levy or collection.
``(4) Application of advance payments in the possessions of the united states.--
``(5) Advance payments not applicable to possessions of the united states.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of any possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system (as defined in section 24(k)), this section shall not be treated as part of the income tax laws of the United States for purposes of determining the income tax law of such possession.
``(B) Administrative expenses of advance payments.--
``(i) Mirror code possessions.--In the case of any possession described in subparagraph (B) which makes the election described in such subparagraph, the amount otherwise paid by the Secretary to such possession under section 24(k)(1)(A) with respect to taxable years beginning in 2021 shall be increased by $300,000 if such possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary, for making advance payments consistent with such election.
``(ii) American samoa.--The amount otherwise paid by the Secretary to American Samoa under subparagraph (A) of section 24(k)(3) with respect to taxable years beginning in 2021 shall be increased by $300,000 if the plan described in subparagraph (B) of such section includes a program, which has been approved by the Secretary, for making advance payments under rules similar to the rules of this section.
``(iii) Timing of payment.--The Secretary may pay, upon the request of the possession of the United States to which the payment is to be made, the amount of the increase determined under clause (i) or (ii) immediately upon approval of the plan referred to in such clause, respectively.
``(f) Application.--No payments shall be made under the program established under subsection (a) with respect to--
``(1) any period before July 1, 2021, or
``(2) any period after December 31, 2021.
``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section and subsections (i)(1) and (j) of section 24, including regulations or other guidance which provides for the application of such provisions where the filing status of the taxpayer for a taxable year is different from the status used for determining the annual advance amount.''.
(2) Reconciliation of credit and advance credit.--Section 24 of such Code, as amended by the preceding provision of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Reconciliation of Credit and Advance Credit.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed under this section to any taxpayer for any taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate amount of payments made under section 7527A to such taxpayer during such taxable year. Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(2) Excess advance payments.--
``(A) In general.--If the aggregate amount of payments under section 7527A to the taxpayer during the taxable year exceeds the amount of the credit allowed under this section to such taxpayer for such taxable year (determined without regard to paragraph (1)), the tax imposed by this chapter for such taxable year shall be increased by the amount of such excess. Any failure to so increase the tax shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(B) Safe harbor based on modified adjusted gross income.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) for the taxable year does not exceed 200 percent of the applicable income threshold, the amount of the increase determined under subparagraph (A) with respect to such taxpayer for such taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the safe harbor amount.
``(ii) Phase out of safe harbor amount.--In the case of a taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) for the taxable year exceeds the applicable income threshold, the safe harbor amount otherwise in effect under clause (i) shall be reduced by the amount which bears the same ratio to such amount as such excess bears to the applicable income threshold.
``(iii) Applicable income threshold.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable income threshold' means--
``(I) $60,000 in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),
``(II) $50,000 in the case of a head of household, and
``(III) $40,000 in any other case.
``(iv) Safe harbor amount.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `safe harbor amount' means, with respect to any taxable year, the product of--
``(I) $2,000, multiplied by
``(II) the excess (if any) of the number of qualified children taken into account in determining the annual advance amount with respect to the taxpayer under section 7527A with respect to months beginning in such taxable year, over the number of qualified children taken into account in determining the credit allowed under this section for such taxable year.''.
(3) Coordination with wage withholding.--Section 3402(f)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking ``section 24(a)'' and inserting ``section 24 (determined after application of subsection (j) thereof)''.
(4) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 26(b)(2) of such Code is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (X), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (Y) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(Z) section 24(j)(2) (relating to excess advance payments).''.
(B) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code, as amended by the preceding provisions of this subtitle, is amended by striking
``and 6428B'' and inserting ``6428B, and 7527A''.
(C) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(i) by inserting ``24,'' before ``25A'', and
(ii) by striking `` or 6431'' and inserting ``6431, or 7527A''.
(D) The table of sections for chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7527 the following new item:
``Sec. 7527A. Advance payment of child tax credit.''.
(5) Appropriations to carry out advance payments.--Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated:
(A) $397,200,000 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses for the Internal Revenue Service to carry out this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose, and
(B) $16,200,000 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to carry out this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
(2) Establishment of advance payment program.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's designee) shall establish the program described in section 7527A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the Secretary shall ensure that the timing of the establishment of such program does not interfere with carrying out section 6428B(g) as rapidly as possible.
SEC. 9612. APPLICATION OF CHILD TAX CREDIT IN POSSESSIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Application of Credit in Possessions.--
``(1) Mirror code possessions.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to each possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the application of this section (determined without regard to this subsection) with respect to taxable years beginning after 2020. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
``(B) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed under this section for any taxable year to any individual to whom a credit is allowable against taxes imposed by a possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system by reason of the application of this section in such possession for such taxable year.
``(C) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `mirror code tax system' means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
``(2) Puerto rico.--In the case of any bona fide resident of Puerto Rico (within the meaning of section 937(a)) for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020--
``(A) the credit determined under this section shall be allowable to such resident, and
``(B) subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii) shall be applied without regard to the phrase `in the case of a taxpayer with 3 or more qualifying children'.
``(3) American samoa.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to American Samoa amounts estimated by the Secretary as being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of American Samoa by reason of the application of this section for taxable years beginning after 2020 if the provisions of this section had been in effect in American Samoa (applied as if American Samoa were the United States and without regard to the application of this section to bona fide residents of Puerto Rico under subsection (i)(1)).
``(B) Distribution requirement.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply unless American Samoa has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary, under which American Samoa will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
``(C) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxable year with respect to which a plan is approved under subparagraph (B), this section (other than this subsection) shall not apply to any individual eligible for a distribution under such plan.
``(ii) Application of section in event of absence of approved plan.--In the case of a taxable year with respect to which a plan is not approved under subparagraph (B), rules similar to the rules of paragraph (2) shall apply with respect to bona fide residents of American Samoa (within the meaning of section 937(a)).
``(4) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
PART 3--EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT
SEC. 9621. STRENGTHENING THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN.
(a) Special Rules for 2021.--Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(n) Special Rules for Individuals Without Qualifying Children.--In the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022--
``(1) Decrease in minimum age for credit.--
``(A) In general.--Subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) shall be applied by substituting `the applicable minimum age' for `age 25'.
``(B) Applicable minimum age.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `applicable minimum age' means--
``(i) except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, age 19,
``(ii) in the case of a specified student (other than a qualified former foster youth or a qualified homeless youth), age 24, and
``(iii) in the case of a qualified former foster youth or a qualified homeless youth, age 18.
``(C) Specified student.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `specified student' means, with respect to any taxable year, an individual who is an eligible student (as defined in section 25A(b)(3)) during at least 5 calendar months during the taxable year.
``(D) Qualified former foster youth.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `qualified former foster youth' means an individual who--
``(i) on or after the date that such individual attained age 14, was in foster care provided under the supervision or administration of an entity administering (or eligible to administer) a plan under part B or part E of title IV of the Social Security Act (without regard to whether Federal assistance was provided with respect to such child under such part E), and
``(ii) provides (in such manner as the Secretary may provide) consent for entities which administer a plan under part B or part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to disclose to the Secretary information related to the status of such individual as a qualified former foster youth.
``(E) Qualified homeless youth.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `qualified homeless youth' means, with respect to any taxable year, an individual who certifies, in a manner as provided by the Secretary, that such individual is either an unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth, or is unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting.
``(2) Elimination of maximum age for credit.--Subsection
(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) shall be applied without regard to the phrase `but not attained age 65'.
``(3) Increase in credit and phaseout percentages.--The table contained in subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting `15.3' for `7.65' each place it appears therein.
``(4) Increase in earned income and phaseout amounts.--
``(A) In general.--The table contained in subsection
(b)(2)(A) shall be applied--
``(i) by substituting `$9,820' for `$4,220', and
``(ii) by substituting `$11,610' for `$5,280'.
``(B) Coordination with inflation adjustment.--Subsection
(j) shall not apply to any dollar amount specified in this paragraph.''.
(b) Information Return Matching.--As soon as practicable, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall develop and implement procedures to use information returns under section 6050S (relating to returns relating to higher education tuition and related expenses) to check the status of individuals as specified students for purposes of section 32(n)(1)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as added by this section).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9622. TAXPAYER ELIGIBLE FOR CHILDLESS EARNED INCOME
CREDIT IN CASE OF QUALIFYING CHILDREN WHO FAIL
TO MEET CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 32(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9623. CREDIT ALLOWED IN CASE OF CERTAIN SEPARATED
SPOUSES.
(a) In General.--Section 32(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``Married Individuals.--In the case of'' and inserting the following: ``Married Individuals.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Determination of marital status.--For purposes of this section--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), marital status shall be determined under section 7703(a).
``(B) Special rule for separated spouse.--An individual shall not be treated as married if such individual--
``(i) is married (as determined under section 7703(a)) and does not file a joint return for the taxable year,
``(ii) resides with a qualifying child of the individual for more than one-half of such taxable year, and
``(iii)(I) during the last 6 months of such taxable year, does not have the same principal place of abode as the individual's spouse, or
``(II) has a decree, instrument, or agreement (other than a decree of divorce) described in section 121(d)(3)(C) with respect to the individual's spouse and is not a member of the same household with the individual's spouse by the end of the taxable year.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 32(c)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking the last sentence.
(2) Section 32(c)(1)(E)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(3) Section 32(d)(1) of such Code, as amended by subsection
(a), is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9624. MODIFICATION OF DISQUALIFIED INVESTMENT INCOME
TEST.
(a) In General.--Section 32(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$2,200'' and inserting
``$10,000''.
(b) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 32(j)(1) of such Code is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
``(2021 in the case of the dollar amount in subsection
(i)(1))'' after ``2015'',
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
(A) by striking ``subsections (b)(2)(A) and (i)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(2)(A)'', and
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end,
(3) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(B)(ii) and inserting ``, and'', and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B)(ii) the following new clause:
``(iii) in the case of the $10,000 amount in subsection
(i)(1), `calendar year 2020' for `calendar year 2016'.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9625. APPLICATION OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT IN
POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 7530. APPLICATION OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT TO
POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
``(a) Puerto Rico.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2021 and each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to Puerto Rico equal to--
``(A) the specified matching amount for such calendar year, plus
``(B) in the case of calendar years 2021 through 2025, the lesser of--
``(i) the expenditures made by Puerto Rico during such calendar year for education efforts with respect to individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to the earned income tax credit, or
``(ii) $1,000,000.
``(2) Requirement to reform earned income tax credit.--The Secretary shall not make any payments under paragraph (1) with respect to any calendar year unless Puerto Rico has in effect an earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year which (relative to the earned income tax credit which was in effect for taxable years beginning in or with calendar year 2019) increases the percentage of earned income which is allowed as a credit for each group of individuals with respect to which such percentage is separately stated or determined in a manner designed to substantially increase workforce participation.
``(3) Specified matching amount.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) In general.--The term `specified matching amount' means, with respect to any calendar year, the lesser of--
``(i) the excess (if any) of--
``(I) the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year, over
``(II) the base amount for such calendar year, or
``(ii) the product of 3, multiplied by the base amount for such calendar year.
``(B) Base amount.--
``(i) Base amount for 2021.--In the case of calendar year 2021, the term `base amount' means the greater of--
``(I) the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with calendar year 2019 (rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000,000), or
``(II) $200,000,000.
``(ii) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any calendar year after 2021, the term `base amount' means the dollar amount determined under clause (i) increased by an amount equal to--
``(I) such dollar amount, multiplied by--
``(II) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting `calendar year 2020' for `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
Any amount determined under this clause shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000,000.
``(4) Rules related to payments.--
``(A) Timing of payments.--The Secretary shall make payments under paragraph (1) for any calendar year--
``(i) after receipt of such information as the Secretary may require to determine such payments, and
``(ii) except as provided in clause (i), within a reasonable period of time before the due date for individual income tax returns (as determined under the laws of Puerto Rico) for taxable years which began on the first day of such calendar year.
``(B) Information.--The Secretary may require the reporting of such information as the Secretary may require to carry out this subsection.
``(C) Determination of cost of earned income tax credit.--For purposes of this subsection, the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax credit shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the laws of Puerto Rico and shall include reductions in revenues received by Puerto Rico by reason of such credit and refunds attributable to such credit, but shall not include any administrative costs with respect to such credit.
``(b) Possessions With Mirror Code Tax Systems.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2021 and each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands equal to--
``(A) the cost to such possession of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year, plus
``(B) in the case of calendar years 2021 through 2025, the lesser of--
``(i) the expenditures made by such possession during such calendar year for education efforts with respect to individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to such earned income tax credit, or
``(ii) $50,000.
``(2) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
``(c) American Samoa.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2021 and each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to American Samoa equal to--
``(A) the lesser of--
``(i) the cost to American Samoa of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year, or
``(ii) $16,000,000, plus
``(B) in the case of calendar years 2021 through 2025, the lesser of--
``(i) the expenditures made by American Samoa during such calendar year for education efforts with respect to individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to such earned income tax credit, or
``(ii) $50,000.
``(2) Requirement to enact and maintain an earned income tax credit.--The Secretary shall not make any payments under paragraph (1) with respect to any calendar year unless American Samoa has in effect an earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year which allows a refundable tax credit to individuals on the basis of the taxpayer's earned income which is designed to substantially increase workforce participation.
``(3) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any calendar year after 2021, the $16,000,000 amount in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by--
``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting `calendar year 2020' for `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.Any increase determined under this clause shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100,000.
``(4) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
``(d) Treatment of Payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this section shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``Sec. 7530. Application of earned income tax credit to possessions of the United States.''.
SEC. 9626. TEMPORARY SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINING EARNED
INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF EARNED INCOME TAX
CREDIT.
(a) In General.--If the earned income of the taxpayer for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2021 is less than the earned income of the taxpayer for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2019, the credit allowed under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may, at the election of the taxpayer, be determined by substituting-
--
(1) such earned income for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2019, for
(2) such earned income for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2021.
(b) Earned Income.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
``earned income'' has the meaning given such term under section 32(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(2) Application to joint returns.--For purposes of subsection (a), in the case of a joint return, the earned income of the taxpayer for the first taxable year beginning in 2019 shall be the sum of the earned income of each spouse for such taxable year.
(c) Special Rules.--
(1) Errors treated as mathematical errors.--For purposes of section 6213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, an incorrect use on a return of earned income pursuant to subsection (a) shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error.
(2) No effect on determination of gross income, etc.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied without regard to any substitution under subsection (a).
(d) Treatment of Certain Possessions.--
(1) Payments to possessions with mirror code tax systems.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the application of the provisions of this section (other than this subsection) with respect to section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
(2) Payments to other possessions.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits (if any) that would have been provided to residents of such possession by reason of the provisions of this section (other than this subsection) with respect to section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply unless the respective possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
(3) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this section, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
(4) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this section shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.
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SA 1381. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Rubio) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on sthe table; as follows:
In subtitle G of title IX, strike part 2 and all that follows through the end of part 4 and insert the following:
PART 2--CHILD TAX CREDIT
SEC. 9611. CHILD TAX CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2021.
(a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Special Rules for 2021.--In the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022--
``(1) Refundable credit.--Paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (h) shall not apply, and in applying subsection
(d)--
``(A) subsection (d)(1)(A) shall be applied without regard to subsection (h)(4), and
``(B) subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) shall be applied by substituting `15.3 percent of the taxpayer's earned income
(within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income' for `15 percent of so much of the taxpayer's earned income (within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income for the taxable year as exceeds $3,000'.
``(2) 17-year-olds eligible for treatment as qualifying children.--This section shall be applied--
``(A) by substituting `age 18' for `age 17' in subsection
(c)(1), and
``(B) by substituting `described in subsection (c)
(determined after the application of subsection (i)(2)(A))' for `described in subsection (c)' in subsection (h)(4)(A).
``(3) Credit amount.--Subsection (h)(2) shall not apply and subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting `$3,300
($4,200 in the case of a qualifying child who has not attained age 6 as of the close of the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins)' for `$1,000'.
``(4) Reduction of increased credit amount based on modified adjusted gross income.--
``(A) In general.--The amount of the credit allowable under subsection (a) (determined without regard to subsection (b)) shall be reduced by $50 for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) exceeds the applicable threshold amount.
``(B) Applicable threshold amount.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `applicable threshold amount' means--
``(i) $150,000, in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)) ,
``(ii) $112,500, in the case of a head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), and
``(iii) $75,000, in any other case.
``(C) Limitation on reduction.--
``(i) In general.--The amount of the reduction under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the lesser of--
``(I) the applicable credit increase amount, or
``(II) 5 percent of the applicable phaseout threshold range.
``(ii) Applicable credit increase amount.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable credit increase amount' means the excess (if any) of--
``(I) the amount of the credit allowable under this section for the taxable year determined without regard to this paragraph and subsection (b), over
``(II) the amount of such credit as so determined and without regard to paragraph (3).
``(iii) Applicable phaseout threshold range.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable phaseout threshold range' means the excess of--
``(I) the threshold amount applicable to the taxpayer under subsection (b) (determined after the application of subsection (h)(3)), over
``(II) the applicable threshold amount applicable to the taxpayer under this paragraph.
``(D) Coordination with limitation on overall credit.--Subsection (b) shall be applied by substituting `the credit allowable under subsection (a) (determined after the application of subsection (i)(4)(A)' for `the credit allowable under subsection (a)'.''.
(b) Advance Payment of Credit.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 77 of such Code is amended by inserting after section 7527 the following new section:
``SEC. 7527A. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CHILD TAX CREDIT.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a program for making periodic payments to taxpayers which, in the aggregate during any calendar year, equal the annual advance amount determined with respect to such taxpayer for such calendar year. Except as provided in subsection (b)(3)(B), the periodic payments made to any taxpayer for any calendar year shall be in equal amounts.
``(b) Annual Advance Amount.--For purposes of this section--
``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the term `annual advance amount' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the amount (if any) which is estimated by the Secretary as being equal to 50 percent of the amount which would be treated as allowed under subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 by reason of section 24(d) (after application of subsection (i)(1) thereof) for the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in such calendar year if--
``(A) the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year is equal to the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for the reference taxable year,
``(B) the only children of such taxpayer for such taxable year are qualifying children properly claimed on the taxpayer's return of tax for the reference taxable year,
``(C) the ages of such children (and the status of such children as qualifying children) are determined for such taxable year by taking into account the passage of time since the reference taxable year, and
``(D) the earned income (within the meaning of section 32) which is taken into account in computing taxable income for the taxable year of such taxpayer for such taxable year is equal to the earned income for the reference taxable year.
``(2) Reference taxable year.--Except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), the term `reference taxable year' means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in the preceding calendar year or, in the case of taxpayer who did not file a return of tax for such taxable year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning in the second preceding calendar year.
``(3) Modifications during calendar year.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may modify, during any calendar year, the annual advance amount with respect to any taxpayer for such calendar year to take into account--
``(i) a return of tax filed by such taxpayer during such calendar year (and the taxable year to which such return relates may be taken into account as the reference taxable year), and
``(ii) any other information provided by the taxpayer to the Secretary which allows the Secretary to determine payments under subsection (a) which, in the aggregate during any taxable year of the taxpayer, more closely total the Secretary's estimate of the amount treated as allowed under subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 by reason of section 24(i)(1) for such taxable year of such taxpayer.
``(B) Adjustment to reflect excess or deficit in prior payments.--In the case of any modification of the annual advance amount under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may adjust the amount of any periodic payment made after the date of such modification to properly take into account the amount by which any periodic payment made before such date was greater than or less than the amount that such payment would have been on the basis of the annual advance amount as so modified.
``(4) Treatment of certain deaths.--A child shall not be taken into account in determining the annual advance amount under paragraph (1) if the death of such child is known to the Secretary as of the beginning of the calendar year for which the estimate under such paragraph is made.
``(c) On-line Information Portal.--The Secretary shall establish an on-line portal which allows taxpayers to--
``(1) elect not to receive payments under this section, and
``(2) provide information to the Secretary which would be relevant to a modification under subsection (b)(3)(B) of the annual advance amount, including information regarding--
``(A) a change in the number of the taxpayer's qualifying children, including by reason of the birth of a child,
``(B) a change in the taxpayer's marital status,
``(C) a significant change in the taxpayer's income, and
``(D) any other factor which the Secretary may provide.
``(d) Notice of Payments.--Not later than January 31 of the calendar year following any calendar year during which the Secretary makes one or more payments to any taxpayer under this section, the Secretary shall provide such taxpayer with a written notice which includes the taxpayer's taxpayer identity (as defined in section 6103(b)(6)), the aggregate amount of such payments made to such taxpayer during such calendar year, and such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.
``(e) Administrative Provisions.--
``(1) Application of electronic funds payment requirement.--The payments made by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be made by electronic funds transfer to the same extent and in the same manner as if such payments were Federal payments not made under this title.
``(2) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 6428A(f)(3) shall apply for purposes of this section.
``(3) Exception from reduction or offset.--Any payment made to any individual under this section shall not be--
``(A) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to subsection
(c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402, or
``(B) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal taxes that would otherwise be subject to levy or collection.
``(4) Application of advance payments in the possessions of the united states.--
``(5) Advance payments not applicable to possessions of the united states.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of any possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system (as defined in section 24(k)), this section shall not be treated as part of the income tax laws of the United States for purposes of determining the income tax law of such possession.
``(B) Administrative expenses of advance payments.--
``(i) Mirror code possessions.--In the case of any possession described in subparagraph (B) which makes the election described in such subparagraph, the amount otherwise paid by the Secretary to such possession under section 24(k)(1)(A) with respect to taxable years beginning in 2021 shall be increased by $300,000 if such possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary, for making advance payments consistent with such election.
``(ii) American samoa.--The amount otherwise paid by the Secretary to American Samoa under subparagraph (A) of section 24(k)(3) with respect to taxable years beginning in 2021 shall be increased by $300,000 if the plan described in subparagraph (B) of such section includes a program, which has been approved by the Secretary, for making advance payments under rules similar to the rules of this section.
``(iii) Timing of payment.--The Secretary may pay, upon the request of the possession of the United States to which the payment is to be made, the amount of the increase determined under clause (i) or (ii) immediately upon approval of the plan referred to in such clause, respectively.
``(f) Application.--No payments shall be made under the program established under subsection (a) with respect to--
``(1) any period before July 1, 2021, or
``(2) any period after December 31, 2021.
``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section and subsections (i)(1) and (j) of section 24, including regulations or other guidance which provides for the application of such provisions where the filing status of the taxpayer for a taxable year is different from the status used for determining the annual advance amount.''.
(2) Reconciliation of credit and advance credit.--Section 24 of such Code, as amended by the preceding provision of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Reconciliation of Credit and Advance Credit.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed under this section to any taxpayer for any taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate amount of payments made under section 7527A to such taxpayer during such taxable year. Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(2) Excess advance payments.--
``(A) In general.--If the aggregate amount of payments under section 7527A to the taxpayer during the taxable year exceeds the amount of the credit allowed under this section to such taxpayer for such taxable year (determined without regard to paragraph (1)), the tax imposed by this chapter for such taxable year shall be increased by the amount of such excess. Any failure to so increase the tax shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
``(B) Safe harbor based on modified adjusted gross income.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) for the taxable year does not exceed 200 percent of the applicable income threshold, the amount of the increase determined under subparagraph (A) with respect to such taxpayer for such taxable year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the safe harbor amount.
``(ii) Phase out of safe harbor amount.--In the case of a taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income (as defined in subsection (b)) for the taxable year exceeds the applicable income threshold, the safe harbor amount otherwise in effect under clause (i) shall be reduced by the amount which bears the same ratio to such amount as such excess bears to the applicable income threshold.
``(iii) Applicable income threshold.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `applicable income threshold' means--
``(I) $60,000 in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),
``(II) $50,000 in the case of a head of household, and
``(III) $40,000 in any other case.
``(iv) Safe harbor amount.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term `safe harbor amount' means, with respect to any taxable year, the product of--
``(I) $2,000, multiplied by
``(II) the excess (if any) of the number of qualified children taken into account in determining the annual advance amount with respect to the taxpayer under section 7527A with respect to months beginning in such taxable year, over the number of qualified children taken into account in determining the credit allowed under this section for such taxable year.''.
(3) Coordination with wage withholding.--Section 3402(f)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking ``section 24(a)'' and inserting ``section 24 (determined after application of subsection (j) thereof)''.
(4) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 26(b)(2) of such Code is amended by striking
``and'' at the end of subparagraph (X), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (Y) and inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(Z) section 24(j)(2) (relating to excess advance payments).''.
(B) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code, as amended by the preceding provisions of this subtitle, is amended by striking
``and 6428B'' and inserting ``6428B, and 7527A''.
(C) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(i) by inserting ``24,'' before ``25A'', and
(ii) by striking `` or 6431'' and inserting ``6431, or 7527A''.
(D) The table of sections for chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7527 the following new item:
``Sec. 7527A. Advance payment of child tax credit.''.
(5) Appropriations to carry out advance payments.--Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated:
(A) $397,200,000 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses for the Internal Revenue Service to carry out this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose, and
(B) $16,200,000 to remain available until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to carry out this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
(2) Establishment of advance payment program.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's designee) shall establish the program described in section 7527A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the Secretary shall ensure that the timing of the establishment of such program does not interfere with carrying out section 6428B(g) as rapidly as possible.
SEC. 9612. APPLICATION OF CHILD TAX CREDIT IN POSSESSIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Application of Credit in Possessions.--
``(1) Mirror code possessions.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to each possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the application of this section (determined without regard to this subsection) with respect to taxable years beginning after 2020. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
``(B) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed under this section for any taxable year to any individual to whom a credit is allowable against taxes imposed by a possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system by reason of the application of this section in such possession for such taxable year.
``(C) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `mirror code tax system' means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
``(2) Puerto rico.--In the case of any bona fide resident of Puerto Rico (within the meaning of section 937(a)) for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020--
``(A) the credit determined under this section shall be allowable to such resident, and
``(B) subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii) shall be applied without regard to the phrase `in the case of a taxpayer with 3 or more qualifying children'.
``(3) American samoa.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to American Samoa amounts estimated by the Secretary as being equal to the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to residents of American Samoa by reason of the application of this section for taxable years beginning after 2020 if the provisions of this section had been in effect in American Samoa (applied as if American Samoa were the United States and without regard to the application of this section to bona fide residents of Puerto Rico under subsection (i)(1)).
``(B) Distribution requirement.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply unless American Samoa has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary, under which American Samoa will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
``(C) Coordination with credit allowed against united states income taxes.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxable year with respect to which a plan is approved under subparagraph (B), this section (other than this subsection) shall not apply to any individual eligible for a distribution under such plan.
``(ii) Application of section in event of absence of approved plan.--In the case of a taxable year with respect to which a plan is not approved under subparagraph (B), rules similar to the rules of paragraph (2) shall apply with respect to bona fide residents of American Samoa (within the meaning of section 937(a)).
``(4) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
PART 3--EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT
SEC. 9621. STRENGTHENING THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN.
(a) Special Rules for 2021.--Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(n) Special Rules for Individuals Without Qualifying Children.--In the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022--
``(1) Decrease in minimum age for credit.--
``(A) In general.--Subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) shall be applied by substituting `the applicable minimum age' for `age 25'.
``(B) Applicable minimum age.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `applicable minimum age' means--
``(i) except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, age 19,
``(ii) in the case of a specified student (other than a qualified former foster youth or a qualified homeless youth), age 24, and
``(iii) in the case of a qualified former foster youth or a qualified homeless youth, age 18.
``(C) Specified student.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `specified student' means, with respect to any taxable year, an individual who is an eligible student (as defined in section 25A(b)(3)) during at least 5 calendar months during the taxable year.
``(D) Qualified former foster youth.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `qualified former foster youth' means an individual who--
``(i) on or after the date that such individual attained age 14, was in foster care provided under the supervision or administration of an entity administering (or eligible to administer) a plan under part B or part E of title IV of the Social Security Act (without regard to whether Federal assistance was provided with respect to such child under such part E), and
``(ii) provides (in such manner as the Secretary may provide) consent for entities which administer a plan under part B or part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to disclose to the Secretary information related to the status of such individual as a qualified former foster youth.
``(E) Qualified homeless youth.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `qualified homeless youth' means, with respect to any taxable year, an individual who certifies, in a manner as provided by the Secretary, that such individual is either an unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth, or is unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting.
``(2) Elimination of maximum age for credit.--Subsection
(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) shall be applied without regard to the phrase `but not attained age 65'.
``(3) Increase in credit and phaseout percentages.--The table contained in subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting `15.3' for `7.65' each place it appears therein.
``(4) Increase in earned income and phaseout amounts.--
``(A) In general.--The table contained in subsection
(b)(2)(A) shall be applied--
``(i) by substituting `$9,820' for `$4,220', and
``(ii) by substituting `$11,610' for `$5,280'.
``(B) Coordination with inflation adjustment.--Subsection
(j) shall not apply to any dollar amount specified in this paragraph.''.
(b) Information Return Matching.--As soon as practicable, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall develop and implement procedures to use information returns under section 6050S (relating to returns relating to higher education tuition and related expenses) to check the status of individuals as specified students for purposes of section 32(n)(1)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as added by this section).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9622. TAXPAYER ELIGIBLE FOR CHILDLESS EARNED INCOME
CREDIT IN CASE OF QUALIFYING CHILDREN WHO FAIL
TO MEET CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 32(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9623. CREDIT ALLOWED IN CASE OF CERTAIN SEPARATED
SPOUSES.
(a) In General.--Section 32(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ``Married Individuals.--In the case of'' and inserting the following: ``Married Individuals.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Determination of marital status.--For purposes of this section--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), marital status shall be determined under section 7703(a).
``(B) Special rule for separated spouse.--An individual shall not be treated as married if such individual--
``(i) is married (as determined under section 7703(a)) and does not file a joint return for the taxable year,
``(ii) resides with a qualifying child of the individual for more than one-half of such taxable year, and
``(iii)(I) during the last 6 months of such taxable year, does not have the same principal place of abode as the individual's spouse, or
``(II) has a decree, instrument, or agreement (other than a decree of divorce) described in section 121(d)(3)(C) with respect to the individual's spouse and is not a member of the same household with the individual's spouse by the end of the taxable year.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 32(c)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking the last sentence.
(2) Section 32(c)(1)(E)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(3) Section 32(d)(1) of such Code, as amended by subsection
(a), is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9624. MODIFICATION OF DISQUALIFIED INVESTMENT INCOME
TEST.
(a) In General.--Section 32(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$2,200'' and inserting
``$10,000''.
(b) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 32(j)(1) of such Code is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
``(2021 in the case of the dollar amount in subsection
(i)(1))'' after ``2015'',
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
(A) by striking ``subsections (b)(2)(A) and (i)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(2)(A)'', and
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end,
(3) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(B)(ii) and inserting ``, and'', and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B)(ii) the following new clause:
``(iii) in the case of the $10,000 amount in subsection
(i)(1), `calendar year 2020' for `calendar year 2016'.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.
SEC. 9625. APPLICATION OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT IN
POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 7530. APPLICATION OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT TO
POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
``(a) Puerto Rico.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2021 and each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to Puerto Rico equal to--
``(A) the specified matching amount for such calendar year, plus
``(B) in the case of calendar years 2021 through 2025, the lesser of--
``(i) the expenditures made by Puerto Rico during such calendar year for education efforts with respect to individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to the earned income tax credit, or
``(ii) $1,000,000.
``(2) Requirement to reform earned income tax credit.--The Secretary shall not make any payments under paragraph (1) with respect to any calendar year unless Puerto Rico has in effect an earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year which (relative to the earned income tax credit which was in effect for taxable years beginning in or with calendar year 2019) increases the percentage of earned income which is allowed as a credit for each group of individuals with respect to which such percentage is separately stated or determined in a manner designed to substantially increase workforce participation.
``(3) Specified matching amount.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) In general.--The term `specified matching amount' means, with respect to any calendar year, the lesser of--
``(i) the excess (if any) of--
``(I) the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year, over
``(II) the base amount for such calendar year, or
``(ii) the product of 3, multiplied by the base amount for such calendar year.
``(B) Base amount.--
``(i) Base amount for 2021.--In the case of calendar year 2021, the term `base amount' means the greater of--
``(I) the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with calendar year 2019 (rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000,000), or
``(II) $200,000,000.
``(ii) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any calendar year after 2021, the term `base amount' means the dollar amount determined under clause (i) increased by an amount equal to--
``(I) such dollar amount, multiplied by--
``(II) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting `calendar year 2020' for `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
Any amount determined under this clause shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000,000.
``(4) Rules related to payments.--
``(A) Timing of payments.--The Secretary shall make payments under paragraph (1) for any calendar year--
``(i) after receipt of such information as the Secretary may require to determine such payments, and
``(ii) except as provided in clause (i), within a reasonable period of time before the due date for individual income tax returns (as determined under the laws of Puerto Rico) for taxable years which began on the first day of such calendar year.
``(B) Information.--The Secretary may require the reporting of such information as the Secretary may require to carry out this subsection.
``(C) Determination of cost of earned income tax credit.--For purposes of this subsection, the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax credit shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the laws of Puerto Rico and shall include reductions in revenues received by Puerto Rico by reason of such credit and refunds attributable to such credit, but shall not include any administrative costs with respect to such credit.
``(b) Possessions With Mirror Code Tax Systems.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2021 and each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands equal to--
``(A) the cost to such possession of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year, plus
``(B) in the case of calendar years 2021 through 2025, the lesser of--
``(i) the expenditures made by such possession during such calendar year for education efforts with respect to individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to such earned income tax credit, or
``(ii) $50,000.
``(2) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
``(c) American Samoa.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2021 and each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to American Samoa equal to--
``(A) the lesser of--
``(i) the cost to American Samoa of the earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year, or
``(ii) $16,000,000, plus
``(B) in the case of calendar years 2021 through 2025, the lesser of--
``(i) the expenditures made by American Samoa during such calendar year for education efforts with respect to individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to such earned income tax credit, or
``(ii) $50,000.
``(2) Requirement to enact and maintain an earned income tax credit.--The Secretary shall not make any payments under paragraph (1) with respect to any calendar year unless American Samoa has in effect an earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year which allows a refundable tax credit to individuals on the basis of the taxpayer's earned income which is designed to substantially increase workforce participation.
``(3) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any calendar year after 2021, the $16,000,000 amount in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by--
``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting `calendar year 2020' for `calendar year 2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.Any increase determined under this clause shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100,000.
``(4) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the rules of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
``(d) Treatment of Payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this section shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``Sec. 7530. Application of earned income tax credit to possessions of the United States.''.
SEC. 9626. TEMPORARY SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINING EARNED
INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF EARNED INCOME TAX
CREDIT.
(a) In General.--If the earned income of the taxpayer for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2021 is less than the earned income of the taxpayer for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2019, the credit allowed under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may, at the election of the taxpayer, be determined by substituting-
--
(1) such earned income for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2019, for
(2) such earned income for the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2021.
(b) Earned Income.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term
``earned income'' has the meaning given such term under section 32(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(2) Application to joint returns.--For purposes of subsection (a), in the case of a joint return, the earned income of the taxpayer for the first taxable year beginning in 2019 shall be the sum of the earned income of each spouse for such taxable year.
(c) Special Rules.--
(1) Errors treated as mathematical errors.--For purposes of section 6213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, an incorrect use on a return of earned income pursuant to subsection (a) shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error.
(2) No effect on determination of gross income, etc.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied without regard to any substitution under subsection (a).
(d) Treatment of Certain Possessions.--
(1) Payments to possessions with mirror code tax systems.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the application of the provisions of this section (other than this subsection) with respect to section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
(2) Payments to other possessions.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits (if any) that would have been provided to residents of such possession by reason of the provisions of this section (other than this subsection) with respect to section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply unless the respective possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
(3) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this section, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
(4) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this section shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.
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SA 1382. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9013 and insert the following:
SEC. 9013. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION.
(a) In General.--Section 2104(e)(2) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(b) Amount.--Section 2104(b)(3)(A) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) For weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before April 30, 2021, $300.
``(iv) For weeks of unemployment ending after April 30, 2021, and ending on or before June 30, 2021, $200.
``(v) For weeks of unemployment ending after June 30, 2021, and ending on or before September 6, 2021, $100.''.
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SA 1383. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 4001 and insert the following:
SEC. 4001. FUNDING FOR NARCOTIC AND OPIOID DETECTION.
(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2025, to acquire, deploy, operate, and maintain chemical screening devices to identify, in an operational environment, synthetic opioids and other narcotics at purity levels less than or equal to 10 percent.
(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts appropriated under subsection
(a) may also be used--
(1) to train users on the equipment described in such subsection;
(2) to provide directors of ports of entry with an alternate method for identifying narcotics, including synthetic opioids, at lower purity levels; and
(3) to test any new chemical screening devices to understand the abilities and limitations of such devices relating to identifying narcotics at various purity levels before U.S. Customs and Border Protection commits to the acquisition of such devices.
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SA 1384. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 9032 and insert the following:
SEC. 9032. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION, EQUITABLE ACCESS,
AND TIMELY PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,950,000,000, to remain available until expended, to detect and prevent fraud, promote equitable access, and ensure the timely payment of benefits with respect to unemployment insurance programs, including programs extended under this subtitle.
(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available under subsection
(a) may be used--
(1) for Federal administrative costs related to the purposes described in subsection (a);
(2) for systemwide infrastructure investment and development related to such purposes; and
(3) to make grants to States or territories administering unemployment insurance programs described in subsection (a) for such purposes, including the establishment of procedures or the building of infrastructure to verify or validate identity, implement Federal guidance regarding fraud detection and prevention, and accelerate claims processing or process claims backlogs due to the pandemic.
(c) Reservation of Funds for System Improvements.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 to assist States in the following activities:
(1) Improving States' use of an automated electronic system for transmission of requests for information relating to unemployment compensation and the provision of such information between the State unemployment agency and employers or their agents;
(2) Using a system designated by the Secretary of Labor for cross-matching claimants of unemployment compensation under State law against any databases in the system to prevent and detect fraud and improper payments.
(3)(A) Comparing information in the National Directory of New Hires or other wage sources against information about individuals claiming unemployment compensation to identify any such individuals who may have become employed, in accordance with any regulations or guidance that the Secretary of Health and Human Services may issue.
(B) Taking timely action to verify whether the individuals identified are employed.
(C) Taking appropriate action to suspend or modify unemployment compensation payments if the individuals identified are employed.
(D) Initiating recovery of any improper unemployment compensation payments that have been made.
(d) Restrictions on Grants to States and Territories.--As a condition of receiving a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may require that a State or territory receiving such a grant shall--
(1) use such program integrity tools as the Secretary may specify; and
(2) as directed by the Secretary, conduct user accessibility testing on any new system developed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
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SA 1385. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title IX, insert the following:
PART 4--FRAUD PREVENTION
SEC. 9041. PROHIBITING INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE FRAUD FROM RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION UNDER ANY STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM
FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.
In the case of an individual who is convicted of unemployment insurance fraud under any State or Federal program (including programs extended under this subtitle) on or after the date of enactment of this Act, such individual shall be ineligible for unemployment compensation under any State or Federal program (including programs extended under this subtitle) for a period of 10 years.
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SA 1386. Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2014. RULE REGARDING ATHLETIC PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES.
As a condition of receiving funds under section 2001, 2003, or 2005, a State, local educational agency, or institution of higher education may not permit any student whose biological sex (recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth) is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is--
(1) administered by that State, local educational agency, or institution of higher education, as the case may be; and
(2) designated for women or girls.
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SA 1387. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 34, strike line 16, and all that follows through page 40, line 18, and insert the following:
(e) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency that receives funds under this section--
(1) shall reserve not less than 25 percent of such funds to, directly or through grants or contracts to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other entities, address learning loss through the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi)of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care; and
(2) shall use the remaining funds for any of the following:
(A) Any activity authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(B) Any activity authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(C) Any activity authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.
(D) Any activity authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
(E) Coordination of preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies with State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments, and other relevant agencies, to improve coordinated responses among such entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(F) Providing principals and others school leaders with the resources necessary to address the needs of their individual schools.
(G) Activities to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each population.
(H) Developing and implementing procedures and systems to improve the preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies.
(I) Training and professional development for staff of the local educational agency on sanitation and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases.
(J) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the facilities of a local educational agency, including buildings operated by such agency.
(K) Planning for, coordinating, and implementing activities during long-term closures, including providing meals to eligible students, providing technology for online learning to all students, providing guidance for carrying out requirements under the IDEA and ensuring other educational services can continue to be provided consistent with all Federal, State, and local requirements.
(L) Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for students who are served by the local educational agency that aids in regular and substantive educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low-income students and children with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive equipment.
(M) Providing mental health services and supports.
(N) Planning and implementing activities related to summer learning and supplemental afterschool programs, including providing classroom instruction or online learning during the summer months and addressing the needs of low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care.
(O) Addressing learning loss among students, including low-income students, children with disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, of the local educational agency, including by--
(i) administering and using high-quality assessments that are valid and reliable, to accurately assess students' academic progress and assist educators in meeting students' academic needs, including through differentiating instruction;
(ii) implementing evidence-based activities to meet the comprehensive needs of students;
(iii) providing information and assistance to parents and families on how they can effectively support students, including in a distance learning environment; and
(iv) tracking student attendance and improving student engagement in distance education.
(P) School facility repairs and improvements to enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards, and to support student health needs.
(Q) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and window and door repair and replacement.
(R) Developing strategies and implementing public health protocols including, to the greatest extent practicable, policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the reopening and operation of school facilities to effectively maintain the health and safety of students, educators, and other staff.
(S) Other activities that are necessary to maintain the operation of and continuity of services in local educational agencies and continuing to employ existing staff of the local educational agency.
(f) State Funding.--With funds not otherwise allocated under subsection (d), a State--
(1) shall reserve not less than 5 percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to the State under this section to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other entities, activities to address learning loss by supporting the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students' academic, social, and emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children and youth in foster care, including by providing additional support to local educational agencies to fully address such impacts; and
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SA 1388. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mrs. Capito) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 6001, add the following:
(d) Of the funds provided by this section, 25 percent shall be for assistance to rural communities for projects to construct and deploy broadband service-related infrastructure.
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SA 1389. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike Sec. 4001 and at the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $570,000,000 to hire, train, and assign new Border Patrol agents and new Office of Field Operations officers, and for infrastructure, assets, operations, and technology to enhance border security along the southern border of the United States.
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SA 1390. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 2022 and insert the following:
SEC. 2022. NATIONAL GUARD PER DIEM EXPENSES RELATED TO
PROVIDING SECURITY FOR CAPITOL COMPLEX DURING
REQUESTED 60-DAY EXTENSION PERIOD.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$23,657,280 for per diem expenses of members of the National Guard activated to provide security for the Capitol complex during the 60-day extension period requested by the United States Capitol Police.
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SA 1391. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Rubio) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4015. EXTENSION OF REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORITY FOR FEDERAL
CONTRACTORS.
Section 3610 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 414) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting ``September 30, 2021''.
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SA 1392. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of section 5005, add the following:
(c) Adding Service and Support Companies to the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program.--Section 324(a) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``a service and support company,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(ii) in clause (i)--
(I) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting
``the service and support company,'' after ``theatre operator,''; and
(II) in subclause (I), by inserting ``a service and support company,'' after ``theatre operator,'';
(iii) in clause (ii)--
(I) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(II) in subclause (IV), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
(III) by adding at the end the following:
``(V) the service and support company is or intends to resume the services and activities described in paragraph
(11);''; and
(iv) in clause (vi), by inserting ``the service and support company,'' after ``theatre operator,'' each place that term appears; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``service and support company,'' after ``theatre operator,'' each place that term appears; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Service and support company.--The term `service and support company'--
``(A) means an individual or entity that, as a principal business activity--
``(i) provide stages, lighting, sound, casts, or other support for live performing arts events; or
``(ii) showcases performers or pre-packaged productions to potential buyers; and
``(B) includes an individual or entity described in subparagraph (A) that--
``(i) operates for profit;
``(ii) is a nonprofit organization;
``(iii) is government-owned; or
``(iv) is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or operated as a sole proprietorship.''.
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SA 1393. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 585, strike line 17 and all that follows through page 586, line 4, and insert the following:
``(e) Inspector General Oversight; Recoupment.--
``(1) Oversight authority.--The Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made available under this section.
``(2) Recoupment.--If the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury determines that a State, Tribal government, or unit of local government has failed to comply with subsection (c), the amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection shall be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal Government. Amounts recovered under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Funding.--The Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury may use funds appropriated under section 601(f) to carry out this subsection.
``(4) Authority of inspector general.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of any Inspector General, including such authority as provided in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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SA 1394. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Lankford) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 614, strike lines 21 through 23 and insert the following: ``the provisions of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus for the purpose of providing assistance to or on behalf of refugees and migrants who are outside the United States, which shall include contributions for such purposes to the activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and contributions to the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and to other relevant international organizations.''.
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SA 1395. Mr. SCOTT of Florida proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 7101 and insert the following:
SEC. 7101. GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION.
(a) National Network Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $729,611,840, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for grants as authorized under section 11101(b) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(b) Long-distance Service Restoration and Employee Recalls.--Not less than $165,926,000 of the amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be for use by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to--
(1) restore, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the frequency of rail service on long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation reduced the frequency of on or after July 1, 2020, and continue to operate such service at such frequency; and
(2) recall and manage employees furloughed on or after October 1, 2020, as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
(c) Use of Funds for State Payments for State-supported Routes.--
(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available under subsection (a), $174,850,000 shall be for use by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to offset amounts required to be paid by States for covered State-supported routes.
(2) Funding share.--The share of funding provided under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered State-supported route shall be distributed as follows:
(A) Each covered State-supported route shall receive 7 percent of the costs allocated to the route in fiscal year 2019 under the cost allocation methodology adopted pursuant to section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432).
(B) Any remaining amounts after the distribution described in subparagraph (A) shall be apportioned to each covered State-supported route in proportion to the passenger revenue of such route and other revenue allocated to such route in fiscal year 2019 divided by the total passenger revenue and other revenue allocated to all covered State-supported routes in fiscal year 2019.
(3) Covered state-supported route defined.--In this subsection, the term ``covered State-supported route'' means a State-supported route, as such term is defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code, but does not include a State-supported route for which service was terminated on or before February 1, 2020.
(d) Use of Funds for Debt Repayment or Prepayment.--Not more than $100,885,000 of the amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be--
(1) for the repayment or prepayment of debt incurred by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under financing arrangements entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) to pay required reserves, costs, and fees related to such debt, including for loans from the Department of Transportation and loans that would otherwise have been paid from National Railroad Passenger Corporation revenues.
(e) Project Management Oversight.--Not more than $2,000,000 of the amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be for activities authorized under section 11101(c) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94).
SEC. 7101A. COAST GUARD PROCUREMENT OF HC-130J AIRCRAFT.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $970,388,160, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for the procurement of HC-130J aircraft for the Coast Guard.
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SA 1396. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 107, strike line 9 and all that follows through page 109, line 23 and insert the following:
SEC. 2710. FUNDING FOR YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out sections 520E and 520E-2 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 290bb-36, 290bb-36b).
SEC. 2711. FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION
AND TRAINING.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 756 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294e-1).
SEC. 2712. FUNDING FOR PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$80,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 330M of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-19).
SEC. 2713. FUNDING FOR EXPANSION GRANTS FOR CERTIFIED
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $420,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to communities and community organizations that meet the criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note).
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SA 1397. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike sections 2021, 2022, and 2023 and insert the following:
SEC. 2021. ADDITIONAL RELIEF FUNDS FOR ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available through the Education Stabilization Fund, there is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$470,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023, for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund in Section 2001.
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SA 1398. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; as follows:
On page 17, line 25, strike ``(a)--'' and insert ``(a) for purposes described in this subsection by--''.
On page 18, line 1, strike ``(1) to'' and insert ``(1) using not less than 5 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to''.
On page 18, line 9, strike ``(2) to'' and insert ``(2) using not less than 5 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to''.
On page 18, line 14, strike ``(3) to support'' and insert
``(3) using not less than 0.5 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to fund''.
On page 18, lines 17 and 18, strike ``, using $5,000,000 of the amount made available pursuant to subsection (a)''.
On page 18, line 19, strike ``(4) to'' and insert ``(4) using not less than 5 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to''.
On page 18, line 22, strike ``at--'' and insert ``by--''.
On page 18, line 23, insert ``using not less than 1 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) at'' after ``(A)''.
On page 19, line 3, insert ``using not less than 1 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) at'' after ``(B)''.
On page 19, line 7, insert ``using not less than 1 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) at'' after ``(C)''.
On page 19, line 13, insert ``using not less than 1 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) at'' after ``(D)''.
On page 19, line 18, insert ``using not less than 1 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) at'' after ``(E)''.
On page 19, line 24, strike ``(5) to'' and insert ``using not less than 5 percent of the total amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to''.
On page 33, line 12, strike ``$125,804,800,000'' and insert
``$122,774,800,000''.
On page 34, line 2, strike ``87.5'' and insert ``90''.
On page 41, line 19, insert ``and'' after the semicolon.
Beginning on page 41, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 42, line 6.
On page 42, line 7, strike ``(5)'' and insert ``(4)''.
On page 57, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
SEC. 2014. FUNDING FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
EDUCATION ACT.
(a) Amounts for IDEA.--There is appropriated to the Secretary of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
(1) $2,580,000,000 for grants to States under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
(2) $200,000,000 for preschool grants under section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and
(3) $250,000,000 for programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(b) General Provisions.--Any amount appropriated under subsection (a) is in addition to other amounts appropriated or made available for the applicable purpose.
On page 62, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
(c) Supplement Not Supplant.--Amounts made available to carry out this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to provide child care services for eligible individuals.
On page 81, lines 19 and 20, strike ``use amounts described in subsection (a) to'' and insert ``, out of amounts described in subsection (a) to''.
Beginning on page 110, strike line 3 and all tht follows through page 113, line 16, and insert the following:
SEC. 2901. ADDITIONAL ENHANCED BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 2(a)(5)(A) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)(A)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting
``September 6, 2021'';
(B) by striking ``or July 1, 2020'' and inserting ``July 1, 2020, or July 1, 2021''; and
(2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(b) Clarification on Authority to Use Funds.--Funds appropriated under subparagraph (B) of section 2(a)(5) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)) shall be available to cover the cost of recovery benefits provided under such section 2(a)(5) by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 2(a)(5) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2902. EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i)--
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ``185 days'' and inserting ``330 days'';
(B) in subclause (II),
(i) by striking ``19 consecutive 14-day periods'' and inserting ``33 consecutive 14-day periods''; and
(ii) by striking ``6 consecutive 14-day periods'' and inserting ``20 consecutive 14-day periods'';
(2) in clause (ii)--
(A) by striking ``120 days of unemployment'' and inserting
``265 days of unemployment'';
(B) by striking ``12 consecutive 14-day periods'' and inserting ``27 consecutive 14-day periods''; and
(C) by striking ``6 consecutive 14-day periods'' and inserting ``20 consecutive 14-day periods'';
(3) in clause (iii)--
(A) by striking ``June 30, 2021'' and inserting ``June 30, 2022''; and
(B) by striking ``the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any employee whose extended benefit period under subparagraph (B) begins after March 14, 2021, and shall not apply to any employee with respect to any registration period beginning after April 5, 2021.'' and inserting ``the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any employee with respect to any registration period beginning after September 6, 2021.''; and
(4) in clause (v), by adding at the end the following: ``In addition to the amount appropriated by the preceding two sentences, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $2,000,000 to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under this subparagraph, to remain available until expended.''.
(b) Clarification on Authority to Use Funds.--Funds appropriated under the first, second, or third sentence of clause (v) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2903. EXTENSION OF WAIVER OF THE 7-DAY WAITING PERIOD
FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 2112(a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9030(a)) is amended by striking ``March 14, 2021'' and inserting ``September 6, 2021''.
(b) Clarification on Authority To Use Funds.--Funds appropriated under section 2112(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9030(c)) shall be available to cover the cost of additional benefits payable due to section 2112(a) of such Act by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such benefits payable due to such section 2112(a) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
On page 116, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``State'' means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
On page 121, lines 1 through 3, strike ``notwithstanding section 304(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534(e)),''.
Beginning on page 166, strike line 16 and all that follows through page 167, line 12.
On page 167, line 13, strike ``(f)'' and insert ``(d)''.
On page 169, line 7, strike ``(g)'' and insert ``(e)''.
On page 169, line 18, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(f)''.
On page 171, line 18, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(g)''.
On page 175, line 7, strike ``that--'' and insert ``that''.
On page 175, line 8, strike ``(I)''.
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``costs.''
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On page 194, after line 25, add the following:
SEC. 4015. ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), a covered employee shall, with respect to any claim made by or on behalf of the covered employee for benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, be deemed to have an injury proximately caused by exposure to the novel coronavirus arising out of the nature of the covered employee's employment. Such covered employee, or a beneficiary of such an employee, shall be entitled to such benefits for such claim, including disability compensation, medical services, and survivor benefits.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered employee.--
(A) In general.--The term ``covered employee'' means an individual--
(i) who is an employee under section 8101(1) of title 5, United States Code, employed in the Federal service at anytime during the period beginning on January 27, 2020, and ending on January 27, 2023;
(ii) who is diagnosed with COVID-19 during such period; and
(iii) who, during a covered exposure period prior to such diagnosis, carries out duties that--
(I) require contact with patients, members of the public, or co-workers; or
(II) include a risk of exposure to the novel coronavirus.
(B) Teleworking exception.--The term ``covered employee'' does not include any employee otherwise covered by subparagraph (A) who is exclusively teleworking during a covered exposure period, regardless of whether such employment is full time or part time.
(2) Covered exposure period.--The term ``covered exposure period'' means, with respect to a diagnosis of COVID-19, the period beginning on a date to be determined by the Secretary of Labor.
(3) Novel coronavirus.--The term ``novel coronavirus'' means SARS-CoV-2 or another coronavirus declared to be a pandemic by public health authorities.
(c) Limitation.--
(1) Determinations made on or before the date of enactment.--This section shall not apply with respect to a covered employee who is determined to be entitled to benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, for a claim described in subsection (a) if such determination is made on or before the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Limitation on duration of benefits.--No funds are authorized to be appropriated to pay, and no benefits may be paid for, claims approved on the basis of subsection (a) after September 30, 2030. No administrative costs related to any such claim may be paid after such date.
(d) Employees' Compensation Fund.--
(1) In general.--The costs of benefits for claims approved on the basis of subsection (a) shall not be included in the annual statement of the cost of benefits and other payments of an agency or instrumentality under section 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Fair share provision.--Costs of administration for claims described in paragraph (1)--
(A) may be paid from the Employees' Compensation Fund; and
(B) shall not be subject to the fair share provision in section 8147(c) of title 5, United States Code.
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``$28,600,000,000''.
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``$23,600,000,000''.
On page 230 strike: to identify and designate wildlife species, or larger taxonomic groups of species, as injurous under such provisions if they transmit a pathogen that could potentially pose a risk to human health and develop regulations to develop a process to make emergency listings for injuries species.
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``quarter''.
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SEC. 9801. CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.
(a) Appropriation.--
(1) In general.--Section 418(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
``(3) Appropriation.--For grants under this section, there are appropriated $3,550,000,000 for each fiscal year, of which--
``(A) $3,375,000,000 shall be available for grants to States;
``(B) $100,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations; and
``(C) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to territories.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 418(a)(2)(A) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``paragraph
(3), and remaining after the reservation described in paragraph (4) and'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)(A),''.
(b) Modification of State Match Requirement for Funding Increases in Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022.--With respect to the amounts made available by section 418(a)(3) of the Social Security Act for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, section 418(a)(2)(C) of such Act shall be applied and administered with respect to any State that is entitled to receive the entire amount that would be allotted to the State under section 418(a)(2)(B) of such Act for the fiscal year in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2020, as if the Federal medical assistance percentage for the State for the fiscal year were 100 percent.
(c) Funding for the Territories.--Section 418(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
``(4) Territories.--
``(A) Grants.--The Secretary shall use the amounts made available by paragraph (3)(C) to make grants to the territories under this paragraph.
``(B) Allotments.--The amount described in subparagraph (A) shall be allotted among the territories in proportion to their respective needs.
``(C) Redistribution.--The 1st sentence of clause (i) and clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(D) shall apply with respect to the amounts allotted to the territories under this paragraph, except that the 2nd sentence of paragraph (2)(D) shall not apply and the amounts allotted to the territories that are available for redistribution for a fiscal year shall be redistributed to each territory that applies for the additional amounts, to the extent that the Secretary determines that the territory will be able to use the additional amounts to provide child care assistance, in an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount so available for redistribution as the amount allotted to the territory for the fiscal year bears to the total amount allotted to all the territories receiving redistributed funds under this paragraph for the fiscal year.
``(D) Inapplicability of payment limitation.-- Section 1108(a) shall not apply with respect to any amount paid under this paragraph.
``(E) Territory.--In this paragraph, the term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.''.
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SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
``(1) $219,800,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to States, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and
``(2) $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of the Secretary for administration of the funds established under this title.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to territories.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$4,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to the territories.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally to each territory; and
``(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each territory in an amount which bears the same proportion to \1/2\ of the total amount reserved under subparagraph (A) as the population of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
``(C) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay each territory the total of the amounts allocated for the territory under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(2) Payments to tribal governments.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$20,000,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to Tribal governments.
``(B) Allocation.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the Tribal governments; and
``(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allocated by the Secretary to the Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary.
``(C) Payment.-- The Secretary shall pay each Tribal government the total of the amounts allocated for the Tribal government under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(3) Payments to each of the 50 states and the district of columbia.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve
$195,300,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)(1) to make payments to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(B) Allocations.--Of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary equally among each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
``(ii) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated for the District of Columbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to the District of Columbia; and
``(iii) an amount equal to the remainder of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) after the application of clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be allocated by the Secretary as an additional amount to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to such remainder as the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics program) in the State or District of Columbia over the 3-month period ending with December 2020 bears to the average estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all of the 50 States and the District of Columbia over the same period.
``(C) Payment.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall pay each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the total of the amounts allocated for the State and District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) in accordance with paragraph (6).
``(ii) Minimum payment requirement.--
``(I) In general.--The sum of--
``(aa) the total amounts allocated for 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia under subparagraph (B) (as determined without regard to this clause); and
``(bb) the amounts allocated under section 603 to the State
(for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State) and to metropolitan cities and counties in the State;
shall not be less than the amount allocated to the State or District of Columbia for fiscal year 2020 under section 601, including any amount paid directly to a unit of local government in the State under such section.
``(II) Pro rata adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the amount of the allocations for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia determined under subparagraph (B)(iii) (without regard to this clause) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirement of subclause
(I).
``(4) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are allocated to States, territories, and Tribal governments in accordance with the requirements specified in each such paragraph (as applicable).
``(5) Population data.--For purposes of determining allocations for a territory under this section, the population of the territory shall be determined based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) States and territories.--
``(i) In general.--To the extent practicable, subject to clause (ii), with respect to each State and territory allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the State or territory not later than 60 days after the date on which the certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to the Secretary.
``(ii) Authority to split payment.--
``(I) In general.--The Secretary shall have the authority to withhold payment of up to 50 percent of the amount allocated to each State and territory (other than payment of the amount allocated under paragraph (3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia) for a period of up to 12 months from the date on which the State or territory provides the certification required under subsection (d)(1). The Secretary shall exercise such authority with respect to a State or territory based on the unemployment rate in the State or territory as of such date.
``(II) Payment of withheld amount.--Before paying to a State or territory the remainder of an amount allocated to the State or territory (subject to subclause (III)) that has been withheld by the Secretary under subclause (I), the Secretary shall require the State or territory to submit a second certification under subsection (d)(1), in addition to such other information as the Secretary may require.
``(III) Recovery of amounts subject to recoupment.--If a State or territory is required under subsection (e) to repay funds for failing to comply with subsection (c), the Secretary may reduce the amount otherwise payable to the State or territory under subclause (II) by the amount that the State or territory would otherwise be required to repay under such subsection (e).
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraph (3), a State, territory, or Tribal government shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section, or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4), to cover costs incurred by the State, territory, or Tribal government, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) to respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the State, territory, or Tribal government that are performing such essential work, or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work;
``(C) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to the COVID-19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the State, territory, or Tribal government prior to the emergency; or
``(D) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Further restriction on use of funds.--
``(A) In general.--A State or territory shall not use the funds provided under this section or transferred pursuant to section 603(c)(4) to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of such State or territory resulting from a change in law, regulation, or administrative interpretation during the covered period that reduces any tax
(by providing for a reduction in a rate, a rebate, a deduction, a credit, or otherwise) or delays the imposition of any tax or tax increase.
``(B) Pension funds.--No State or territory may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a Tribal organization (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(d) Certifications and Reports.--
``(1) In general.--In order for a State or territory to receive a payment under this section, or a transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), the State or territory shall provide the Secretary with a certification, signed by an authorized officer of such State or territory, that such State or territory requires the payment or transfer to carry out the activities specified in subsection (c) of this section and will use any payment under this section, or transfer of funds under section 603(c)(4), in compliance with subsection (c) of this section.
``(2) Reporting.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of--
``(A) the uses of funds by such State, territory, or Tribal government, including, in the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered period; and
``(B) such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any State, territory, or Tribal government that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection, provided that, in the case of a violation of subsection
(c)(2)(A), the amount the State or territory shall be required to repay shall be lesser of--
``(1) the amount of the applicable reduction to net tax revenue attributable to such violation; and
``(2) the amount of funds received by such State or territory pursuant to a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4).
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means, with respect to a State, territory, or Tribal government, the period that--
``(A) begins on March 3, 2021; and
``(B) ends on the last day of the fiscal year of such State, territory, or Tribal government in which all funds received by the State, territory, or Tribal government from a payment made under this section or a transfer made under section 603(c)(4) have been expended or returned to, or recovered by, the Secretary.
``(2) Eligible workers.--The term `eligible workers' means those workers needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and additional sectors as each Governor of a State or territory, or each Tribal government, may designate as critical to protect the health and well-being of the residents of their State, territory, or Tribal government.
``(3) Premium pay.--The term `premium pay' means an amount of up to $13 per hour that is paid to an eligible worker, in addition to wages or remuneration the eligible worker otherwise receives, for all work performed by the eligible worker during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Such amount may not exceed $25,000 with respect to any single eligible worker.
``(4) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(5) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
``(6) Territory.--The term `territory' means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(7) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
``SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$130,200,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2024, for making payments under this section to metropolitan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Metropolitan cities.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $45,570,000,000 to make payments to metropolitan cities.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each metropolitan city an amount determined for the metropolitan city consistent with the formula under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)), except that, in applying such formula, the Secretary shall substitute `all metropolitan cities' for `all metropolitan areas' each place it appears.
``(2) Nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve $19,530,000,000 to make payments to States for distribution by the State to nonentitlement units of local government in the State.
``(B) Allocation and payment.--From the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall allocate and, in accordance with paragraph (7), pay to each State an amount which bears the same proportion to such reserved amount as the total population of all areas that are non-metropolitan cities in the State bears to the total population of all areas that are non-metropolitan cities in all such States.
``(C) Distribution to nonentitlement units of local government.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after a State receives a payment under subparagraph (B), the State shall distribute to each nonentitlement unit of local government in the State an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount of such payment as the population of the nonentitlement unit of local government bears to the total population of all the nonentitlement units of local government in the State, subject to clause (iii).
``(ii) Distribution of funds.--
``(I) Extension for distribution.--If an authorized officer of a State required to make distributions under clause (i) certifies in writing to the Secretary before the end of the 30-day distribution period described in such clause that it would constitute an excessive administrative burden for the State to meet the terms of such clause with respect to 1 or more such distributions, the authorized officer may request, and the Secretary shall grant, an extension of such period of not more than 30 days to allow the State to make such distributions in accordance with clause (i).
``(II) Additional extensions.--
``(aa) In general.--If a State has been granted an extension to the distribution period under subclause (I) but is unable to make all the distributions required under clause
(i) before the end of such period as extended, an authorized officer of the State may request an additional extension of the distribution period of not more than 30 days. The Secretary may grant a request for an additional extension of such period only if--
``(AA) the authorized officer making such request provides a written plan to the Secretary specifying, for each distribution for which an additional extension is requested, when the State expects to make such distribution and the actions the State has taken and will take in order to make all such distributions before the end of the distribution period (as extended under subclause (I) and this subclause); and
``(BB) the Secretary determines that such plan is reasonably designed to distribute all such funds to nonentitlement units of local government by the end of the distribution period (as so extended).
``(bb) Further additional extensions.--If a State granted an additional extension of the distribution period under item
(aa) requires any further additional extensions of such period, the request only may be made and granted subject to the requirements specified in item (aa).
``(iii) Capped amount.--The total amount distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government under this paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to 75 percent of the most recent budget for the nonentitlement unit of local government as of January 27, 2020.
``(iv) Return of excess amounts.--Any amounts not distributed to a nonentitlement unit of local government as a result of the application of clause (iii) shall be returned to the Secretary.
``(D) Penalty for noncompliance.--If, by the end of the 120-day period that begins on the date a State receives a payment from the amount allocated under subparagraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the distribution period for the State (as extended with respect to the State under subparagraph (C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the distributions from such payment in accordance with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including any extensions of the distribution period granted in accordance with such subparagraph), an amount equal to the amount of such payment that remains undistributed as of such date shall be booked as a debt of such State owed to the Federal Government, shall be paid back from the State's allocation provided under section 602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Counties.--
``(A) Amount.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve and allocate
$65,100,000,000 of such amount to make payments directly to counties in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount reserved under this paragraph as the population of each such county bears to the total population of all such entities and shall pay such allocated amounts to such counties in accordance with paragraph (7).
``(B) Special rules.--
``(i) Urban counties.--No county that is an `urban county'
(as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the amount paid under this paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)).
``(ii) Counties that are not units of general local government.--In the case of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the State in which such county is located, and such State shall distribute such amount to each unit of general local government within such county in an amount that bears the same proportion to the amount to be paid to such county as the population of such units of general local government bears to the total population of such county.
``(iii) District of columbia.--For purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a single county that is a unit of general local government.
``(4) Consolidated governments.--A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified in such paragraphs.
``(5) Pro rata adjustment authority.--The amounts otherwise determined for allocation and payment under paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all available funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, counties, and States in accordance with the requirements specified in each paragraph (as applicable) and the certification requirement specified in subsection (d).
``(6) Population.--For purposes of determining allocations under this section, the population of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent data are available from the Bureau of the Census or, if not available, from such other data as a State determines appropriate.
``(7) Timing.--
``(A) First tranche amount.--To the extent practicable, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall pay from such allocation the First Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(B) Second tranche amount.--The Secretary shall pay to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (1), each State for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under paragraph (3), the Second Tranche Amount for such city, State, or county not earlier than 12 months after the date on which the First Tranche Amount is paid to the city, State, or county.
``(c) Requirements.--
``(1) Use of funds.--Subject to paragraph (2), and except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county shall only use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover costs incurred by the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county, by December 31, 2024--
``(A) to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality;
``(B) to respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that are performing such essential work, or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work;
``(C) for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county due to the COVID-19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county prior to the emergency; or
``(D) to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
``(2) Pension funds.--No metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may use funds made available under this section for deposit into any pension fund.
``(3) Transfer authority.--A metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or a special-purpose unit of State or local government.
``(4) Transfers to states.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving a payment from funds made available under this section may transfer such funds to the State in which such entity is located.
``(d) Reporting.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county receiving funds provided under a payment made under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of such funds by such metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county and including such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county that has failed to comply with subsection (c) shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall have the authority to issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this section.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) County.--The term `county' means a county, parish, or other equivalent county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census).
``(2) Eligible workers.--The term `eligible workers' means those workers needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and additional sectors as each chief executive officer of a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county may designate as critical to protect the health and well-being of the residents of their metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or county.
``(3) First tranche amount.--The term `First Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(4) Metropolitan city.--The term `metropolitan city' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving allocations under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) for fiscal year 2021.
``(5) Nonentitlement unit of local government.--The term
`nonentitlement unit of local government' means a `city', as that term is defined in section 102(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(5))), that is not a metropolitan city.
``(6) Premium pay.--The term `premium pay' has the meaning given such term in section 602(g).
``(7) Second tranche amount.--The term `Second Tranche Amount' means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is allocated under subsection
(b)(2) for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government, and each county for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(3), an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so allocated to such metropolitan city, State, or county (as applicable).
``(8) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(9) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
``(10) Unit of general local government.--The term `unit of general local government' has the meaning given that term in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).
``SEC. 604. CORONAVIRUS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
``(b) Payments.--
``(1) Minimum amounts.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a)--
``(A) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 to each State;
``(B) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau; and
``(C) the Secretary shall pay $100,000,000 of such amount in equal shares to Tribal governments and the State of Hawaii
(in addition to the amount paid to the State of Hawaii under subparagraph (A)), of which--
``(i) not less than $50,000 shall be paid to each Tribal government; and
``(ii) not less than $50,000, and not more than $200,000, shall be paid to the State of Hawaii for the exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians in accordance with this section.
``(2) Remaining amounts.--
``(A) In general.--From the amount of the appropriation under subsection (a) that remains after the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make payments to States based on population such that--
``(i) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the population of each State bears to the population of all States;
``(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals living in rural areas in each State bears to the number of individuals living in rural areas in all States; and
``(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be allocated among the States based on the proportion that the number of individuals with a household income that is below 150 percent of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved in each State bears to the number of such individuals in all States.
``(B) Data.--In determining the allocations to be made to each State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census.
``(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish a process of applying for grants to access funding made available under section (b) not later than 60 days after enactment of this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(2) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
``(3) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' has the meaning given such term in section 602(g).
``SEC. 605. LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND TRIBAL CONSISTENCY FUND.
``(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$2,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2023, with amounts to be obligated for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 in accordance with subsection (b), for making payments under this section to eligible revenue sharing counties and eligible Tribal governments.
``(b) Authority to Make Payments.--
``(1) Payments to eligible revenue sharing counties.--For each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Secretary shall reserve $750,000,000 of the total amount appropriated under subsection (a) to allocate and pay to each eligible revenue sharing county in amounts that are determined by the Secretary taking into account economic conditions of each eligible revenue sharing county, using measurements of poverty rates, household income, land values, and unemployment rates as well as other economic indicators, over the 20-year period ending with September 30, 2021.
``(2) Payments to eligible tribal governments.--For each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Secretary shall reserve
$250,000,000 of the total amount appropriated under subsection (a) to allocate and pay to eligible Tribal governments in amounts that are determined by the Secretary taking into account economic conditions of each eligible Tribe.
``(c) Use of Payments.--An eligible revenue sharing county or an eligible Tribal government may use funds provided under a payment made under this section for any governmental purpose other than a lobbying activity.
``(d) Reporting Requirement.--Any eligible revenue sharing county receiving a payment under this section shall provide to the Secretary periodic reports providing a detailed accounting of the uses of fund by such eligible revenue sharing county and such other information as the Secretary may require for the administration of this section.
``(e) Recoupment.--Any eligible revenue sharing county that has failed to submit a report required under subsection (d) or failed to comply with subsection (c), shall be required to repay to the Secretary an amount equal to--
``(1) in the case of a failure to comply with subsection(c), the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection; and
``(2) in the case of a failure to submit a report required under subsection (d), such amount as the Secretary determines appropriate, but not to exceed 5 percent of the amount paid to the eligible revenue sharing county under this section for all fiscal years.
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible revenue sharing county.--The term `eligible revenue sharing county' means--
``(A) a county, parish, or borough--
``(i) that is independent of any other unit of local government; and
``(ii) that, as determined by the Secretary, is the principal provider of government services for the area within its jurisdiction; and
``(iii) for which, as determined by the Secretary, there is a negative revenue impact due to implementation of a Federal program or changes to such program; and
``(B) the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.
``(2) Eligible tribal government.--The term `eligible Tribal government' means the recognized governing body of an eligible Tribe.
``(3) Eligible tribe.--The term `eligible Tribe' means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this section pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).
``(4) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking ``FUND'' and inserting ``, FISCAL RECOVERY, AND CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS''.
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``period)''.
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``(iii) is a rural provider or supplier; or
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``(iii) is a rural provider or supplier.
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``(5) Rural provider or supplier.--The term `rural provider or supplier' means--
``(A) a--
``(i) provider or supplier located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
``(ii) provider treated as located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E);
``(B) a provider or supplier located in any other area that serves rural patients (as defined by the Secretary), which may include, but is not required to include, a metropolitan statistical area with a population of less than 500,000
(determined based on the most recently available data);
``(C) a rural health clinic (as defined in section 1861(aa)(2));
``(D) a provider or supplier that furnishes home health, hospice, or long-term services and supports in an individual's home located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
``(E) any other rural provider or supplier (as defined by the Secretary).''.
In the table of contents on page 2, insert after the item relating to section 2013 the following:
Sec. 2014. Funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
In the table of contents on page 5, insert after the item relating to section 4014 the following:
Sec. 4015. Eligibility for workers' compensation benefits for Federal employees diagnosed with COVID-19.
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PART 4--Other Provisions
Sec. 9041. Extension of limitation on excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers.
Sec. 9042. Suspension of tax on portion of unemployment compensation.
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