Congressional Record, Senate (Aug. 6, 2020): SA 2611, Mr. Wicker's amendment to S. 178

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Senate amendment SA 2611, submitted by Mr. Wicker and printed in the Congressional Record, Volume 166, Number 140, for Thursday, August 6, 2020, at Page S5305. It was intended to be proposed to S. 178, a bill on human rights violations in Xinjiang, and was ordered to lie on the table. Under the heading Inclusion of Critical Care Hospitals in the Paycheck Protection Program, it would amend Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iii) and Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I) of the Small Business Act so that the eligibility rule for hospitals with more than one physical location and the waiver of affiliation rules, now limited to businesses with a North American Industry Classification System code beginning with 72, also cover a critical care hospital with a code beginning with 62. The term includes a nonprofit or public critical access hospital under section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act.

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[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2611. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 178, to condemn gross human rights violations of
ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary
detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and
outside China; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INCLUSION OF CRITICAL CARE HOSPITALS IN THE PAYCHECK
                   PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) Eligibility of Hospitals With More Than One Physical
     Location.--Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iii) of the Small Business Act
     (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking
     ``beginning with 72'' and inserting the following:
     ``beginning with 72 (or, in the case of a critical care
     hospital, is assigned a North American Industry
     Classification System code beginning with 62)''.
       (b) Waiver of Affiliation Rules.--Section
     7(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
     636(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I)) is amended by striking ``beginning with
     72'' and inserting the following: ``beginning with 72 (or, in
     the case of a critical care hospital, is assigned a North
     American Industry Classification System code beginning with
     62)''.
       (c) Critical Care Hospitals Defined.--Section 7(a)(36)(D)
     of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vii) Critical care hospital defined.--In this
     subparagraph, the term `critical care hospital' means--

       ``(I) a hospital (as defined in section 1861(e) of the
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e))) that--

       ``(aa) is located in a county (or equivalent unit of local
     government) in a rural area, as defined in section
     1886(d)(2)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(2)(D));
       ``(bb) is treated as being located in a rural area pursuant
     to section 1886(d)(8)(E) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
     1395ww(d)(8)(E)); or
       ``(cc) for the most recent cost reporting period under
     section 1886(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), received
     an additional payment under section 1886(d)(5)(F) of such Act
     (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(F)); and

       ``(II) a nonprofit or public critical access hospital, as
     defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
     U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)).''.

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