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Congressional Record — Senate, S4803 (August 4, 2020)

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Page S4803 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for August 4, 2020, in interleaved columns, carrying amendment text. A general provision requires the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education to provide a detailed spend plan within 30 days after enactment of anticipated uses of funds. SA 2528 is submitted by Mr. Toomey with Mrs. Capito as an amendment to the S. 178 Xinjiang bill. Other text covers funds from an earlier relief Act to develop, purchase and expand capacity for COVID-19 tests, and transfers between the Trust Fund and the General Fund.

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                                               August 4, 2020                                    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                      S4803
                                               Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act                demn gross human rights violations of                   validate, manufacture, purchase, administer,
                                               of 1985.                                                ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and                  and expand capacity for COVID–19 tests to
                                                  GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE                        calling for an end to arbitrary deten-                  effectively monitor and suppress COVID–19.
                                                 SEC. ll41. Not later than 30 days after the           tion, torture, and harassment of these
                                               date of enactment of this Act, the Secre-
                                                                                                                                                                 SA 2528. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself
                                                                                                       communities inside and outside China;                   and Mrs. CAPITO) submitted an amend-
                                               taries of Labor, Health and Human Services,
                                                                                                       which was ordered to lie on the table;                  ment intended to be proposed by him
                                               and Education shall provide a detailed spend
                                               plan of anticipated uses of funds made avail-           as follows:                                             to the bill S. 178, to condemn gross
                                               able in this title, including estimated per-              At the appropriate place, insert the fol-             human rights violations of ethnic
                                               sonnel and administrative costs, to the Com-            lowing:                                                 Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and call-
                                               mittees on Appropriations of the House of               SEC.    ll.   PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATE ACA-              ing for an end to arbitrary detention,
                                               Representatives and the Senate: Provided,                             DEMIC   CENTERS  AND    PUBLIC
                                                                                                                     HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.                       torture, and harassment of these com-
                                               That such plans shall be updated and sub-                                                                       munities inside and outside China;
                                               mitted to such Committees every 60 days                      (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health
                                               until September 30, 2024: Provided further,             and Human Services (referred to in this sec-            which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                               That the spend plans shall be accompanied               tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall partner with           as follows:
                                               by a listing of each contract obligation in-            State-based institutions of higher education              At the appropriate place, insert the fol-
                                               curred that exceeds $5,000,000 which has not            (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher             lowing:
                                               previously been reported, including the                 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) and          SEC. ll. ENSURING PROCESSING OF APPROVED
                                               amount of each such obligation.                         public health departments to perform state-                         AND    PENDING    APPLICATIONS
                                                 SEC. ll42. (a) The remaining unobligated              wide, regional seroprevalence studies in                            UNDER MEDICARE HOSPITAL AC-
                                                                                                       States with a prevalence of COVID–19 that is                        CELERATED AND ADVANCE PAY-
                                               balances of funds as of September 30, 2020,                                                                                 MENTS PROGRAMS.
                                               from amounts provided under the heading                 greater than 1,000 per 100,000 people. Any
                                                                                                       such study shall involve, at minimum, the                 (a) IN GENERAL.—
                                               ‘‘Corporation for National and Community                                                                          (1) PART A.—Section 1815(f) of the Social
                                               Service—Operating Expenses’’ in title IV of             number of State residents required to
                                                                                                       achieve statistical significance to estimate            Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)) is amended—
                                               division A of the Further Consolidated Ap-                                                                        (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4)
                                               propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94),             seroprevalence across the State.
                                                                                                         (b) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall allocate             as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
                                               are hereby permanently rescinded, and an                                                                          (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
                                               amount of additional new budget authority               funds to carry out this section from any un-
                                                                                                       obligated amounts of the additional amount              lowing new paragraph:
                                               equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby                                                                      ‘‘(3) In the case of any request for an accel-
                                               appropriated on September 30, 2020, to re-              of $25,000,000,000 appropriated to the Public
                                                                                                                                                               erated payment under the program under
                                               main available until September 30, 2021, and            Health and Social Services Emergency Fund,
                                                                                                                                                               subsection (e)(3) pursuant to paragraph (2)
                                               shall be available for the same purposes, in            under the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social
                                                                                                                                                               that was submitted prior to April 26, 2020,
                                               addition to other funds as may be available             Services Emergency Fund’’ under the head-
                                                                                                                                                               and for which such payment has not been
                                               for such purposes, and under the same au-               ing ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ under the head-
                                                                                                                                                               issued as of the date of enactment of this
                                               thorities for which the funds were originally           ing ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
                                                                                                                                                               paragraph, the Secretary shall—
                                               provided in Public Law 116–94: Provided, That           ices’’ under title I of division B of the Pay-
                                                                                                                                                                 ‘‘(A) in the case of any such request that
                                               any amounts appropriated by the preceding               check Protection Program and Health Care
                                                                                                                                                               was approved, not later than 15 days after
                                               proviso shall not be subject to the allotment           Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139) for
                                                                                                                                                               such date of enactment, provide for the
                                               requirements otherwise applicable under sec-            necessary expenses to research, develop,
                                                                                                                                                               issuance of such payment to such hospital;
                                               tions 129(a), (b), (d), and (e) of the National         validate, manufacture, purchase, administer,
                                                                                                                                                               and
                                               and Community Service Act of 1993: Provided             and expand capacity for COVID–19 tests to
                                                                                                                                                                 ‘‘(B) in the case of any such request for
                                               further, That such amount is designated by              effectively monitor and suppress COVID–19.
                                                                                                                                                               which no determination has been made re-
                                               the Congress as being for an emergency re-                                                                      garding eligibility of a hospital for such pay-
                                               quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i)             SA 2527. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an                      ment as of the date of enactment of this
                                               of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-               amendment intended to be proposed by                    paragraph, not later than 15 days after such
                                               icit Control Act of 1985.                               him to the bill S. 178, to condemn gross                date of enactment, review the request and, if
                                                 (b)(1) Subsection (b) of section 3514 of title        human rights violations of ethnic                       the hospital is eligible for such payment,
                                               III of division A of the CARES Act (Public              Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and call-                   issue such payment to such hospital.’’.
                                               Law 116–136) is hereby repealed, and shall be                                                                     (2) PART B.—In the case of any request for
                                                                                                       ing for an end to arbitrary detention,
                                               applied hereafter as if such subsection had                                                                     an advance payment under the advance pay-
                                               never been enacted.                                     torture, and harassment of these com-
                                                                                                       munities inside and outside China;                      ments program described in section 421.214 of
                                                 (2)(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided
                                                                                                                                                               title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a
                                               under this subsection are designated as an              which was ordered to lie on the table;                  successor regulation) that was submitted
                                               emergency requirement pursuant to section               as follows:                                             prior to April 26, 2020, and for which such
                                               4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of                At the appropriate place, insert the fol-             payment has not been issued as of the date of
                                               2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).                                 lowing:                                                 enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary
                                                 (B) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate,                     ll.
                                                                                                       SEC.          PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATE ACA-              of Health and Human Services shall—
                                               this subsection is designated as an emer-                             DEMIC   CENTERS  AND    PUBLIC              (A) in the case of any such request that
                                               gency requirement pursuant to section                                 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.                       was approved, not later than 15 days after
                                               4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the             (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health            such date of enactment, provide for the
                                               concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-            and Human Services (referred to in this sec-            issuance of such payment to such supplier;
                                               cal year 2018.                                          tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall partner with           and
                                                 (C) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF-                   State-based institutions of higher education              (B) in the case of any such request for
                                               FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budg-              (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher             which no determination has been made re-
                                               et Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the             Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) and          garding eligibility of a supplier for such pay-
                                               joint explanatory statement of the com-                 public health departments to perform state-             ment as of the date of enactment of this
                                               mittee of conference accompanying Con-                  wide, regional seroprevalence studies in                paragraph, not later than 15 days after such
                                               ference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(7)            States with a prevalence of COVID–19 that is            date of enactment, review the request and, if
                                               and (c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-             greater than 1,000 per 100,000 people. Any              the supplier is eligible for such payment,
                                               gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budg-            such study shall involve, at minimum, the               issue such payment to such supplier.
                                               etary effects of this subsection—                       number of State residents required to                     (3) ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT
                                                 (i) shall not be estimated for purposes of            achieve statistical significance to estimate            CONTRIBUTION.—Section 1844 of the Social Se-
                                               section 251 of such Act;                                seroprevalence across the State.                        curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w) is amended by
                                                 (ii) shall not be estimated for purposes of             (b) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall allocate             adding at the end the following:
                                               paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory          funds to carry out this section from any un-              ‘‘(e)(1) There shall be transferred from the
                                               Pay As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included             obligated amounts of the additional amount              General Fund of the Treasury to the Trust
                                               in an appropriation Act; and                            of $25,000,000,000 appropriated to the Public           Fund an amount, as estimated by the Chief
                                                 (iii) shall be treated as if they were con-           Health and Social Services Emergency Fund,              Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Med-




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                                               tained in a PAYGO Act, as defined by section            under the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social            icaid Services, equal to amounts paid under
                                               3(7) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of              Services Emergency Fund’’ under the head-               the advance payment program under section
                                               2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(7)).                                 ing ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ under the head-         421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal Regula-
                                                                                                       ing ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-              tions (or any successor regulation) pursuant
                                                SA 2526. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an                       ices’’ under title I of division B of the Pay-          to section ll(a)(2) of the ll Act of 2020.
                                               amendment intended to be proposed to                    check Protection Program and Health Care                  ‘‘(2) There shall be transferred from the
                                               amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr.                       Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139) for                Trust Fund to the General Fund of the
                                               MCCONNELL to the bill S. 178, to con-                   necessary expenses to research, develop,                Treasury amounts equivalent to the sum of—




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