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Congressional Record — Senate, February 3, 2021, Page S348

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Senate page S348 of the Congressional Record dated February 3, 2021, with amendment text for the budget concurrent resolution. It prints a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to a small business investment company fund that guarantees financing to small businesses that have experienced economic hardship as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic, and one relating to the Federal and State Technology Partnership program. It also prints a point of order against legislation that reduces the hours of operation or permanently closes any port of entry along the northern border, and a point of order against imposing a government mandated $15 minimum wage increase. Risch and Braun are named as sponsors.

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                                               S348                                              CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                        February 3, 2021
                                               appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal                 SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                                                                                                 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT                           RELATING TO THE FEDERAL AND
                                               years 2022 through 2030; which was or-                            OF A SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT                          STATE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
                                               dered to lie on the table; as follows:                            COMPANY FUND THAT GUARANTEES                            PROGRAM PROVIDING TECHNICAL
                                                 At the appropriate place in title IV, add                       FINANCING TO SMALL BUSINESSES                           ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES
                                               the following:                                                    THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED ECO-                              AND UNIVERSITIES APPLYING FOR
                                                                                                                 NOMIC HARDSHIP AS A RESULT OF                           SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RE-
                                               SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLA-
                                                                                                                 THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC AND ARE                           SEARCH AND SMALL BUSINESS
                                                          TION THAT REDUCES THE HOURS OF
                                                                                                                 LOCATED AND HIRE WITHIN RURAL                           TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GRANTS.
                                                          OPERATION    OR   PERMANENTLY
                                                                                                                 OR    UNDEREMPLOYED     COMMU-
                                                          CLOSES ANY PORT OF ENTRY ALONG                                                                         The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                                                                                                 NITIES OR OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
                                                          THE NORTHERN BORDER.                                                                                 Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                                 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in                  The Chairman of the Committee on the                  tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                               order in the Senate to consider any bill,               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                               joint   resolution,   motion,      amendment,           tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                               amendment between the Houses, or con-                   gates, and other appropriate levels in this             pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               ference report that reduces the hours of op-            resolution, and make adjustments to the                 joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                               eration or permanently closes any port of               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                               entry located along the border between the              joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               reports relating to the Federal and State
                                               United States and Canada.                               between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                                 (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)                                                                         Technology Partnership program providing
                                                                                                       reports relating to the establishment of a              technical assistance to small businesses and
                                               may be waived or suspended in the Senate                small business investment company fund
                                               only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of                                                                  universities applying for small business in-
                                                                                                       that guarantees financing to small busi-                novation research and small business tech-
                                               the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-              nesses that have experienced economic hard-
                                               firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members                                                                   nology transfer grants, by the amounts pro-
                                                                                                       ship as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic               vided in such legislation for those purposes,
                                               of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
                                                                                                       and are located and hire within rural or un-            provided that such legislation would not in-
                                               be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling
                                                                                                       deremployed communities or opportunity                  crease the deficit over either the period of
                                               of the Chair on a point of order raised under
                                               subsection (a).                                         zones, by the amounts provided in such legis-           the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 or
                                                                                                       lation for those purposes, provided that such           the period of the total of fiscal years 2021
                                                 SA 155. Mr. RISCH submitted an                        legislation would not increase the deficit              through 2030.
                                               amendment intended to be proposed by                    over either the period of the total of fiscal
                                                                                                       years 2021 through 2025 or the period of the
                                               him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                                                                       total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.                  SA 159. Mr. RISCH submitted an
                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                                                                                                                                               amendment intended to be proposed by
                                               sional budget for the United States
                                               Government for fiscal year 2021 and                       SA 157. Mr. RISCH submitted an                        him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                               setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 amendment intended to be proposed by                    Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                               levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              him to the concurrent resolution S.                     sional budget for the United States
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table;                  Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                               as follows:                                             sional budget for the United States                     setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                                 At the end of title III, add the following:           Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                               SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                                         RELATING TO THE COMPTROLLER
                                                                                                       levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              as follows:
                                                         GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                         CONDUCTING A STUDY ON THE ECO-                which was ordered to lie on the table;                    At the end of title III, add the following:
                                                         NOMIC IMPACT OF EXTENDING AND                 as follows:                                             SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                                         INCREASING THE UNEMPLOYMENT
                                                                                                            At the end of title III, add the following:                  RELATING TO A REGIONAL ALLI-
                                                         INSURANCE    SUPPLEMENT    ON
                                                                                                                                                                         ANCES AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER
                                                         SMALL BUSINESSES BY $400, SPE-
                                                                                                       SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                           PARTNERSHIPS GRANT TO BUILD
                                                         CIFICALLY IN REGIONS OF THE
                                                                                                                 RELATING TO THE COMPTROLLER                             PARTNERSHIPS   OF   EMPLOYERS,
                                                         UNITED STATES THAT WERE CLOSE
                                                                                                                 GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES                            SCHOOLS, AND INSTITUTIONS OF
                                                         TO OR AT FULL EMPLOYMENT
                                                                                                                 CONDUCTING A STUDY ON THE IM-                           HIGHER EDUCATION TO ADDRESS
                                                         PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE
                                                                                                                 PACT OF GOVERNMENT MANDATED                             REGIONAL CYBERSECURITY WORK-
                                                         COVID–19 PANDEMIC.
                                                                                                                 CLOSURES OF CHILDCARE FACILI-                           FORCE SKILL SHORTAGES.
                                                 The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                                                                                                 TIES.
                                               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-                                                                       The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-                The Chairman of the Committee on the                  Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                               gates, and other appropriate levels in this             Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                               resolution, and make adjustments to the                 tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            gates, and other appropriate levels in this             resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                               joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               resolution, and make adjustments to the                 pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               between the Houses, motions, or conference              pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                               reports relating to the Comptroller General             joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                               of the United States conducting a study on              between the Houses, motions, or conference              reports relating to a regional alliances and
                                               the economic impact of extending and in-                reports relating to the Comptroller General             multi-stakeholder partnerships grant to
                                               creasing the unemployment insurance sup-                of the United States conducting a study on              build partnerships of employers, schools, and
                                               plement on small businesses by $400, specifi-           the impact of government mandated closures              institutions of higher education to address
                                               cally in regions of the United States that              of childcare facilities, by the amounts pro-            regional cybersecurity workforce skill short-
                                               were close to or at full employment prior to            vided in such legislation for those purposes,           ages, by the amounts provided in such legis-
                                               the onset of the COVID–19 pandemic, by the              provided that such legislation would not in-            lation for those purposes, provided that such
                                               amounts provided in such legislation for                crease the deficit over either the period of            legislation would not increase the deficit
                                               those purposes, provided that such legisla-             the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 or          over either the period of the total of fiscal
                                               tion would not increase the deficit over ei-            the period of the total of fiscal years 2021            years 2021 through 2025 or the period of the
                                               ther the period of the total of fiscal years            through 2030.                                           total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
                                               2021 through 2025 or the period of the total of
                                               fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
                                                                                                         SA 158. Mr. RISCH submitted an                          SA 160. Mr. RISCH submitted an
                                                 SA 156. Mr. RISCH submitted an                        amendment intended to be proposed by                    amendment intended to be proposed by
                                               amendment intended to be proposed by                    him to the concurrent resolution S.                     him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                               him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                                                                       Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-




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                                                                                                       sional budget for the United States                     sional budget for the United States
                                               sional budget for the United States
                                                                                                       Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                               Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                                                                                       setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                               setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                                                                                       levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                               levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table;                  which was ordered to lie on the table;                  which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                               as follows:                                             as follows:                                             as follows:
                                                 At the end of title III, add the following:                At the end of title III, add the following:          At the end of title III, add the following:




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                                               February 3, 2021                                  CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                        S349
                                               SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 joint   resolution,   motion,      amendment,           him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                         RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS                amendment between the Houses, or con-
                                                         ADMINISTRATION REPORTING NOT
                                                                                                                                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                                                                                       ference report that imposes a government                sional budget for the United States
                                                         LATER THAN 120 DAYS AFTER THE
                                                                                                       mandated $15 minimum wage increase.
                                                         DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THIS ACT
                                                                                                         (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)                 Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                                         ON THE E-TRAN SYSTEM OF THE AD-                                                                       setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                                         MINISTRATION AND WHAT EFFORTS                 may be waived or suspended in the Senate
                                                         ARE BEING MADE TO CATCH DUPLI-                only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of          levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                                         CATE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PRO-                 the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-              which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                                         GRAM LOANS, SPECIFICALLY RE-                  firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members           as follows:
                                                         CIPIENTS OF THE SECOND DRAW                   of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
                                                         LOAN PROGRAM.                                                                                           At the appropriate place in title IV, add
                                                                                                       be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling
                                                 The Chairman of the Committee on the                                                                          the following:
                                                                                                       of the Chair on a point of order raised under
                                               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-                                                                     SEC. 4lll. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST
                                                                                                       subsection (a).
                                                                                                                                                                          RECONCILIATION       LEGISLATION
                                               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                                                                                                                                                          THAT WOULD INCREASE THE DEF-
                                               gates, and other appropriate levels in this               SA 163. Mr. TILLIS submitted an                                  ICIT OR REDUCE A SURPLUS.
                                               resolution, and make adjustments to the                 amendment intended to be proposed by                      (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in
                                               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            him to the concurrent resolution S.                     the Senate to consider any reconciliation
                                               joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 bill, resolution, amendment, amendment be-
                                               between the Houses, motions, or conference              sional budget for the United States                     tween Houses, motion, or conference report
                                               reports relating to the Small Business Ad-                                                                      pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional
                                               ministration reporting not later than 120
                                                                                                       Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                                                                                       setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) that would
                                               days after the date of enactment of this Act
                                                                                                       levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              cause or increase a deficit or reduce a sur-
                                               on the E-Tran system of the Administration
                                                                                                       which was ordered to lie on the table;                  plus in either of the following periods:
                                               and what efforts are being made to catch du-
                                                                                                                                                                  (1) The current fiscal year, the budget
                                               plicate Paycheck Protection Program loans,              as follows:                                             year, and the ensuing 4 fiscal years following
                                               specifically recipients of the second draw                At the appropriate place in title IV, add             the budget year.
                                               loan program, by the amounts provided in                the following:                                             (2) The current fiscal year, the budget
                                               such legislation for those purposes, provided           SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLA-              year, and the ensuing 9 fiscal years following
                                               that such legislation would not increase the                       TION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PAY-
                                                                                                                                                               the budget year.
                                               deficit over either the period of the total of                     MENT BY THE FEDERAL CROP IN-
                                                                                                                  SURANCE CORPORATION OF ANY                      (b) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN
                                               fiscal years 2021 through 2025 or the period of
                                                                                                                  PORTION OF THE PREMIUM FOR A                 THE SENATE.—
                                               the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
                                                                                                                  POLICY OR PLAN OF INSURANCE                     (1) WAIVER.—This section may be waived or
                                                 SA 161. Mr. RISCH submitted an                                   FOR ANY LEGAL AGRICULTURAL                   suspended in the Senate only by an affirma-
                                                                                                                  COMMODITY.                                   tive vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly
                                               amendment intended to be proposed by                      (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in                chosen and sworn.
                                               him to the concurrent resolution S.                     order in the Senate to consider any bill,                  (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-
                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 joint   resolution,   motion,      amendment,           fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
                                               sional budget for the United States                     amendment between the Houses, or con-                   chosen and sworn, shall be required in the
                                               Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     ference report that would prohibit payment              Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
                                               setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation               the Chair on a point of order raised under
                                               levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              of any portion of the premium for a policy or           this section.
                                                                                                       plan of insurance for any legal agricultural               (c) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.—
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table;                  commodity.                                              For purposes of this section, the levels of net
                                               as follows:                                               (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)                 deficit increases shall be determined on the
                                                 At the end of title III, add the following:           may be waived or suspended in the Senate                basis of estimates provided by the Com-
                                               SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of          mittee on the Budget of the Senate.
                                                         RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS                the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-
                                                         ADMINISTRATION UTILIZING PORT-                firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
                                                         FOLIO-LEVEL DATA ANALYTICS TO                                                                           SA 166. Mr. BRAUN submitted an
                                                                                                       of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
                                                         MANAGE RISK OF FRAUDULENT                     be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling
                                                                                                                                                               amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                         ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS
                                                                                                       of the Chair on a point of order raised under           him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                         AND ADVANCE FUNDS.
                                                                                                       subsection (a).                                         Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                                 The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                                                                                                                                               sional budget for the United States
                                                                                                         SA 164. Mr. BRAUN submitted an                        Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                               gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                                                                                       amendment intended to be proposed by                    setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                               resolution, and make adjustments to the                 him to the concurrent resolution S.                     levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                               joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               sional budget for the United States                     as follows:
                                               between the Houses, motions, or conference              Government for fiscal year 2021 and                       At the end of title III, add the following:
                                               reports relating to the Small Business Ad-              setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                               ministration utilizing portfolio-level data             levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;                        RELATING TO ENSURING ADDI-
                                               analytics to manage risk of fraudulent eco-             which was ordered to lie on the table;                            TIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT PAY-
                                               nomic injury disaster loans and advance                 as follows:                                                       MENTS ARE MEANS TESTED.
                                               funds, by the amounts provided in such legis-                                                                     The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                               lation for those purposes, provided that such                At the end of title III, add the following:
                                                                                                                                                               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                               legislation would not increase the deficit              SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                                                                                                 RELATING TO ENDING ELECTRIC VE-               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                               over either the period of the total of fiscal                     HICLE    SUBSIDIES  FOR    THE                gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                               years 2021 through 2025 or the period of the                      WEALTHY.                                      resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                               total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.                  The Chairman of the Committee on the                  pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                                                                                       Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                                 SA 162. Mr. RISCH submitted an                        tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                               amendment intended to be proposed by                    gates, and other appropriate levels in this             reports relating to extending means-tested
                                               him to the concurrent resolution S.                     resolution, and make adjustments to the                 COVID–19 Economic Impact Payments by
                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            the amounts provided in such legislation for
                                               sional budget for the United States                     joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               those purposes, provided that such legisla-
                                               Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     between the Houses, motions, or conference              tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
                                               setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 reports relating to the electric vehicle tax            ther the period of the total of fiscal years
                                                                                                       credit, which may include the addition of a             2021 through 2025 or the period of the total of
                                               levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              means-tested limitation, by the amounts                 fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table;




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                                                                                                       provided in such legislation for those pur-
                                               as follows:                                             poses, provided that such legislation would               SA 167. Mr. BRAUN submitted an
                                                 At the appropriate place in title IV, add             not increase the deficit over either the pe-            amendment intended to be proposed by
                                               the following:                                          riod of the total of fiscal years 2021 through          him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                               SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST IMPOS-                2025 or the period of the total of fiscal years
                                                          ING A GOVERNMENT MANDATED $15                2021 through 2030.                                      Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                                          MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.                                                                               sional budget for the United States
                                                 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in                 SA 165. Mr. BRAUN submitted an                         Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                               order in the Senate to consider any bill,               amendment intended to be proposed by                    setting forth the appropriate budgetary



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