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

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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated February 3, 2021, at page S348, made up of amendment text submitted to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, the budget resolution for fiscal year 2021. The amendments shown, SA 155 through SA 160, are all submitted by Mr. Risch and ordered to lie on the table. They would add deficit-neutral reserve funds on topics that include a small business investment company fund for businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, a technology partnership program for small business research grants, Comptroller General studies on a $400 unemployment supplement and on childcare closures, and a cybersecurity workforce partnership grant, along with a point of order against reducing hours at or closing northern border ports of entry.

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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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