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Congressional Record — Senate, S533 (February 4, 2021)

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Page S533 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for February 4, 2021, listing amendments to the budget resolution S. Con. Res. 5, in interleaved columns. SA 767 from Ms. Ernst and Mr. Scott of South Carolina adds a reserve fund on ensuring patients' privacy, and SA 770 from Mr. Lee is listed. Other reserve funds address increasing the Federal minimum wage during a global pandemic and keeping climate actions from taking effect until India and China reduce net emissions by at least 10 percent, along with line-by-line increases of $9,000,000 on pages 13 and 14.

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                                               February 4, 2021                                  CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                           S533
                                                 SA 767. Ms. ERNST (for herself and                      On page 13, line 24, increase the amount by           Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                               Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina) proposed                   $9,000,000.                                             setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                               an amendment to the concurrent reso-                      On page 14, line 3, increase the amount by            levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                                                                                       $9,000,000.
                                               lution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the                                                                        which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                                                                                         On page 14, line 7, increase the amount by
                                               congressional budget for the United                     $9,000,000.                                             as follows:
                                               States Government for fiscal year 2021                    On page 14, line 11, increase the amount by             At the end of title III, add the following:
                                               and setting forth the appropriate budg-                 $9,000,000.                                             SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                               etary levels for fiscal years 2022                        On page 14, line 15, increase the amount by                     RELATING TO ENSURING PATIENTS’
                                                                                                                                                                         PRIVACY.
                                               through 2030; as follows:                               $9,000,000.
                                                                                                                                                                 The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                                 At the end of title III, add the following:                                                                   Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                               SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                   SA 770. Mr. LEE submitted an                          tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                                         RELATING TO INCREASING THE FED-               amendment intended to be proposed by                    gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                                         ERAL MINIMUM WAGE DURING A                    him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                         GLOBAL PANDEMIC.                                                                                      resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                                 The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                                                                                       Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             sional budget for the United States                     joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                               gates, and other appropriate levels in this             setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 reports relating to ensuring patients’ pri-
                                               resolution, and make adjustments to the                                                                         vacy, which may include requiring that enti-
                                                                                                       levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,                                                                    ties contracting with States or localities for
                                                                                                       which was ordered to lie on the table;                  purposes of vaccination distribution efforts
                                               joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               as follows:
                                               between the Houses, motions, or conference                                                                      do not monetize personal information col-
                                               reports relating to increasing the Federal                On page 3, line 12, increase the amount by            lected as part of such efforts, by the amounts
                                               minimum wage during a global pandemic,                  $1,629,000,000.                                         provided in such legislation for those pur-
                                               which may include prohibiting the rate from               On page 3, line 13, increase the amount by            poses, provided that such legislation would
                                               more than doubling to $15 per hour, by the              $1,629,000,000.                                         not increase the deficit over either the pe-
                                               amounts provided in such legislation for                  On page 3, line 14, increase the amount by            riod of the total of fiscal years 2021 through
                                               those purposes, provided that such legisla-             $1,629,000,000.                                         2025 or the period of the total of fiscal years
                                               tion would not increase the deficit over ei-              On page 3, line 15, increase the amount by            2021 through 2030.
                                               ther the period of the total of fiscal years            $1,629,000,000.
                                               2021 through 2025 or the period of the total of           On page 3, line 16, increase the amount by              SA 773. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an
                                               fiscal years 2021 through 2030.                         $1,629,000,000.                                         amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                                                                                                                               him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                 SA 768. Ms. ERNST submitted an                          SA 771. Mr. LEE submitted an                          Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                               amendment intended to be proposed by                    amendment intended to be proposed by                    sional budget for the United States
                                               her to the concurrent resolution S.                     him to the concurrent resolution S.                     Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                               sional budget for the United States                     sional budget for the United States                     levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                               Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                               setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 as follows:
                                               levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;                On page 49, line 6, strike ‘‘$1,296,487,000,000’’
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table;                  which was ordered to lie on the table;                  and insert ‘‘$1,287,987,000,000’’.
                                               as follows:                                             as follows:                                               On page 49, line 17, strike ‘‘$304,956,000,000’’
                                                 At the appropriate place in title IV, add                  At the end of title III, add the following:        and insert ‘‘$313,456,000,000’’
                                               the following:                                          SEC. 3lll. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                               SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST GUN
                                                                                                                                                                 SA 774. Mr. RISCH submitted an
                                                                                                                  RELATING    TO   COMPENSATING
                                                          BANS.                                                   UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN-               amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in                           MENT FOR THE UNREALIZED TAX                  him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                               order in the Senate to consider any bill,                          REVENUES THAT THE UNITS OF                   Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                               joint   resolution,   motion,     amendment,                       GENERAL    LOCAL   GOVERNMENT
                                                                                                                  WOULD BE ABLE TO GENERATE
                                                                                                                                                               sional budget for the United States
                                               amendment between the Houses, or con-                                                                           Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                                                                                                  FROM LAND FOR WHICH PAYMENTS
                                               ference report that would deny the right of                        ARE MADE UNDER THE PAYMENT IN                setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                               Americans who have not committed any of-                           LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM AT THE
                                               fense to keep a firearm in their home for pro-                                                                  levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                                                                                                  ACTUAL AMOUNT OF THOSE UNRE-
                                               tection of themselves and their families.                          ALIZED TAX REVENUES.                         which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                                 (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)                   The Chairman of the Committee on the                  as follows:
                                               may be waived or suspended in the Senate                Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-               At the end of title III, add the following:
                                               only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of            tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                               the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-              gates, and other appropriate levels in this                       RELATING TO TRAINING AND OTHER
                                               firmative vote of two-thirds of the Members             resolution, and make adjustments to the                           WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PRO-
                                               of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall                                                                               GRAMS IN MINING.
                                                                                                       pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling          joint resolutions, amendments, amendments                 The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                               of the Chair on a point of order raised under           between the Houses, motions, or conference              Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                               subsection (a).                                         reports relating to compensating units of               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                                                                                       general local government (as defined in sec-            gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                                 SA 769. Mr. LEE submitted an                          tion 6901 of title 31, United States Code) for          resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                               amendment intended to be proposed by                    the unrealized tax revenues that the units of           pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               him to the concurrent resolution S.                     general local government would be able to               joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                                                                                                                                               between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 generate from land for which payments are
                                                                                                       made under the payment in lieu of taxes pro-            reports relating to training and other work-
                                               sional budget for the United States                                                                             force development programs in mining, such
                                               Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     gram established under chapter 69 of that
                                                                                                       title at the actual amount of those unreal-             as programs that target workers that need
                                               setting forth the appropriate budgetary                                                                         advanced skills to progress in their current
                                                                                                       ized tax revenues by the amounts provided in
                                               levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              such legislation for those purposes, provided           profession in the mining industry or appren-
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table;                  that such legislation would not raise new               ticeship or certificate programs that provide
                                               as follows:                                             revenue and would not increase the deficit              retraining for meeting the future needs of
                                                 On page 10, line 17, decrease the amount by           over either the period of the total of fiscal           the mining industry, by the amounts pro-
                                                                                                                                                               vided in such legislation for those purposes,




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                                               $9,000,000.                                             years 2021 through 2025 or the period of the
                                                 On page 10, line 21, decrease the amount by           total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.                provided that such legislation would not in-
                                               $9,000,000.                                                                                                     crease the deficit over either the period of
                                                 On page 10, line 25, decrease the amount by                                                                   the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 or
                                                                                                         SA 772. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an
                                               $9,000,000.                                                                                                     the period of the total of fiscal years 2021
                                                 On page 11, line 4, decrease the amount by
                                                                                                       amendment intended to be proposed by                    through 2030.
                                               $9,000,000.                                             him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                 On page 11, line 8, decrease the amount by            Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                  SA 775. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself,
                                               $9,000,000.                                             sional budget for the United States                     Ms.  COLLINS,  Ms.  SINEMA,   Mr.



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                                               S534                                              CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                        February 4, 2021
                                               PORTMAN, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. CAPITO,                         At the appropriate place in title IV, add             similar positions in the private sector by the
                                               Mr. TESTER, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs. SHAHEEN,                   the following:                                          amounts provided in such legislation for
                                               Mr. KING, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. CAS-                    SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLA-              those purposes, provided that such legisla-
                                                                                                                  TION MANDATING PROJECT LABOR                 tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
                                               SIDY, Mr. WARNER, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr.                                  AGREEMENTS IN FEDERAL CON-                   ther the period of the total of fiscal years
                                               KELLY, and Mr. ROMNEY) proposed an                                 STRUCTION CONTRACTS.                         2021 through 2025 or the period of the total of
                                               amendment to the concurrent resolu-                       (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in                fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
                                               tion S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the                  order in the Senate to consider any bill,
                                               congressional budget for the United                     joint   resolution,   motion,      amendment,             SA 780. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself
                                               States Government for fiscal year 2021                  amendment between the Houses, or con-                   and Mr. SULLIVAN) submitted an
                                               and setting forth the appropriate budg-                 ference report that would mandate project               amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                                                                       labor agreements in Federal construction                him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                               etary levels for fiscal years 2022
                                                                                                       contracts.                                              Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                               through 2030; as follows:                                 (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)
                                                 At the end of title III, add the following:           may be waived or suspended in the Senate
                                                                                                                                                               sional budget for the United States
                                               SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of          Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                                         RELATING TO TARGETING ECO-                    the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-              setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                                         NOMIC   IMPACT   PAYMENTS     TO                                                                      levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                                                                                       firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
                                                         AMERICANS WHO ARE SUFFERING
                                                         FROM THE EFFECTS OF COVID–19.                 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall             which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                                 The Chairman of the Committee on the                  be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling          as follows:
                                               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             of the Chair on a point of order raised under             At the appropriate place in title IV, add
                                               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              subsection (a).                                         the following:
                                               gates, and other appropriate levels in this                                                                     SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST APPRO-
                                               resolution, and make adjustments to the                   SA 778. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an                                 PRIATING OR MAKING AVAILABLE
                                                                                                       amendment intended to be proposed by                               FUNDS FOR THE SECRETARY OF
                                               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                                                                                                                                                          VETERANS AFFAIRS TO TRANSMIT
                                               joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               him to the concurrent resolution S.                                CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE DE-
                                               between the Houses, motions, or conference              Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                            PARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR USE BY
                                               reports relating to targeting economic im-              sional budget for the United States                                THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL
                                               pact payments to Americans who are suf-                 Government for fiscal year 2021 and                                BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.
                                               fering from the effects of COVID–19, includ-            setting forth the appropriate budgetary                   (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in
                                               ing provisions to ensure upper-income tax-                                                                      order in the Senate to consider any bill,
                                               payers are not eligible, by the amounts pro-
                                                                                                       levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              joint   resolution,    motion,     amendment,
                                               vided in such legislation for those purposes,           which was ordered to lie on the table;                  amendment between the Houses, or con-
                                               provided that such legislation would not in-            as follows:                                             ference report that would appropriate or oth-
                                               crease the deficit over either the period of                 At the end of title III, add the following:        erwise make available funds to the Depart-
                                               the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 or          SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 ment of Veterans Affairs for use by the Sec-
                                               the period of the total of fiscal years 2021                      RELATING TO REQUIRING THE RE-                 retary of Veterans Affairs to transfer the
                                               through 2030.                                                     MOVAL OF TAX-DELINQUENT FED-                  personally identifiable information of a ben-
                                                                                                                 ERAL EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT IM-                 eficiary to the national instant criminal
                                                 SA 776. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself,                               MEDIATELY ENTER INTO A REPAY-                 background check system solely on the basis
                                                                                                                 MENT PLAN.                                    of a determination by the Secretary to pay
                                               Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. COL-                         The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                               LINS, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs.                                                                             benefits to a fiduciary for the use and benefit
                                                                                                       Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             of the beneficiary without the order or find-
                                               SHAHEEN, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr.                    tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              ing of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial
                                               CASSIDY, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. KELLY, and                      gates, and other appropriate levels in this             authority of competent jurisdiction that
                                               Mr. ROMNEY) submitted an amendment                      resolution, and make adjustments to the                 such beneficiary is a danger to themselves or
                                               intended to be proposed by him to the                   pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            others.
                                               concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5,                   joint resolutions, amendments, amendments                 (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)
                                               setting forth the congressional budget                  between the Houses, motions, or conference              may be waived or suspended in the Senate
                                                                                                       reports relating to requiring the removal of            only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of
                                               for the United States Government for                                                                            the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-
                                                                                                       tax-delinquent Federal employees who do
                                               fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the                  not immediately enter into a repayment                  firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
                                               appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal                 plan by the amounts provided in such legis-             of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
                                               years 2022 through 2030; which was or-                  lation for those purposes, provided that such           be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling
                                               dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  legislation would not increase the deficit              of the Chair on a point of order raised under
                                                 At the end of title III, add the following:           over either the period of the total of fiscal           subsection (a).
                                               SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 years 2021 through 2025 or the period of the
                                                         RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL UN-                  total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.                  SA 781. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an
                                                         EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENE-                                                                            amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                         FITS.                                           SA 779. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an                      him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                                 The Chairman of the Committee on the                  amendment intended to be proposed by                    Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             him to the concurrent resolution S.                     sional budget for the United States
                                               tions of a committee or committees, aggre-                                                                      Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                                                                                       Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-
                                               gates, and other appropriate levels in this                                                                     setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                               resolution, and make adjustments to the                 sional budget for the United States
                                               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            Government for fiscal year 2021 and                     levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;
                                               joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                               between the Houses, motions, or conference              levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              as follows:
                                               reports relating to supplemental unemploy-              which was ordered to lie on the table;                    At the end of title III, add the following:
                                               ment insurance benefits by the amounts pro-             as follows:                                             SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                               vided in such legislation for those purposes,                                                                             RELATING TO PROHIBITING EXECU-
                                                                                                            At the end of title III, add the following:                  TIVE ACTIONS RELATING TO THE
                                               provided that such legislation would not in-
                                                                                                       SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                           CLIMATE FROM TAKING EFFECT
                                               crease the deficit over either the period of                      RELATING TO PROVIDING THAT ALL                          UNTIL INDIA AND CHINA REDUCE
                                               the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 or                    WAGES AND SALARIES OF FEDERAL                           GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
                                               the period of the total of fiscal years 2021                      EMPLOYEES SHALL BE COMMENSU-                    The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                               through 2030.                                                     RATE WITH THOSE FOR SIMILAR PO-               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                                                                                                 SITIONS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.                tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                                 SA 777. Mr. YOUNG submitted an                          The Chairman of the Committee on the                  gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                               amendment intended to be proposed by                    Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                               him to the concurrent resolution S.                     tions of a committee or committees, aggre-




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                                                                                                                                                               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congres-                 gates, and other appropriate levels in this             joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                               sional budget for the United States                     resolution, and make adjustments to the                 between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                                                                                       pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            reports relating to prohibiting executive ac-
                                               Government for fiscal year 2021 and
                                                                                                       joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               tions relating to the climate from taking ef-
                                               setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 between the Houses, motions, or conference              fect until India and China reduce net green-
                                               levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030;              reports relating to providing that all wages            house gas emissions by not less than 10 per-
                                               which was ordered to lie on the table;                  and salaries of Federal employees shall be              cent by the amounts provided in such legis-
                                               as follows:                                             commensurate with wages and salaries for                lation for those purposes, provided that such




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