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Congressional Record, Senate — March 5, 2021, S1292

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This is S1292 of the Congressional Record, Senate, March 5, 2021, with interleaved columns of amendment text to H.R. 1319. The page prints a table of initial and final premium percentages by household income tier and a conforming amendment on a temporary rule for 2021. It also prints text limiting the sum of weekly unemployment amounts for weeks ending after March 14, 2021, and lists SA 1006 by Mr. Toomey, Mr. Young, and Mr. Braun and SA 1008 by Mr. Toomey, intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891.

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                                             S1292                                                       CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                                    March 5, 2021
                                                                                                           ‘‘In the case of household                                                                               The initial     The final
                                                                                                              income (expressed as                                                                                   premium        premium
                                                                                                           a percent of poverty line)                                                                               percentage     percentage
                                                                                                       within the following income tier:                                                                                is—            is—

                                             250.0 percent up to 300.0 percent ...............................................................................................................................               4.0         6.0
                                             300.0 percent up to 400.0 percent ...............................................................................................................................               6.0         8.5
                                             400.0 percent and higher ...........................................................................................................................................            8.5         8.5’’.


                                               (b)   CONFORMING      AMENDMENT.—Section                             (b) FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT                                     ‘‘(I) The amount of the wages the indi-
                                             36B(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986                       COMPENSATION.—Section        2104(b)  of    the                       vidual receives from the employer for the
                                             is amended by adding at the end the fol-                             CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)) is amended—                             week for the reduced hours under the short-
                                             lowing new subparagraph:                                               (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-                            time compensation plan under the agree-
                                               ‘‘(E) TEMPORARY RULE FOR 2021.—In the                              ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Any                            ment.
                                             case of a taxable year beginning in 2021, sub-                       agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para-                            ‘‘(II) The amount of the regular compensa-
                                             paragraph (A) shall be applied without re-                           graph (4), any agreement’’; and                                       tion (including dependents’ allowances) pay-
                                             gard to ‘but does not exceed 400 percent’.’’.                          (2) by adding at the end the following:                             able to such individual for the week under
                                               (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments                                   ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—For weeks of unemploy-                            such short-time compensation plan.
                                             made by this section shall apply to taxable                          ment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending                            ‘‘(III) The amount of Federal Pandemic Un-
                                             years beginning after December 31, 2020.                             on or before August 29, 2021, the sum of the                          employment Compensation under section
                                                                                                                  weekly amount described in subparagraphs                              2104 payable to such individual for the week
                                               SA 1006. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself,                                  (A) (regular compensation), (B) (Federal pan-                         under such short-time compensation plan.’’.
                                             Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. BRAUN) submitted                                  demic unemployment compensation), and (C)
                                                                                                                  (Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensa-
                                             an amendment intended to be proposed                                 tion) of paragraph (1) with respect to an indi-                         SA 1008. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an
                                             to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                                  vidual may not exceed the amount of the in-                           amendment intended to be proposed to
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                                dividual’s average weekly wages on which                              amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                                   the amount described in such subparagraph                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                                  (A) is based.’’.                                                      MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                                          (c) PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT                                 CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                                   COMPENSATION.—Section 2107(b)(3) of the                               Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                               CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(b)(3)) is amended
                                                                                                                  by adding at the end the following new sen-
                                                                                                                                                                                        SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                                                                                                     Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                                                                                                  tence: ‘‘The limitation under section
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-                            2104(b)(4) shall apply for purposes of deter-                         provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                               mining the weekly benefit amount under the                            title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                               Strike section 9816.                                               preceding sentence.’’.                                                dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                                                                                                    (d) SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION.—
                                                                                                                                                                                          In section 2001(a) strike ‘‘$125,804,800,000’’
                                               SA 1007. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an                                     (1) STATES WITH PROGRAMS IN LAW.—Sec-
                                                                                                                                                                                        and insert ‘‘$6,500,000,000’’.
                                             amendment intended to be proposed to                                 tion 2108(a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C.
                                             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                                     9026(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
                                                                                                                  following new paragraph:                                                SA 1009. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                                                                                                    ‘‘(4) TOTAL PAYMENT MAY NOT EXCEED WEEK-                            amendment intended to be proposed to
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                                   LY WAGES.—
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                                    ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For weeks of unemploy-
                                                                                                                                                                                        amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                                        ment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending                          SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                                   on or before August 29, 2021, the sum of the                          MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                               amounts described in subparagraph (B) with                            CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                               respect to an individual for a week may not                           Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-                            exceed the amount of the individual’s aver-                           SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                                                                                                  age weekly wages on which the amount de-                              Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                               scribed in subparagraph (B)(ii) is based.
                                               At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title                                                                                              provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                                                                                                    ‘‘(B) AMOUNTS.—The amounts described in
                                             IX, insert the following:                                            this subparagraph are the following with re-                          title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             SEC. ll. CAP ON TEMPORARY INCREASED UN-                              spect to a week:                                                      dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                                       EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BEN-                                 ‘‘(i) The amount of the wages the indi-                                Strike section 4001.
                                                       EFITS AT PRIOR WAGES.                                      vidual receives from the employer for the
                                               (a)    PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSIST-                               week for the reduced hours under the short-
                                             ANCE.—Section 2102(d) of the CARES Act (15                           time compensation program.                                              SA 1010. Mr. TOOMEY proposed an
                                             U.S.C. 9021(d)) is amended—                                            ‘‘(ii) The amount of the regular compensa-                          amendment to amendment SA 891 pro-
                                               (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-                           tion (including dependents’ allowances) pay-                          posed by Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr.
                                             ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The                           able to such individual for the week under
                                                                                                                                                                                        WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr.
                                             assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para-                        the short-time compensation program.
                                             graph (4), the assistance’’;                                           ‘‘(iii) The amount of Federal Pandemic Un-                          PETERS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL,
                                               (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘In the                         employment Compensation under section                                 Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr.
                                             case’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph                          2104 payable to such individual for the week                          MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER,
                                             (4), in the case’’; and                                              under the short-time compensation pro-                                Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SANDERS) to the
                                               (3) by adding at the end the following new                         gram.’’.                                                              bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconcili-
                                             paragraph:                                                             (2) AGREEMENTS.—Section 2109(b)(2) of the                           ation pursuant to title II of S. Con.
                                               ‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—For weeks of unemploy-                           CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9027(b)(2)) is amended
                                                                                                                                                                                        Res. 5; as follows:
                                             ment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending                         by adding at the end the following new para-
                                             on or before August 29, 2021, the total                              graph:                                                                   Strike section 1005.
                                             amount of the weekly assistance applicable                             ‘‘(C) TOTAL PAYMENT MAY NOT EXCEED
                                             to an individual under paragraph (1) or (2)                          WEEKLY WAGES.—
                                             (including the increase under section 2104)                            ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For weeks of unemploy-                              SA 1011. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an
                                             may not exceed—                                                      ment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending                          amendment intended to be proposed to
                                               ‘‘(A) in the case of paragraph (1), the                            on or before August 29, 202, the sum of the                           amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             amount of the individual’s average weekly                            amounts described in clause (ii) with respect                         SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.




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                                             wages on which the individual’s weekly ben-                          to an individual for a week may not exceed                            MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             efit is based; and                                                   the amount of the individual’s average week-
                                                                                                                                                                                        CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                               ‘‘(B) in the case of paragraph (2), the                            ly wages on which the amount described in
                                             amount of the individual’s average weekly                            clause (ii)(II) is based.                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             wages for an appropriate period prior to the                           ‘‘(ii) AMOUNTS.—The amounts described in                            SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             receipt of assistance under such section, as                         this clause are the following with respect to                         Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             determined by the Secretary of Labor.’’.                             a week:                                                               provide for reconciliation pursuant to



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