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Congressional Record — Senate, March 5, 2021, Page S1321

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This Congressional Record, Senate, March 5, 2021 section lists amendments submitted to SA 891, proposed by Mr. Schumer for himself and others to H.R. 1319, each ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Lee submitted SA 1126, SA 1128, SA 1129, SA 1131, SA 1132, SA 1133 and SA 1134, which strike or amend provisions such as sections 2023, 7101 and 10005. Amendment text also includes a waiver of income limitations that preclude veterans from receiving a cost-free COVID-19 vaccine at Veterans Affairs facilities and a sense of the Senate that the minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour, or about $15,000 a year.

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                                             March 5, 2021                                     CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                      S1321
                                               ‘‘(ii) 25 percent of such amount shall be al-         for making allocations to institutions of               workers a raise and lift families out of pov-
                                             located among the States based on the pro-              higher education in accordance with the                 erty.
                                             portion that the number of individuals living           same terms and conditions of section 314 of
                                             in rural areas in each State bears to the               Coronavirus Response and Relief Supple-                   SA 1131. Mr. LEE submitted an
                                             number of individuals living in rural areas in          mental Appropriations Act, 2021(division M              amendment intended to be proposed to
                                             all States; and                                         of Public Law 116–260), except that—’’ and in-          amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                               ‘‘(iii) 25 percent of such amount shall be al-        serting ‘‘to remain available through the               SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             located among the States based on the pro-              date that is 1 year after the date of enact-
                                                                                                                                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             portion that the number of individuals with             ment of this Act, for making allocations to
                                             a household income that is below 150 percent            institutions of higher education in accord-             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             of the poverty line applicable to a family of           ance with the same terms and conditions of              Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             the size involved in each State bears to the            section 314 of Coronavirus Response and Re-             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             number of such individuals in all States.               lief   Supplemental     Appropriations    Act,          Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                               ‘‘(B) DATA.—In determining the allocations            2021(division M of Public Law 116–260), except          provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             to be made to each State under subparagraph             that—                                                   title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall use              (1) funding under this section shall not be           dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             the most recent data available from the Bu-             made available to any institution of higher
                                                                                                                                                               Strike section 2023.
                                             reau of the Census.                                     education until all of the funding appro-
                                               ‘‘(c) TIMING.—The Secretary shall establish           priated under section 18004 of the CARES Act
                                                                                                                                                               SA 1132. Mr. LEE submitted an
                                             a process of applying for grants to access              (division B of Public Law 116–136) and the
                                             funding made available under section (b) not            funding appropriated under section 314 of the           amendment intended to be proposed to
                                             later than 60 days after enactment of this              Coronavirus Response and Relief Supple-                 amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             section.                                                mental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                               ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:                   of Public Law 116–260) has been expended;               MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                               ‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’                   (2) an institution of higher education shall          CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             means the Secretary of the Treasury.                    not be eligible to receive funds under this             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                               ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means 1 of              section unless the institution of higher edu-           SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             the 50 States.                                          cation is open for in-person academic in-
                                                                                                                                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                               ‘‘(3) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Trib-              struction;
                                             al government’ has the meaning given such                                                                       provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             term in section 603(g).’’.                                SA 1128. Mr. LEE submitted an                         title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                               (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading                 amendment intended to be proposed to                    dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             for title VI of the Social Security Act (42             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                          Strike section 7101.
                                             U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking              SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             ‘‘FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘, FISCAL RECOV-                MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                        SA 1133. Mr. LEE submitted an
                                             ERY, AND CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS                                                                              amendment intended to be proposed to
                                                                                                     CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             FUNDS’’.                                                                                                        amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                                                                                     Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                                                                                     SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                      SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                               SA 1126. Mr. LEE submitted an                                                                                 MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             amendment intended to be proposed to                    Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                                                                                     provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                                                                                Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                   title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                                                                                     dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                                                                              Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                          Strike section 10005.
                                                                                                                                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                             SA 1129. Mr. LEE submitted an                         title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                      amendment intended to be proposed to                    dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                  amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                          Strike subtitle D of title III.
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-               MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                        SA 1134. Mr. LEE submitted an
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     amendment intended to be proposed to
                                               Section 2001(a) is amended by striking                Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             ‘‘September 30, 2023, to carry out this sec-                                                                    SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                                                                                     SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             tion.’’ and inserting ‘‘the date that is 1 year                                                                 MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             after the date of enactment of this Act, to             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             carry out this section. Notwithstanding any             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             other provision of law, funding under this              title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-               Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             section shall not be made available to any              dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             State until every State has received and ex-                 Strike section 4004.                               Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             pended the funding appropriated under sec-                                                                      provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             tion 18003 of title VIII of Division B of the             SA 1130. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and                  title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and the                  Mrs. SHAHEEN) submitted an amend-                       dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             funding appropriated under section 313 of the           ment intended to be proposed to                           Strike subtitle F of title VII.
                                             Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub-             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             lic Law 116–260). A State shall not be eligible                                                                   SA 1135. Mr. LEE submitted an
                                                                                                     SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             to receive funds under this section unless the
                                             State agrees to ensure that such funds will             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                      amendment intended to be proposed to
                                             only be used to provide assistance to schools           CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             that are open for in-person academic instruc-           Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             tion.’’                                                 SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                      MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                                                                                     Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                  CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                               SA 1127. Mr. LEE submitted an                         provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             amendment intended to be proposed to                    title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-               SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                        dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                     At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the         provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                      following:                                              title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     SEC. 2102. SENSE OF SENATE.                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                             It is the sense of the Senate that—                     At the end of title VIII, add the following:
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                        (1) all Americans who work full time                  SEC. 8lll. WAIVER OF INCOME LIMITATIONS




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                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                  should make a living and be able to support                       THAT PRECLUDE VETERANS FROM
                                                                                                     themselves and their families;                                    RECEIVING COST-FREE COVID–19
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                                                                                       (2) for more than a decade, the minimum                         VACCINE AT FACILITIES OF DEPART-
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-               wage has remained at $7.25 an hour, or about                      MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  $15,000 a year; and                                       (a) WAIVER OF INCOME LIMITATIONS.—Dur-
                                              Section 2003 is amended by striking ‘‘to re-             (3) the Senate must act to increase the               ing the period specified in subsection (b), the
                                             main available through September 30, 2023,              minimum wage over time to give millions of              Secretary of Veterans Affairs—




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