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Amendments to SA 891 on H.R. 1319, March 5, 2021 — Congressional Record, Senate

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Page S1388 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for March 5, 2021, with amendment text to H.R. 1319, in interleaved columns. One amendment would strike subtitle F of title VII, and Mr. Barrasso submits SA 1375. Text defines a relative State population proportion for fiscal year 2021 payments and defines a unit of local government as a county, municipality, town or similar unit below the State level. Another section on the child tax credit substitutes age 18 for age 17 and describes an advance amount equal to 50 percent of the amount allowed under section 24(d).

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                                             S1388                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                           March 5, 2021
                                             relative population proportion amount de-               uted to a unit of local government under this           to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             termined under this paragraph for a State               paragraph in the same manner that such                  SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             for fiscal year 2021 is the product of—                 limitations apply to a payment to a State               MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                               ‘‘(A) the amount appropriated under para-             under this subsection.
                                             graph (1) of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2021          ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:                   CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             that remains after the application of para-               ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘Indian Tribe’,           Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             graph (2) of that subsection; and                       ‘Secretary’, ‘State’, and ‘Tribal government’           SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                               ‘‘(B) the relative State population propor-           shall have the meaning given such terms in              Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             tion (as defined in paragraph (4)).                     section 601(g).                                         provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                               ‘‘(4) RELATIVE STATE POPULATION PROPOR-                 ‘‘(2) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term              title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             TION DEFINED.—For purposes of paragraph                 ‘unit of local government’ means a county,              dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             (3)(B), the term ‘relative State population             municipality, town, township, village, par-
                                             proportion’ means, with respect to a State,             ish, borough, or other unit of general govern-            Strike subtitle F of title VII.
                                             the quotient of—                                        ment below the State level.’’.
                                               ‘‘(A) the population of the State; and                  (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading                    SA 1375. Mr. BARRASSO submitted
                                               ‘‘(B) the total population of all States (ex-         for title VI of the Social Security Act (42             an amendment intended to be proposed
                                             cluding the District of Columbia and terri-             U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by striking              to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             tories specified in subsection (a)(2)(A)).              ‘‘FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘AND FISCAL RE-                 SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                               ‘‘(5) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TERRI-                 COVERY FUNDS’’.
                                             TORIES.—The amount paid under this section
                                                                                                                                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             for fiscal year 2021 to a State that is the Dis-          SA 1370. Mr. BARRASSO submitted                       CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             trict of Columbia or a territory specified in           an amendment intended to be proposed                    Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be the amount                to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                     SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             equal to the product of—                                SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                   Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                               ‘‘(A) the amount set aside under subsection           MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                      provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             (a)(2)(A) for such fiscal year; and                     CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                               ‘‘(B) each such District’s and territory’s
                                                                                                     Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             share of the combined total population of the
                                             District of Columbia and all such territories,          SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                        Strike section 10005.
                                             as determined by the Secretary.                         Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                               ‘‘(6) TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—From the                    provide for reconciliation pursuant to                    SA 1376. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself
                                             amount set aside under subsection (a)(2)(B)             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-               and Ms. LUMMIS) submitted an amend-
                                             for fiscal year 2021, the amount paid under             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  ment intended to be proposed to
                                             this section for fiscal year 2021 to a Tribal             Beginning on page 122, strike line 20 and             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             government shall be the amount the Sec-                 all that follows through page 123, line 2.
                                             retary shall determine, in consultation with                                                                    SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             the Secretary of the Interior and Indian                  SA 1371. Mr. BARRASSO submitted                       MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                             Tribes, that is based on increased expendi-             an amendment intended to be proposed                    CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             tures of each such Tribal government (or a              to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                     Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             tribally-owned entity of such Tribal govern-            SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                   SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             ment) relative to aggregate expenditures in                                                                     Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             fiscal year 2019 by the Tribal government (or
                                                                                                     MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                                                                                     CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             tribally-owned entity) and determined in
                                             such manner as the Secretary determines ap-             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             propriate to ensure that all amounts avail-             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                      dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             able under subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year         Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                    In section 2004, add at the end the fol-
                                             2021 are distributed to Tribal governments.             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  lowing:
                                               ‘‘(7) DATA.—For purposes of this sub-                 title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-                 (e) WAIVER.—For the purpose of relieving
                                             section, the population of States shall be de-          dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  fiscal burdens incurred by States in pre-
                                             termined based on the most recent year for                                                                      venting, preparing for, and responding to the
                                                                                                          Strike section 2801.
                                             which data are available from the Bureau of                                                                     coronavirus, the Secretary of Education may
                                             the Census.                                               SA 1372. Mr. BARRASSO submitted                       waive any maintenance of equity require-
                                               ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—                                                                                          ments associated with the Education Sta-
                                               ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),           an amendment intended to be proposed
                                                                                                     to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                     bilization Fund under subsections (b) or (c).
                                             a State or Tribal government shall use the
                                             funds provided under a payment made under               SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                                                                                     MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                        SA 1377. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself
                                             this section to cover only those costs of the
                                             State or Tribal government that—                        CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     and Ms. LUMMIS) submitted an amend-
                                               ‘‘(A) are necessary expenditures incurred             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           ment intended to be proposed to
                                             due to the public health emergency with re-             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                      amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                             spect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019                   Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                  SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                             (COVID–19);
                                                                                                     provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                               ‘‘(B) were not accounted for in the budget                                                                    CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,
                                             most recently approved as of the date of en-            title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                                                                                     dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             actment of this section for the State or gov-
                                                                                                       On page ll, line lll, insert ‘‘and whose              SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                             ernment; and
                                               ‘‘(C) were incurred during the period that            household income for the taxable year is less           Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on Decem-             than 750 percent of the poverty line for a              provide for reconciliation pursuant to
                                             ber 31, 2022.                                           family of the size involved’’ after ‘‘year in           title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                               ‘‘(2) STATE DISTRIBUTIONS TO UNITS OF                 which such week begins’’.                               dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                             LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—                                                                                                Strike section 2004.
                                               ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State (other than                SA 1373. Mr. BARRASSO submitted
                                             the District of Columbia) shall distribute 45           an amendment intended to be proposed
                                                                                                     to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                       SA 1378. Mr. WYDEN proposed an
                                             percent of the amount allocated and paid to
                                             the State under this section to units of local          SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                   amendment to amendment SA 891 pro-
                                             government in the State in accordance with              MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                      posed by Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr.
                                             this paragraph.                                         CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr.
                                               ‘‘(B) MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION.—A State                 Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           PETERS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL,
                                             shall allocate the amount that the State is             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                      Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr.
                                             required to distribute among units of local                                                                     MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER,
                                             government in the State based on the popu-
                                                                                                     Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                                                                                     provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SANDERS) to the




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                                             lation of each such unit of local government                                                                    bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconcili-
                                             (as determined by the State) relative to the            title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                             population of all units of local government             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  ation pursuant to title II of S. Con.
                                             in the State.                                                Strike section 3401.                               Res. 5; as follows:
                                               ‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF USES OF FUNDS.—The                                                                         In title IX, strike part 1 of subtitle A and
                                             limitations on the uses of funds described in             SA 1374. Mr. BARRASSO submitted                       all that follows through page 303, line 8, and
                                             paragraph (1) shall apply to amounts distrib-           an amendment intended to be proposed                    insert the following:




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                                              Subtitle A—Crisis Support for Unemployed               SEC. 9014. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUND-              SEC. 9018. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANC-
                                                               Workers                                           ING OF THE FIRST WEEK OF COM-                           ING OF SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION
                                                                                                                 PENSABLE REGULAR UNEMPLOY-                              AGREEMENTS FOR STATES WITHOUT
                                                PART 1—EXTENSION OF CARES ACT                                    MENT FOR STATES WITH NO WAIT-                           PROGRAMS IN LAW.
                                                   UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS                                       ING WEEK.                                     Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (15
                                             SEC. 9011. EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOY-                (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2105(e)(2) of the             U.S.C. 9027(d)(2)) is amended by striking
                                                          MENT ASSISTANCE.                           CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9024(e)(2)) is amended             ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 6,
                                               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2102(c) of the                by striking ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and inserting            2021’’.
                                             CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(c)) is amended—               ‘‘September 6, 2021’’.                                          PART 2—EXTENSION OF FFCRA
                                                (1) in paragraph (1)—                                  (b) FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—Paragraph (3)                         UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS
                                                (A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’           of section 2105(c) of such Act (15 U.S.C.
                                                                                                                                                             SEC. 9021. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSIST-
                                             and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and                    9024(c)) is repealed and such section shall be                      ANCE FOR STATES WITH ADVANCES.
                                                (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking             applied to weeks of unemployment to which                 Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Secu-
                                             ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 6,         an agreement under section 2105 of such Act             rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended
                                             2021’’; and                                             applies as if such paragraph had not been en-           by striking ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and inserting
                                                (2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-           acted. In implementing the preceding sen-               ‘‘September 6, 2021’’.
                                             nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).                  tence, a State may, if necessary, reenter the           SEC. 9022. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUND-
                                                (b) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WEEKS.—Sec-                agreement with the Secretary under section                          ING OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
                                             tion 2102(c)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C.                  2105 of such Act, and retroactively pay for                         COMPENSATION.
                                             9021(c)(2)) is amended—                                 the first week of regular compensation with-              (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4105 of the Fami-
                                                (1) by striking ‘‘50 weeks’’ and inserting           out a waiting week consistent with State                lies First Coronavirus Response Act (26
                                             ‘‘79 weeks’’; and                                       law (including a waiver of State law) and re-           U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking
                                                (2) by striking ‘‘50-week period’’ and insert-       ceive full reimbursement for weeks of unem-             ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ each place it appears and
                                             ing ‘‘79-week period’’.                                 ployment that ended after December 31, 2020.            inserting ‘‘September 6, 2021’’.
                                                (c) HOLD HARMLESS FOR PROPER ADMINIS-                SEC. 9015. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY STATE                   (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment
                                             TRATION.—In the case of an individual who is                       STAFFING FLEXIBILITY.                        made by subsection (a) shall apply as if in-
                                             eligible to receive pandemic unemployment                 If a State modifies its unemployment com-             cluded in the enactment of the Families
                                             assistance under section 2102 of the CARES              pensation law and policies, subject to the              First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law
                                             Act (15 U.S.C. 9021) as of the day before the           succeeding sentence, with respect to per-               116–127).
                                             date of enactment of this Act and on the                sonnel standards on a merit basis on an                 PART 3—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FUND-
                                             date of enactment of this Act becomes eligi-            emergency temporary basis as needed to re-                ING FOR TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND EQUI-
                                             ble for pandemic emergency unemployment                 spond to the spread of COVID–19, such modi-               TABLE PAYMENT
                                             compensation under section 2107 of the                  fications shall be disregarded for the pur-             SEC. 9031. FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATION.
                                             CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025) by reason of the             poses of applying section 303 of the Social               In addition to amounts otherwise avail-
                                             amendments made by section 9016(b) of this              Security Act and section 3304 of the Internal           able, there is appropriated to the Employ-
                                             title, any payment of pandemic unemploy-                Revenue Code of 1986 to such State law. Such            ment and Training Administration of the De-
                                             ment assistance under such section 2102                 modifications shall only apply through Sep-             partment of Labor for fiscal year 2021, out of
                                             made after the date of enactment of this Act            tember 6, 2021, and shall be limited to engag-          any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
                                             to such individual during an appropriate pe-            ing of temporary staff, rehiring of retirees or         propriated, $8,000,000, to remain available
                                             riod of time, as determined by the Secretary            former employees on a non-competitive                   until expended, for necessary expenses to
                                             of Labor, that should have been made under              basis, and other temporary actions to quick-            carry out Federal activities relating to the
                                             such section 2107 shall not be considered to            ly process applications and claims.                     administration of unemployment compensa-
                                             be an overpayment of assistance under such              SEC.    9016.EXTENSION OF PANDEMIC EMER-                tion programs.
                                             section 2102, except that an individual may                          GENCY   UNEMPLOYMENT      COM-             SEC. 9032. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION,
                                                                                                                  PENSATION.                                             EQUITABLE ACCESS, AND TIMELY
                                             not receive payment for assistance under
                                                                                                          (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2107(g) of the                         PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
                                             section 2102 and a payment for assistance
                                             under section 2107 for the same week of un-             CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(g)) is amended to               Subtitle A of title II of division A of the
                                             employment.                                             read as follows:                                        CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended
                                                (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments                      ‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY.—An agreement en-                by adding at the end the following:
                                             made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply             tered into under this section shall apply to            ‘‘SEC. 2118. FUNDING FOR FRAUD PREVENTION,
                                                                                                     weeks of unemployment—                                               EQUITABLE ACCESS, AND TIMELY
                                             as if included in the enactment of the                                                                                       PAYMENT TO ELIGIBLE WORKERS.
                                             CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), except that                ‘‘(1) beginning after the date on which such
                                                                                                     agreement is entered into; and                             ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts
                                             no amount shall be payable by virtue of such                                                                    otherwise available, there is appropriated to
                                             amendments with respect to any week of un-                 ‘‘(2) ending on or before September 6,
                                                                                                     2021.’’.                                                the Secretary of Labor for fiscal year 2021,
                                             employment ending on or before March 14,                                                                        out of any money in the Treasury not other-
                                                                                                        (b) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WEEKS.—Sec-
                                             2021.                                                                                                           wise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to remain
                                                                                                     tion 2107(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C.
                                             SEC. 9012. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEM-                                                                         available until expended, to detect and pre-
                                                                                                     9025(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘24’’ and
                                                         PLOYMENT RELIEF FOR GOVERN-                                                                         vent fraud, promote equitable access, and en-
                                                         MENTAL ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT               inserting ‘‘53’’.
                                                                                                        (c) COORDINATION OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY               sure the timely payment of benefits with re-
                                                         ORGANIZATIONS.
                                                                                                     UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION WITH EX-                      spect to unemployment compensation pro-
                                               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 903(i)(1)(D) of the                                                                   grams, including programs extended under
                                                                                                     TENDED COMPENSATION.—Section 2107(a)(5)(B)
                                             Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(i)(1)(D)) is                                                                subtitle A of title IX of the American Rescue
                                                                                                     of such Act (15 U.S.C. 9025(a)(5)(B)) is amend-
                                             amended by striking ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and in-                                                                  Plan Act of 2021.
                                                                                                     ed by inserting ‘‘or for the week that in-
                                             serting ‘‘September 6, 2021’’.                                                                                    ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made avail-
                                                                                                     cludes the date of enactment of the Amer-
                                               (b) INCREASE IN REIMBURSEMENT RATE.—                                                                          able under subsection (a) may be used—
                                             Section 903(i)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.             ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (without regard
                                                                                                     to the amendments made by subsections (a)                 ‘‘(1) for Federal administrative costs re-
                                             1103(i)(1)(B)) is amended—                                                                                      lated to the purposes described in subsection
                                               (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and         and (b) of section 9016 of such Act)’’ after
                                                                                                     ‘‘2020)’’.                                              (a);
                                             except as otherwise provided in this subpara-                                                                     ‘‘(2) for systemwide infrastructure invest-
                                                                                                        (d) SPECIAL RULE FOR EXTENDED COMPENSA-
                                             graph’’ after ‘‘as determined by the Sec-                                                                       ment and development related to such pur-
                                                                                                     TION.—Section 2107(a)(8) of such Act (15
                                             retary of Labor’’; and                                                                                          poses; and
                                                                                                     U.S.C. 9025(a)(8)) is amended by striking
                                               (2) by inserting after the first sentence the                                                                   ‘‘(3) to make grants to States or territories
                                                                                                     ‘‘April 12, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 6,
                                             following: ‘‘With respect to the amounts of                                                                     administering unemployment compensation
                                                                                                     2021’’.
                                             such compensation paid for weeks of unem-                  (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments                   programs described in subsection (a) (includ-
                                             ployment beginning after March 31, 2021, and            made by this section shall apply as if in-              ing territories administering the Pandemic
                                             ending on or before September 6, 2021, the              cluded in the enactment of the CARES Act                Unemployment Assistance program under
                                             preceding sentence shall be applied by sub-             (Public Law 116–136), except that no amount             section 2102) for such purposes, including the
                                             stituting ‘75 percent’ for ‘one-half’.’’.               shall be payable by virtue of such amend-               establishment of procedures or the building
                                             SEC. 9013. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC                ments with respect to any week of unem-                 of infrastructure to verify or validate iden-
                                                         UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.                                                                          tity, implement Federal guidance regarding
                                                                                                     ployment ending on or before March 14, 2021.
                                               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104(e)(2) of the             SEC. 9017. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANC-               fraud detection and prevention, and accel-




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                                             CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(e)(2)) is amended                         ING OF SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION              erate claims processing or process claims
                                             by striking ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and inserting                        PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PRO-                backlogs due to the pandemic.
                                             ‘‘September 6, 2021’’.                                              GRAMS IN LAW.                                 ‘‘(c) RESTRICTIONS ON GRANTS TO STATES
                                               (b) AMOUNT.—Section 2104(b)(3)(A)(ii) of                Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (15               AND TERRITORIES.—As a condition of receiv-
                                             such Act (15 U.S.C. 9023(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is               U.S.C. 9026(b)(2)) is amended by striking               ing a grant under subsection (b)(3), the Sec-
                                             amended by striking ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and in-          ‘‘March 14, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘September 6,         retary may require that a State or territory
                                             serting ‘‘September 6, 2021’’.                          2021’’.                                                 receiving such a grant shall—




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                                             S1390                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                           March 5, 2021
                                               ‘‘(1) use such program integrity tools as               Strike section 4001 and insert the fol-                ‘‘(3) CREDIT AMOUNT.—Subsection (h)(2)
                                             the Secretary may specify; and                          lowing:                                                shall not apply and subsection (a) shall be
                                               ‘‘(2) as directed by the Secretary, conduct           SEC. 4001. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND            applied by substituting ‘$3,300 ($4,100 in the
                                             user accessibility testing on any new system                         BEAR ARMS.                                case of a qualifying child who has not at-
                                             developed by the Secretary pursuant to sub-               (a) LIMITATION ON DECLARATIONS BY PRESI-             tained age 6 as of the close of the calendar
                                             section (b)(2).’’.                                      DENT.—The President (or any designee there-            year in which the taxable year of the tax-
                                                      PART 4—OTHER PROVISIONS                        of) shall not, for the purpose of confiscating         payer begins)’ for ‘$1,000’.
                                                                                                     firearms or ammunition magazines, or pro-                ‘‘(4) REDUCTION OF INCREASED CREDIT
                                             SEC. 9041. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON EX-
                                                         CESS BUSINESS LOSSES OF NONCOR-             hibiting or otherwise regulating the posses-           AMOUNT BASED ON MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS
                                                         PORATE TAXPAYERS.                           sion, manufacture, sale, or transfer of fire-          INCOME.—
                                               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 461(l)(1) of the In-          arms or ammunition magazines, declare an                 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the cred-
                                             ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by               emergency pursuant to the National Emer-               it allowable under subsection (a) (determined
                                             striking ‘‘January 1, 2026’’ each place it ap-          gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or an             without regard to subsection (b)) shall be re-
                                             pears and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2027’’.                emergency or major disaster pursuant to the            duced by $50 for each $1,000 (or fraction
                                               (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments                    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-           thereof) by which the taxpayer’s modified
                                             made by this section shall apply to taxable             gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).         adjusted gross income (as defined in sub-
                                             years beginning after December 31, 2025.                  (b) FIREARMS POLICIES.—Section 706 of the            section (b)) exceeds the applicable threshold
                                                                                                     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-           amount.
                                             SEC. 9042. SUSPENSION OF TAX ON PORTION OF
                                                         UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.                  gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5207) is                 ‘‘(B) APPLICABLE THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—For
                                                                                                     amended—                                               purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘appli-
                                               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 85 of the Internal
                                                                                                       (1) in subsection (a)—                               cable threshold amount’ means—
                                             Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding
                                                                                                       (A) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and          ‘‘(i) $150,000, in the case of a joint return or
                                             at the end the following new subsection:
                                                                                                     inserting a semicolon;                                 surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)) ,
                                                ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR 2020.—
                                                                                                       (B) in paragraph (4) by striking the period            ‘‘(ii) $112,500, in the case of a head of house-
                                                ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any tax-
                                                                                                     and inserting a semicolon; and                         hold (as defined in section 2(b)), and
                                             able year beginning in 2020, if the adjusted
                                                                                                       (C) by adding at the end the following:                ‘‘(iii) $75,000, in any other case.
                                             gross income of the taxpayer for such tax-
                                                                                                       ‘‘(5) prohibit the manufacturing, sale, or             ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON REDUCTION.—
                                             able year is less than $150,000, the gross in-
                                                                                                     transfer of firearms; or                                 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the reduc-
                                             come of such taxpayer shall not include so
                                                                                                       ‘‘(6) prohibit the manufacturing, sale, or           tion under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed
                                             much of the unemployment compensation
                                                                                                     transfer of ammunition.’’; and                         the lesser of—
                                             received by such taxpayer (or, in the case of
                                                                                                       (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end            ‘‘(I) the applicable credit increase amount,
                                             a joint return, received by each spouse) as
                                                                                                     the following:                                         or
                                             does not exceed $10,200.
                                                                                                       ‘‘(4) AWARD.—Any prevailing party in an                ‘‘(II) 5 percent of the applicable phaseout
                                                ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—For purposes of para-
                                                                                                     action under this section shall be awarded             threshold range.
                                             graph (1), the adjusted gross income of the
                                                                                                     not less than $5,000,000, adjusted for infla-            ‘‘(ii)     APPLICABLE       CREDIT     INCREASE
                                             taxpayer shall be determined—
                                                                                                     tion.’’.                                               AMOUNT.—For purposes of this subparagraph,
                                                ‘‘(A) after application of sections 86, 135,
                                                                                                                                                            the term ‘applicable credit increase amount’
                                             137, 219, 221, 222, and 469, and
                                                ‘‘(B) without regard to this section.’’.               SA 1380. Mr. LEE (for himself and                    means the excess (if any) of—
                                                                                                     Mr. RUBIO) submitted an amendment                        ‘‘(I) the amount of the credit allowable
                                                (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
                                                                                                     intended to be proposed to amendment                   under this section for the taxable year deter-
                                                (1) Section 74(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Rev-
                                                                                                     SA 891 proposed by Mr. SCHUMER (for                    mined without regard to this paragraph and
                                             enue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
                                                                                                                                                            subsection (b), over
                                             ‘‘85(c),’’ before ‘‘86’’.                               himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.                     ‘‘(II) the amount of such credit as so deter-
                                                (2) Section 86(b)(2)(A) of such Code is              BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms.                     mined and without regard to paragraph (3).
                                             amended by inserting ‘‘85(c),’’ before ‘‘135’’.         CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER,                      ‘‘(iii) APPLICABLE PHASEOUT THRESHOLD
                                                (3) Section 135(c)(4)(A) of such Code is
                                                                                                     Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CAR-                     RANGE.—For purposes of this subparagraph,
                                             amended by inserting ‘‘85(c),’’ before ‘‘137’’.
                                                (4) Section 137(b)(3)(A) of such Code is             PER, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SANDERS) to                    the term ‘applicable phaseout threshold
                                                                                                     the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for rec-                range’ means the excess of—
                                             amended by inserting ‘‘85(c)’’ before ‘‘221’’.
                                                                                                     onciliation pursuant to title II of S.                   ‘‘(I) the threshold amount applicable to the
                                                (5) Section 219(g)(3)(A)(ii) of such Code is
                                                                                                     Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on               taxpayer under subsection (b) (determined
                                             amended by inserting ‘‘85(c),’’ before ‘‘135’’.
                                                                                                                                                            after the application of subsection (h)(3)),
                                                (6) Section 221(b)(2)(C)(i) of such Code is          the table; as follows:                                 over
                                             amended by inserting ‘‘85(c)’’ before ‘‘911’’.            In subtitle G of title IX, strike part 2 and           ‘‘(II) the applicable threshold amount ap-
                                                (7) Section 222(b)(2)(C)(i) of such Code, as in      all that follows through the end of part 4 and         plicable to the taxpayer under this para-
                                             effect before date of enactment of the Tax-             insert the following:                                  graph.
                                             payer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act
                                                                                                             PART 2—CHILD TAX CREDIT                          ‘‘(D) COORDINATION WITH LIMITATION ON
                                             of 2020, is amended by inserting ‘‘85(c)’’ be-
                                                                                                     SEC. 9611. CHILD TAX CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS               OVERALL CREDIT.—Subsection (b) shall be ap-
                                             fore ‘‘911’’.
                                                                                                                 FOR 2021.                                  plied by substituting ‘the credit allowable
                                                (8) Section 469(i)(3)(E)(ii) of such Code is
                                                                                                       (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 24 of the Internal           under subsection (a) (determined after the
                                             amended by striking ‘‘135 and 137’’ and in-
                                                                                                     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding              application of subsection (i)(4)(A)’ for ‘the
                                             serting ‘‘85(c), 135, and 137’’.
                                                                                                     at the end the following new subsection:               credit allowable under subsection (a)’.’’.
                                                (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments
                                             made by this section shall apply to taxable               ‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULES FOR 2021.—In the case              (b) ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CREDIT.—
                                             years beginning after December 31, 2019.                of any taxable year beginning after Decem-               (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of such Code is
                                                                                                     ber 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2022—              amended by inserting after section 7527 the
                                                    Subtitle B—Emergency Assistance to                                                                      following new section:
                                                                                                       ‘‘(1) REFUNDABLE CREDIT.—Paragraphs (5)
                                               Families Through Home Visiting Programs
                                                                                                     and (6) of subsection (h) shall not apply, and         ‘‘SEC. 7527A. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CHILD TAX
                                             SEC. 9101. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO FAMI-                in applying subsection (d)—                                         CREDIT.
                                                         LIES THROUGH HOME VISITING
                                                                                                       ‘‘(A) subsection (d)(1)(A) shall be applied             ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-
                                                         PROGRAMS.
                                                                                                     without regard to subsection (h)(4), and               tablish a program for making periodic pay-
                                               Effective 1 day after the date of enactment             ‘‘(B) subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) shall be applied       ments to taxpayers which, in the aggregate
                                             of this Act, title V of the Social Security Act         by substituting ‘15.3 percent of the tax-              during any calendar year, equal the annual
                                             (42 U.S.C. 701-713) is amended by inserting             payer’s earned income (within the meaning              advance amount determined with respect to
                                             after section 511 the following:                        of section 32) which is taken into account in          such taxpayer for such calendar year. Except
                                                                                                     computing taxable income’ for ‘15 percent of           as provided in subsection (b)(3)(B), the peri-
                                               SA 1379. Mr. BRAUN submitted an                       so much of the taxpayer’s earned income                odic payments made to any taxpayer for any
                                             amendment intended to be proposed to                    (within the meaning of section 32) which is            calendar year shall be in equal amounts.
                                             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                        taken into account in computing taxable in-               ‘‘(b) ANNUAL ADVANCE AMOUNT.—For pur-
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                   come for the taxable year as exceeds $3,000’.          poses of this section—
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                        ‘‘(2) 17-YEAR-OLDS ELIGIBLE FOR TREATMENT               ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     AS QUALIFYING CHILDREN.—This section shall             vided in this subsection, the term ‘annual




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                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           be applied—                                            advance amount’ means, with respect to any
                                                                                                       ‘‘(A) by substituting ‘age 18’ for ‘age 17’ in       taxpayer for any calendar year, the amount
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and
                                                                                                     subsection (c)(1), and                                 (if any) which is estimated by the Secretary
                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                    ‘‘(B) by substituting ‘described in sub-             as being equal to 50 percent of the amount
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  section (c) (determined after the application          which would be treated as allowed under sub-
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-               of subsection (i)(2)(A))’ for ‘described in sub-       part C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  section (c)’ in subsection (h)(4)(A).                  1 by reason of section 24(d) (after application




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