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Congressional Record — Senate, March 5, 2021, Page S1400

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This Congressional Record, Senate, March 5, 2021 section lists amendments to SA 891, proposed by Mr. Schumer for himself and others to H.R. 1319. Mr. Warner for himself and Mr. Rubio proposed SA 1391, Mr. Hagerty submitted SA 1392 and SA 1393, and Mr. Scott of Florida proposed SA 1395. Amendment text includes $23,657,280 for per diem expenses of National Guard members activated to provide security for the Capitol complex, and Sec. 7101, grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of $729,611,840, of which not less than $165,926,000 is for restoring long-distance service and recalling employees.

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                                             S1400                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                          March 5, 2021
                                             any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-               ‘‘(ii) showcases performers or pre-packaged            SA 1395. Mr. SCOTT of Florida pro-
                                             propriated, $23,657,280 for per diem expenses           productions to potential buyers; and                   posed an amendment to amendment SA
                                             of members of the National Guard activated                ‘‘(B) includes an individual or entity de-           891 proposed by Mr. SCHUMER (for him-
                                             to provide security for the Capitol complex             scribed in subparagraph (A) that—
                                                                                                                                                            self, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.
                                             during the 60-day extension period requested              ‘‘(i) operates for profit;
                                             by the United States Capitol Police.                      ‘‘(ii) is a nonprofit organization;                  BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms.
                                                                                                       ‘‘(iii) is government-owned; or                      CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER,
                                               SA 1391. Mr. WARNER (for himself                        ‘‘(iv) is a corporation, limited liability           Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CAR-
                                             and Mr. RUBIO) proposed an amend-                       company, or partnership or operated as a               PER, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SANDERS) to
                                             ment to amendment SA 891 proposed                       sole proprietorship.’’.                                the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for rec-
                                             by Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr.                                                                               onciliation pursuant to title II of S.
                                             WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr.                        SA 1393. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an                    Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on
                                             PETERS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL,                       amendment intended to be proposed to                   the table; as follows:
                                             Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr.                           amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
                                                                                                                                                              Strike section 7101 and insert the fol-
                                             MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER,                       SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.
                                                                                                                                                            lowing:
                                             Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SANDERS) to the                      MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
                                                                                                     CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                    SEC. 7101. GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
                                             bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconcili-                                                                                  PASSENGER CORPORATION.
                                             ation pursuant to title II of S. Con.                   Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
                                             Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the                 SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                       (a) NATIONAL NETWORK APPROPRIATION.—In
                                             table; as follows:                                      Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                 addition to amounts otherwise available,
                                                                                                     provide for reconciliation pursuant to                 there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out
                                               At the end of title IV, add the following:                                                                   of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
                                             SEC. 4015. EXTENSION OF REIMBURSEMENT AU-               title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-
                                                                                                                                                            appropriated, $729,611,840, to remain avail-
                                                         THORITY FOR FEDERAL CONTRAC-                dered to lie on the table; as follows:                 able until September 30, 2024, for grants as
                                                         TORS.
                                                                                                       On page 585, strike line 17 and all that fol-        authorized under section 11101(b) of the
                                               Section 3610 of the CARES Act (Public Law             lows through page 586, line 4, and insert the          FAST Act (Public Law 114–94) to prevent,
                                             116–136; 134 Stat. 414) is amended by striking          following:                                             prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
                                             ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
                                                                                                       ‘‘(e)   INSPECTOR   GENERAL      OVERSIGHT;            (b) LONG-DISTANCE SERVICE RESTORATION
                                             tember 30, 2021’’.
                                                                                                     RECOUPMENT.—                                           AND    EMPLOYEE RECALLS.—Not less than
                                                                                                       ‘‘(1) OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.—The Inspector             $165,926,000 of the amounts made available
                                               SA 1392. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an                     General of the Department of the Treasury
                                             amendment intended to be proposed to                                                                           under subsection (a) shall be for use by the
                                                                                                     shall conduct monitoring and oversight of              National Railroad Passenger Corporation
                                             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                        the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds            to—
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                   made available under this section.                       (1) restore, not later than 90 days after the
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                        ‘‘(2) RECOUPMENT.—If the Inspector General           date of enactment of this Act, the frequency
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     of the Department of the Treasury deter-               of rail service on long-distance routes (as de-
                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           mines that a State, Tribal government, or              fined in section 24102 of title 49, United
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                      unit of local government has failed to com-            States Code) that the National Railroad Pas-
                                                                                                     ply with subsection (c), the amount equal to           senger Corporation reduced the frequency of
                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                  the amount of funds used in violation of such
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                                                                         on or after July 1, 2020, and continue to oper-
                                                                                                     subsection shall be booked as a debt of such           ate such service at such frequency; and
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-               entity owed to the Federal Government.                   (2) recall and manage employees fur-
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  Amounts recovered under this subsection                loughed on or after October 1, 2020, as a re-
                                               At the end of section 5005, add the fol-              shall be deposited into the general fund of            sult of efforts to prevent, prepare for, and re-
                                             lowing:                                                 the Treasury.                                          spond to coronavirus.
                                               (c) ADDING SERVICE AND SUPPORT COMPA-                   ‘‘(3) FUNDING.—The Inspector General of
                                             NIES TO THE SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATORS                   the Department of the Treasury may use                   (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR STATE PAYMENTS FOR
                                             GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 324(a) of the Eco-               funds appropriated under section 601(f) to             STATE-SUPPORTED ROUTES.—
                                             nomic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses,                 carry out this subsection.                               (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made
                                             Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of divi-            ‘‘(4) AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—               available under subsection (a), $174,850,000
                                             sion N of Public Law 116–260) is amended—               Nothing in this subsection shall be construed          shall be for use by the National Railroad
                                               (1) in paragraph (1)—                                 to diminish the authority of any Inspector             Passenger Corporation to offset amounts re-
                                               (A) in subparagraph (A)—                              General, including such authority as pro-              quired to be paid by States for covered
                                               (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by in-        vided in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5          State-supported routes.
                                             serting ‘‘a service and support company,’’              U.S.C. App.).                                            (2) FUNDING SHARE.—The share of funding
                                             after ‘‘theatre operator,’’;                                                                                   provided under paragraph (1) with respect to
                                               (ii) in clause (i)—                                                                                          a covered State-supported route shall be dis-
                                                                                                       SA 1394. Mr. DAINES (for himself                     tributed as follows:
                                               (I) in the matter preceding subclause (I),            and Mr. LANKFORD) submitted an
                                             by inserting ‘‘the service and support com-                                                                      (A) Each covered State-supported route
                                                                                                     amendment intended to be proposed to                   shall receive 7 percent of the costs allocated
                                             pany,’’ after ‘‘theatre operator,’’; and
                                               (II) in subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘a service
                                                                                                     amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                       to the route in fiscal year 2019 under the cost
                                             and support company,’’ after ‘‘theatre oper-            SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                  allocation methodology adopted pursuant to
                                             ator,’’;                                                MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                     section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment
                                               (iii) in clause (ii)—                                 CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                    and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law
                                               (I) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at        Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                          110–432).
                                             the end;                                                                                                         (B) Any remaining amounts after the dis-
                                                                                                     SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                     tribution described in subparagraph (A) shall
                                               (II) in subclause (IV), by adding ‘‘and’’ at          Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to
                                             the end; and                                                                                                   be apportioned to each covered State-sup-
                                                                                                     provide for reconciliation pursuant to                 ported route in proportion to the passenger
                                               (III) by adding at the end the following:
                                               ‘‘(V) the service and support company is or
                                                                                                     title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-              revenue of such route and other revenue allo-
                                             intends to resume the services and activities           dered to lie on the table; as follows:                 cated to such route in fiscal year 2019 divided
                                             described in paragraph (11);’’; and                       On page 614, strike lines 21 through 23 and          by the total passenger revenue and other
                                               (iv) in clause (vi), by inserting ‘‘the service       insert the following: ‘‘the provisions of sec-         revenue allocated to all covered State-sup-
                                             and support company,’’ after ‘‘theatre oper-            tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961         ported routes in fiscal year 2019.
                                             ator,’’ each place that term appears; and               (22 U.S.C. 2292) for necessary expenses to pre-          (3) COVERED STATE-SUPPORTED ROUTE DE-
                                                                                                                                                            FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘cov-
                                               (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘serv-         vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus
                                             ice and support company,’’ after ‘‘theatre op-          for the purpose of providing assistance to or          ered State-supported route’’ means a State-
                                             erator,’’ each place that term appears; and             on behalf of refugees and migrants who are             supported route, as such term is defined in
                                               (2) by adding at the end the following:               outside the United States, which shall in-             section 24102 of title 49, United States Code,




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                                               ‘‘(11) SERVICE AND SUPPORT COMPANY.—The               clude contributions for such purposes to the           but does not include a State-supported route
                                             term ‘service and support company’—                     activities of the United Nations High Com-             for which service was terminated on or be-
                                               ‘‘(A) means an individual or entity that, as          missioner for Refugees, and contributions to           fore February 1, 2020.
                                             a principal business activity—                          the International Organization for Migra-                (d) USE OF FUNDS FOR DEBT REPAYMENT OR
                                               ‘‘(i) provide stages, lighting, sound, casts,         tion, the International Committee of the Red           PREPAYMENT.—Not more than $100,885,000 of
                                             or other support for live performing arts               Cross, and to other relevant international             the amounts made available under sub-
                                             events; or                                              organizations.’’.                                      section (a) shall be—




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