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Congressional Record, Senate — August 10, 2021, S6341

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This is S6341 of the Congressional Record, Senate, August 10, 2021, with interleaved columns of amendments to S. Con. Res. 14, the budget resolution. The page lists SA 3317 proposed by Ms. Cortez Masto and others and SA 3320 submitted by Mr. Thune. The printed text consists of deficit-neutral reserve funds, including ones relating to combating COVID-19 unemployment insurance fraud, giving employers flexibility to provide compensatory time off or overtime pay, and supporting streamlined siting processes for small cell deployment.

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                                             August 10, 2021                                   CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                      S6341
                                             pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              Government for fiscal year 2022 and
                                             joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               gates, and other appropriate levels in this             setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                             between the Houses, motions, or conference              resolution, and make adjustments to the                 levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;
                                             reports relating to giving employers flexi-             pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                             bility to provide compensatory time off or
                                                                                                                                                             which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                                                                                     joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                             overtime pay to employees for overtime                  between the Houses, motions, or conference              as follows:
                                             hours worked, by the amounts provided in                reports relating to supporting and protecting             At the end of title III, add the following:
                                             such legislation for those purposes, provided           the streamlined siting processes for small              SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                             that such legislation would not raise new               cell deployment by the amounts provided in                        RELATING TO COMBATING COVID–19
                                             revenue and would not increase the deficit              such legislation for those purposes, provided                     UNEMPLOYMENT        INSURANCE
                                             over either the period of the total of fiscal           that such legislation would not increase the                      FRAUD.
                                             years 2022 through 2026 or the period of the            deficit over either the period of the total of            The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                             total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.                fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of         Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                                                                                     the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.            tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                               SA 3317. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for                                                                                gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                             herself, Mr. TESTER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr.                       SA 3320. Mr. THUNE submitted an                       resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                             WARNOCK, and Ms. STABENOW) proposed                     amendment intended to be proposed by                    pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                             an amendment to the concurrent reso-                    him to the concurrent resolution S.                     joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                             lution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the               Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-                between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                             congressional budget for the United                     sional budget for the United States                     reports relating to combating COVID–19 un-
                                             States Government for fiscal year 2022                                                                          employment insurance fraud, which may in-
                                                                                                     Government for fiscal year 2022 and
                                                                                                                                                             clude providing assistance to relevant Fed-
                                             and setting forth the appropriate budg-                 setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 eral agencies to work in partnership with
                                             etary levels for fiscal years 2023                      levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;              State workforce agencies to reduce fraud, to
                                             through 2031; as follows:                               which was ordered to lie on the table;                  recover fraudulent COVID–19 unemployment
                                               At the end of title III, add the following:           as follows:                                             insurance payments, or to identify, inves-
                                             SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRO-                     At the end of title III, add the following:        tigate, and take corrective action against
                                                       TECTING FAMILY FARMS, RANCHES,                SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 any individuals, entities, or organizations
                                                       AND SMALL BUSINESSES.                                   RELATING TO PRESERVING AND                    that fraudulently obtained or attempted to
                                               The Chairman of the Committee on the                            PROTECTING THE OPEN INTERNET.                 fraudulently obtain COVID–19 unemploy-
                                             Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-               The Chairman of the Committee on the                  ment insurance payments, by the amounts
                                             tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             provided in such legislation for those pur-
                                             gates, and other appropriate levels in this             tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              poses, provided that such legislation would
                                             resolution, and make adjustments to the                 gates, and other appropriate levels in this             not increase the deficit over either the pe-
                                             pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            resolution, and make adjustments to the                 riod of the total of fiscal years 2022 through
                                             joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years
                                             between the Houses, motions, or conference              joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               2022 through 2031.
                                             reports relating to protecting family farms,            between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                             ranches, and small businesses while ensuring            reports relating to preserving and protecting
                                             the wealthy pay their fair share, by the
                                                                                                                                                               SA 3323. Mr. THUNE submitted an
                                                                                                     the open internet by the amounts provided               amendment intended to be proposed by
                                             amounts provided in such legislation for                in such legislation for those purposes, pro-
                                             those purposes, provided that such legisla-             vided that such legislation would not in-
                                                                                                                                                             him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                             tion would not increase the deficit over the            crease the deficit over either the period of            Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-
                                             period of the total of fiscal years 2022                the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or          sional budget for the United States
                                             through 2031.                                           the period of the total of fiscal years 2022            Government for fiscal year 2022 and
                                                                                                     through 2031.                                           setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                               SA 3318. Mr. THUNE submitted an
                                                                                                                                                             levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;
                                             amendment intended to be proposed by                      SA 3321. Mr. THUNE submitted an                       which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                             him to the concurrent resolution S.                     amendment intended to be proposed by                    as follows:
                                             Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-                him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                             sional budget for the United States                                                                               At the end of title III, add the following:
                                                                                                     Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-
                                             Government for fiscal year 2022 and                                                                             SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                                                                                     sional budget for the United States                               RELATING TO PROVIDING FUNDING
                                             setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 Government for fiscal year 2022 and                               PARITY FOR BIOFUEL BLENDING IN-
                                             levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;              setting forth the appropriate budgetary                           FRASTRUCTURE EQUAL TO THE
                                             which was ordered to lie on the table;                  levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;                        FUNDING PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC
                                                                                                                                                                       VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
                                             as follows:                                             which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                               At the appropriate place, insert the fol-             as follows:                                               The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                             lowing:                                                                                                         Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                                                                                          At the end of title III, add the following:        tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                             SEC. lll. SENSE OF THE SENATE RELATING TO               SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                                        THE SURGE IN CRIME ACROSS THE                                                                        gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                                                                                               RELATING TO RETAINING HUAWEI
                                                        UNITED STATES AND THE DANGERS                          TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD. ON THE                  resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                                        OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE.                               ENTITY LIST.                                  pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               It is the sense of the Senate that—                     The Chairman of the Committee on the                  joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                               (1) there has been a surge in the number of           Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                             crimes across the United States; and                    tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              reports relating to providing funding parity
                                               (2) calls to defund the police are dangerous          gates, and other appropriate levels in this             for biofuel blending infrastructure equal to
                                             given the surge described in paragraph (1).             resolution, and make adjustments to the                 the funding provided for electric vehicle in-
                                                                                                     pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,            frastructure by the amounts provided in
                                               SA 3319. Mr. THUNE submitted an                       joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               such legislation for those purposes, provided
                                             amendment intended to be proposed by                    between the Houses, motions, or conference              that such legislation would not increase the
                                             him to the concurrent resolution S.                     reports relating to retaining Huawei Tech-              deficit over either the period of the total of
                                             Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-                nologies Co. Ltd. on the Entity List main-              fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of
                                             sional budget for the United States                     tained by the Bureau of Industry and Secu-              the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
                                             Government for fiscal year 2022 and                     rity of the Department of Commerce, by the
                                             setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 amounts provided in such legislation for                  SA 3324. Mr. THUNE submitted an
                                             levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;              those purposes, provided that such legisla-             amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                                                                     tion would not increase the deficit over ei-            him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                             which was ordered to lie on the table;                  ther the period of the total of fiscal years
                                             as follows:                                                                                                     Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-
                                                                                                     2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of         sional budget for the United States
                                               At the end of title III, add the following:           fiscal years 2022 through 2031.




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                                             SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                                                                         Government for fiscal year 2022 and
                                                       RELATING TO SUPPORTING AND                      SA 3322. Mr. THUNE submitted an                       setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                                       PROTECTING THE STREAMLINED                                                                            levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;
                                                       SITING PROCESSES FOR SMALL
                                                                                                     amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                       CELL DEPLOYMENT.                              him to the concurrent resolution S.                     which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                              The Chairman of the Committee on the                   Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-                as follows:
                                             Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             sional budget for the United States                       At the end of title III, add the following:




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                                             S6342                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                         August 10, 2021
                                             SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 troller General under section 1322 of Public            icit over either the period of the total of fis-
                                                       RELATING TO RESCINDING THE UN-                Law 111-148, which would evaluate the effect            cal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of
                                                       OBLIGATED STATE AND LOCAL
                                                                                                     of the American Rescue Plan Act’s expansion             the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
                                                       FUNDING PROVIDED UNDER THE
                                                       AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.                     of premium subsidies on the individual and
                                               The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                                                                                     group insurance markets.                                  SA 3329. Mr. COTTON submitted an
                                                                                                       (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a)                 amendment intended to be proposed by
                                             Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                                                                                     may be waived or suspended in the Senate                him to the concurrent resolution S.
                                             tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                                                                                     only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of          Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-
                                             gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                                                                                     the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An af-
                                             resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                                                                                     firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
                                                                                                                                                             sional budget for the United States
                                             pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,                                                                    Government for fiscal year 2022 and
                                                                                                     of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
                                             joint resolutions, amendments, amendments                                                                       setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                                                                                     be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling
                                             between the Houses, motions, or conference                                                                      levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;
                                                                                                     of the Chair on a point of order raised under
                                             reports relating to rescinding the unobli-
                                             gated State and local funding provided under
                                                                                                     subsection (a).                                         which was ordered to lie on the table;
                                             sections 602 and 603 of the Social Security                                                                     as follows:
                                                                                                       SA 3327. Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr.                    At the end of title III, add the following:
                                             Act (42 U.S.C. 802, 803), as added by the
                                             American Rescue Plan Act, by the amounts
                                                                                                     TOOMEY, and Mr. LANKFORD) submitted                     SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                             provided in such legislation for such purpose,          an amendment intended to be proposed                              RELATING TO PROVIDING QUALITY
                                             provided that such legislation would not in-            by him to the concurrent resolution S.                            EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.
                                             crease the deficit over either the period of            Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-                  The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                             the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or          sional budget for the United States                     Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                             the period of the total of fiscal years 2022            Government for fiscal year 2022 and                     tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                             through 2031.                                                                                                   gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                                                                                     setting forth the appropriate budgetary
                                                                                                                                                             resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                                                                                     levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;              pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                               SA 3325. Mr. THUNE (for himself and
                                                                                                     which was ordered to lie on the table;                  joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                             Mr. MURPHY) submitted an amendment
                                                                                                     as follows:                                             between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                             intended to be proposed by him to the
                                                                                                          At the end of title III, add the following:        reports relating to providing quality edu-
                                             concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14,                                                                          cation for the children of the United States,
                                                                                                     SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND
                                             setting forth the congressional budget                            RELATING TO SAFEGUARDING THE                  which may include prohibiting Federal fund-
                                             for the United States Government for                              COMPETITIVENESS OF AMERICAN                   ing from being used to promote critical race
                                             fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the                            COMPANIES AGAINST CHINA.                      theory or compel teachers or students to af-
                                             appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal                   The Chairman of the Committee on the                  firm critical race theory in prekindergarten
                                             years 2023 through 2031; which was or-                  Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             programs, elementary schools, and sec-
                                                                                                     tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              ondary schools, and prohibiting Federal enti-
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:
                                                                                                     gates, and other appropriate levels in this             ties from conditioning Federal funding to
                                               At the end of title III, add the following:           resolution, and make adjustments to the                 prekindergarten      programs,     elementary
                                             SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                                       RELATING TO HEALTH SAVINGS AC-
                                                                                                                                                             schools, and secondary schools on the pro-
                                                                                                     joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               motion of critical race theory, by the
                                                       COUNTS.
                                                                                                     between the Houses, motions, or conference              amounts provided in such legislation for
                                               The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                                                                                     reports relating to ensuring the tax competi-           those purposes, provided that such legisla-
                                             Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                                                                                     tiveness of American businesses against                 tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
                                             tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                                                                                     China, which may include eliminating in-                ther the period of the total of fiscal years
                                             gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                                                                                     creases in the global minimum tax applica-              2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
                                             resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                                                                                     ble to American companies under section 250             fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
                                             pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                                                                                     or 951A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
                                             joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                                                                                     unless China has enacted a global minimum                 SA 3330. Mr. CARPER proposed an
                                             between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                                                                                     tax applicable to its domestic companies, by            amendment to the concurrent resolu-
                                             reports relating to health savings accounts,
                                                                                                     the amounts provided in such legislation for            tion S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the
                                             which may include allowing participants to
                                                                                                     those purposes, provided that such legisla-
                                             use certain amounts of their health savings
                                                                                                     tion would not increase the deficit over ei-
                                                                                                                                                             congressional budget for the United
                                             accounts for qualified expenses relating to
                                                                                                     ther the period of the total of fiscal years            States Government for fiscal year 2022
                                             physical activity, fitness, and exercise, by                                                                    and setting forth the appropriate budg-
                                                                                                     2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
                                             the amounts provided in such legislation for                                                                    etary levels for fiscal years 2023
                                                                                                     fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
                                             those purposes, provided that such legisla-
                                                                                                                                                             through 2031; as follows:
                                             tion would not increase the deficit over ei-              SA 3328. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and
                                             ther the period of the total of fiscal years                                                                      At the end of title III, add the following:
                                             2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
                                                                                                     Mr. LANKFORD) submitted an amend-                       SEC. 3lll. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO AD-
                                             fiscal years 2022 through 2031.                         ment intended to be proposed by him                               DRESSING THE CRISIS OF CLIMATE
                                                                                                     to the concurrent resolution S. Con.                              CHANGE.
                                               SA 3326. Mr. THUNE submitted an                       Res. 14, setting forth the congressional                  The Chairman of the Committee on the
                                                                                                     budget for the United States Govern-                    Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-
                                             amendment intended to be proposed by
                                                                                                                                                             tions of a committee or committees, aggre-
                                             him to the concurrent resolution S.                     ment for fiscal year 2022 and setting                   gates, and other appropriate levels in this
                                             Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congres-                forth the appropriate budgetary levels                  resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                             sional budget for the United States                     for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; which               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,
                                             Government for fiscal year 2022 and                     was ordered to lie on the table; as fol-                joint resolutions, amendments, amendments
                                             setting forth the appropriate budgetary                 lows:                                                   between the Houses, motions, or conference
                                             levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031;                   At the end of title III, add the following:        reports relating to addressing the crisis of
                                             which was ordered to lie on the table;                  SEC. 3lll. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND                 climate change through new policies that
                                                                                                               RELATING TO PREVENTING ILLICIT                create jobs, reduce pollution, and strengthen
                                             as follows:
                                                                                                               DRUGS    FROM   ENTERING  THE                 the economy of the United States by the
                                               At the appropriate place in title IV, add                       UNITED STATES.                                amounts provided in such legislation for
                                             the following:                                            The Chairman of the Committee on the                  those purposes, provided that such legisla-
                                             SEC. 4lll. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST EXPAND-               Budget of the Senate may revise the alloca-             tion would not increase the deficit over the
                                                        ING THE PREMIUM TAX CREDIT                   tions of a committee or committees, aggre-              period of the total of fiscal years 2022
                                                        PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORT
                                                        ON THE EFFECT OF THE AMERICAN
                                                                                                     gates, and other appropriate levels in this             through 2031.
                                                        RESCUE PLAN ACT’S EXPANSION OF               resolution, and make adjustments to the
                                                        PREMIUM SUBSIDIES ON THE INDI-               pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills,              SA 3331. Mr. INHOFE (for himself,
                                                        VIDUAL AND GROUP INSURANCE                   joint resolutions, amendments, amendments               Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. RISCH, Ms. ERNST,
                                                        MARKETS.                                     between the Houses, motions, or conference              Mr. RUBIO, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. MORAN, Mr.




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                                               (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in                reports relating to preventing illicit drugs            DAINES, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. COTTON,
                                             order in the Senate to consider any bill,               from entering the United States, which may
                                                                                                                                                             Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr.
                                             joint   resolution, motion,    amendment,               include the acquiring, maintaining and oper-
                                             amendment between the Houses, or con-                   ating necessary resources at the southern               HAWLEY, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina,
                                             ference report that would expand the pre-               border, by the amounts provided in such leg-            Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. HAGERTY) pro-
                                             mium tax credit prior to the completion of              islation for those purposes, provided that              posed an amendment to the concurrent
                                             the mandated biennial report of the Comp-               such legislation would not increase the def-            resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth



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