[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   EMERGENCY AID FOR RETURNING AMERICANS AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 4091.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4091) to amend section 1113 of the Social 
     Security Act to provide authority for fiscal year 2020 for 
     increased payments for temporary assistance to United States 
     citizens returned from foreign countries, and for other 
     purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to proceeding to the 
measure?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I know of no further debate on the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate on the bill, the 
bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill 
pass?
  The bill (S. 4091) was passed, as follows

                                S. 4091

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Aid for Returning 
     Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act''.

     SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.

       (a) In General.--Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1313(d)) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 
     2017 and 2018'' and all that follows through the period and 
     inserting ``fiscal year 2020, the total amount of such 
     assistance provided during such fiscal year shall not exceed 
     $10,000,000.''.
       (b) Emergency Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The amounts provided by the amendment made 
     by this section are designated as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 
     of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
       (2) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, this section and 
     the amendment made by this section are designated as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. 
     Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2018.

     SEC. 3. LIMIT ON DIRECT CONTACT WITH REPATRIATED INDIVIDUALS 
                   DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY PERIOD.

       During the emergency period described in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g)(1)(B)), in providing temporary assistance under section 
     1113 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313), no employee of the 
     Administration for Children and Families of the Department of 
     Health and Human Services shall have direct, in-person 
     contact with an individual specified in section 1113(a)(1) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(a)(1)), except in the case of a 
     uniformed member of the Regular Corps or the Ready Reserve 
     Corps of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service 
     (as described in section 203 of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 204)) in an active duty status who, as determined 
     by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has--
       (1) received appropriate training on infection prevention 
     and control; and
       (2) access to appropriate personal protective equipment.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion 
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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