[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4948-S4949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2571. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. AMENDMENTS TO THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY 
                   COMMITTEE.

       (a) Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--The matter under the heading ``Independent 
     Agencies--Pandemic Response Accountability Committee'' in 
     title V of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
     is amended by striking ``funds provided in'' and inserting 
     ``covered funds as provided in section 15010 of''.
       (2) Emergency designation.--The amounts repurposed in the 
     matter under the heading

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     ``Independent Agencies--Pandemic Response Accountability 
     Committee'' in title V of division B of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136), as amended by paragraph (1), that were 
     previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.
       (b) Definition of Covered Funds.--Section 15010(a)(6) of 
     division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``this Act'' and 
     inserting ``divisions A and B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136)'';
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
       (3) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(D) the Paycheck Protection Program and Health 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139); or
       ``(E) the Coronavirus Relief Fair Unemployment Compensation 
     Act of 2020; and''.
       (c) Appointment of Chairperson.--Section 15010(c) of 
     division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and (D)'' and inserting 
     ``(D), and (E)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)(E), by inserting ``of the Council'' 
     after ``Chairperson''.
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