[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2580. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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 end, add the following:

     SEC. __. TERMINATION OF TAXPAYER FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL 
                   ELECTION CAMPAIGNS.

       (a) Termination of Designation of Income Tax Payments.--
     Section 6096 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Termination.--This section shall not apply to taxable 
     years beginning after December 31, 2019.''.
       (b) Termination of Fund and Account.--
       (1) Termination of presidential election campaign fund.--
       (A) In general.--Chapter 95 of subtitle H of such Code is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 9013. TERMINATION.

       ``The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with 
     respect to any Presidential election (or any Presidential 
     nominating convention) after the date of the enactment of 
     this section, or to any candidate in such an election.''.
       (B) Transfer of remaining funds.--Section 9006 of such Code 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Transfer of Funds Remaining After Termination.--The 
     Secretary shall transfer the amounts in the fund as of the 
     date of the enactment of this subsection to the Department of 
     Health and Human Services to be used to acquire unexpired 
     personal protective equipment (including face masks) for the 
     strategic national stockpile under section 319F-2 of the 
     Public Health Service Act.''.
       (2) Termination of account.--Chapter 96 of subtitle H of 
     such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 9043. TERMINATION.

       ``The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any 
     candidate with respect to any Presidential election after the 
     date of the enactment of this section.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) The table of sections for chapter 95 of subtitle H of 
     such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     item:

``Sec. 9013. Termination.''.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 96 of subtitle H of 
     such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     item:
       

``Sec. 9043. Termination.''.
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