[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2584. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Young) 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:

           TITLE __--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

       For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for the 
     Child Care and Development Block Grant'', $15,000,000,000, to 
     remain available through September 30, 2021, to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
     internationally, including for Federal administrative 
     expenses, which shall be used to supplement, not supplant 
     State, territory, and Tribal general revenue funds for child 
     care assistance for low-income families within the United 
     States (including territories) without regard to requirements 
     in subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 658E(c)(3) or section 
     658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act:  
     Provided, That funds provided under this heading in this Act 
     may be used to provide continued payments and assistance to 
     child care providers in the case of decreased enrollment or 
     closures related to coronavirus, and to assure they are able 
     to remain open or reopen as appropriate and applicable:  
     Provided further, That States, territories, and Tribes are 
     encouraged to place conditions on payments to child care 
     providers that ensure that child care providers use a portion 
     of funds received to continue to pay the salaries and wages 
     of staff:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall remind 
     States that CCDBG State plans do not need to be amended prior 
     to utilizing existing authorities in the CCDBG Act for the 
     purposes provided herein:  Provided further, That States, 
     territories, and Tribes are authorized to use funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act to provide child 
     care assistance to health care sector employees, emergency 
     responders, sanitation workers, and other workers deemed 
     essential during the response to coronavirus by public 
     officials, without regard to the income eligibility 
     requirements of section 658P(4) of such Act:  Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading in this 
     Act shall be available to eligible child care providers under 
     section 658P(6) of the CCDBG Act, even if such providers were 
     not receiving CCDBG assistance prior to the public health 
     emergency as a result of the coronavirus and any renewal of 
     such declaration pursuant to such section 319, for the 
     purposes of cleaning and sanitation, and other activities 
     necessary to maintain or resume the operation of programs:  
     Provided further, That payments made under this heading in 
     this Act may be obligated in this fiscal year or the 
     succeeding 2 fiscal years:  Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act may be made 
     available to restore amounts, either directly or through 
     reimbursement, for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare 
     for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
     internationally, prior to the date of enactment of this Act:  
     Provided further, That such amount is designated by Congress 
     as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
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