[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2603. Mr. LEE 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:

        Beginning on page 2, strike line 13 and all that follows 
     through page 5, line 18, and insert the following:
       ``(3) Amount of federal pandemic unemployment 
     compensation.--
       ``(A) In general.--The amount specified in this paragraph 
     is the following amount with respect to an individual:
       ``(i) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the date on 
     which an agreement is entered into under this section and 
     ending on or before July 31, 2020, $600.
       ``(ii) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last 
     week under clause (i) and ending before December 31, 2020, an 
     amount equal to one of the following, as determined by the 
     State for all individuals:

       ``(I) The applicable flat option amount described in 
     subparagraph (D).
       ``(II) An amount (not to exceed the applicable cap amount 
     described in subparagraph (D)) equal to--

       ``(aa) two-thirds of the individual's average weekly wages; 
     minus
       ``(bb) the individual's base amount (determined prior to 
     any reductions or offsets).
       ``(B) Base amount.--For purposes of this paragraph, the 
     term `base amount' means, with respect to an individual, an 
     amount equal to--
       ``(i) for weeks of unemployment under the pandemic 
     unemployment assistance program under section 2102, the 
     amount determined under subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of 
     such section 2102, as applicable; or
       ``(ii) for all other weeks of unemployment, the amount 
     determined under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.
       ``(C) Average weekly wages.--
       ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), for purposes of 
     this paragraph, the term `average weekly wages' means, with 
     respect to an individual, the following:

       ``(I) If the State computes the individual weekly 
     unemployment compensation benefit amount based on an 
     individual's average weekly wages in a base period, an amount 
     equal to the individual's average weekly wages used in such 
     computation.
       ``(II) If the State computes the individual weekly 
     unemployment compensation benefit amount based on high 
     quarter wages or a formula using wages across some but not 
     all quarters in a base period, an amount equal to \1/13\ of 
     such high quarter wages or average wages of the applicable 
     quarters used in the computation for the individual.
       ``(III) If the State uses computations other than the 
     computations under subclause (I) or (II) for the individual 
     weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount, or for 
     computations of the weekly benefit amount under the pandemic 
     unemployment assistance program under section 2102, as 
     described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of such 
     section 2102, for which subclause (I) or (II) do not apply, 
     an amount equal to \1/52\ of the sum of all base period 
     wages.

       ``(ii) Special rule.--If more than one of the methods of 
     computation under subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause 
     (i) are applicable to a State, then such term shall mean the 
     amount determined under the applicable subclause of clause 
     (i) that results in the highest amount of average weekly 
     wages.
       ``(D) Applicable flat option and cap amount.--The 
     applicable flat option amount and the applicable cap amount 
     described in this subparagraph is as follows:
       ``(i) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last 
     week under subparagraph (A)(i) and ending before August 31, 
     2020--

       ``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $200; and
       ``(II) the applicable cap amount is $500.

       ``(ii) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last 
     week under clause (i) and ending on or before September 30, 
     2020--

       ``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $150; and
       ``(II) the applicable cap amount is $400.

       ``(iii) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last 
     week under clause (ii) and ending on or before November 1, 
     2020--

       ``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $100; and
       ``(II) the applicable cap amount is $300.

       ``(iv) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last 
     week under clause (iii) and ending on or before November 30, 
     2020--

       ``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $50; and
       ``(II) the applicable cap amount is $200.

       ``(v) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last 
     week under clause (iv) and ending on or before December 31, 
     2020--

       ``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $0; and
       ``(II) the applicable cap amount is $100.''.

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