[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7424-S7429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2698. Mr. HAWLEY proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1031, to 
implement recommendations related to the safety of amphibious passenger 
vessels, and for other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Duck Boat Safety Enhancement 
     Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 2. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR AMPHIBIOUS PASSENGER VESSELS.

       (a) Safety Improvements.--
       (1) Buoyancy requirements.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of completion of a Coast Guard contracted assessment by 
     the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
     of the technical feasibility, practicality, and safety 
     benefits of providing reserve buoyancy through passive means 
     on amphibious passenger vessels, the Secretary of the 
     department in which the Coast Guard is operating may initiate 
     a rulemaking to prescribe in regulations that operators of 
     amphibious passenger vessels provide reserve buoyancy for 
     such vessels through passive means, including watertight 
     compartmentalization, built-in flotation, or such other means 
     as the Secretary may specify in the regulations, in order to 
     ensure that such vessels remain afloat and upright in the 
     event of flooding, including when carrying a full complement 
     of passengers and crew.
       (2) Interim requirements.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
     initiate a rulemaking to implement interim safety policies or 
     other measures to require that operators of amphibious 
     passenger vessels operating in waters subject to the 
     jurisdiction of the United States, as defined in section 2.38 
     of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
     regulation) comply with the following:
       (A) Remove the canopies of such vessels for waterborne 
     operations, or install in such vessels a canopy that does not 
     restrict either horizontal or vertical escape by passengers 
     in the event of flooding or sinking.
       (B) If the canopy is removed from such vessel pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A), require that all passengers don a Coast 
     Guard type-approved personal flotation device before the 
     onset of waterborne operations of such vessel.
       (C) Install in such vessels at least one independently 
     powered electric bilge pump that is capable of dewatering 
     such vessels at the volume of the largest remaining 
     penetration in order to supplement the vessel's existing 
     bilge pump required under section 182.520 of title 46, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
       (D) Verify the watertight integrity of such vessel in the 
     water at the outset of each waterborne departure of such 
     vessel.
       (b) Regulations Required.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
     initiate a rulemaking for amphibious passenger vessels 
     operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
     States, as defined in section 2.38 of title 33, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). The 
     regulations shall include, at a minimum, the following:
       (1) Severe weather emergency preparedness.--Requirements 
     that an operator of an amphibious passenger vessel--
       (A) check and notate in the vessel's logbook the National 
     Weather Service forecast before getting underway and 
     periodically while underway;
       (B) in the case of a watch or warning issued for wind 
     speeds exceeding the wind speed equivalent used to certify 
     the stability of an amphibious passenger vessel, proceed to 
     the nearest harbor or safe refuge; and
       (C) maintain and monitor a weather monitor radio receiver 
     at the operator station that may be automatically activated 
     by the

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     warning alarm device of the National Weather Service.
       (2) Passenger safety.--Requirements--
       (A) concerning whether personal flotation devices should be 
     required for the duration of an amphibious passenger vessel's 
     waterborne transit, which shall be considered and determined 
     by the Secretary;
       (B) that operators of amphibious passenger vessels inform 
     passengers that seat belts may not be worn during waterborne 
     operations;
       (C) that before the commencement of waterborne operations, 
     a crew member visually check that each passenger has 
     unbuckled the passenger's seatbelt; and
       (D) that operators or crew maintain a log recording the 
     actions described in subparagraphs (B) and (C).
       (3) Training.--Requirement for annual training for 
     operators and crew of amphibious passengers vessels, 
     including--
       (A) training for personal flotation and seat belt 
     requirements, verifying the integrity of the vessel at the 
     onset of each waterborne departure, identification of weather 
     hazards, and use of National Weather Service resources prior 
     to operation; and
       (B) training for crewmembers to respond to emergency 
     situations, including flooding, engine compartment fires, man 
     overboard situations, and in water emergency egress 
     procedures.
       (4) Recommendations from reports.--Requirements to address 
     recommendations from the following reports, as practicable 
     and to the extent that such recommendations are under the 
     jurisdiction of the Coast Guard:
       (A) The National Transportation Safety Board's Safety 
     Recommendation Reports on the Amphibious Passenger Vessel 
     incidents in Table Rock, Missouri, Hot Springs, Arkansas, and 
     Seattle, Washington.
       (B) The Coast Guard's Marine Investigation Board reports on 
     the Stretch Duck 7 sinkings at Table Rock, Missouri, and the 
     Miss Majestic sinking near Hot Springs, Arkansas.
       (5) Interim requirements.--The interim requirements 
     described in subsection (a)(2), as appropriate.
       (c) Prohibition on Operation of Noncompliant Vessels.--
     Commencing as of the date specified by the Secretary of the 
     department in which the Coast Guard is operating pursuant to 
     subsection (d), any amphibious passenger vessel whose 
     configuration or operation does not comply with the 
     requirements under subsection (a)(2) (or subsection (a)(1), 
     if prescribed) may not operate in waters subject to the 
     jurisdiction of the United States, as defined in section 2.38 
     of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
     regulation).
       (d) Deadline for Compliance.--The regulations and interim 
     requirements described in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
     require compliance with the requirements in the regulations 
     not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, as the Secretary of the department in which the 
     Coast Guard is operating may specify in the regulations.
       (e) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the promulgation 
     of the regulations required under subsection (a), the 
     Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide a report to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
     of the House of Representatives regarding the status of the 
     implementation of the requirements included in such 
     regulations.
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  SA 2699. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. Alexander) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 1520, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
the publication of a list of licensed biological products, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       The Act may be cited as the ``Purple Book Continuity Act of 
     2020''.

     SEC. 2. BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT PATENT TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) In General.--Section 351(k) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(9) Public listing.--
       ``(A) In general.--
       ``(i) Initial publication.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of enactment of the Purple Book Continuity Act of 
     2020, the Secretary shall publish and make available to the 
     public in a searchable, electronic format--

       ``(I) a list of each biological product, by nonproprietary 
     name (proper name), for which, as of such date of enactment, 
     a biologics license under subsection (a) or this subsection 
     is in effect, or that, as of such date of enactment, is 
     deemed to be licensed under this section pursuant to section 
     7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation 
     Act of 2009;
       ``(II) the date of licensure of the marketing application 
     and the application number; and
       ``(III) with respect to each biological product described 
     in subclause (I), the licensure status, and, as available, 
     the marketing status.

       ``(ii) Revisions.--Every 30 days after the publication of 
     the first list under clause (i), the Secretary shall revise 
     the list to include each biological product which has been 
     licensed under subsection (a) or this subsection during the 
     30-day period or deemed licensed under this section pursuant 
     to section 7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price Competition and 
     Innovation Act of 2009.
       ``(iii) Patent information.--Not later than 30 days after a 
     list of patents under subsection (l)(3)(A), or a supplement 
     to such list under subsection (l)(7), has been provided by 
     the reference product sponsor to the subsection (k) applicant 
     respecting a biological product included on the list 
     published under this subparagraph, the reference product 
     sponsor shall provide such list of patents (or supplement 
     thereto) and their corresponding expiry dates to the 
     Secretary, and the Secretary shall, in revisions made under 
     clause (ii), include such information for such biological 
     product. Within 30 days of providing any subsequent or 
     supplemental list of patents to any subsequent subsection (k) 
     applicant under subsection (l)(3)(A) or (l)(7), the reference 
     product sponsor shall update the information provided to the 
     Secretary under this clause with any additional patents from 
     such subsequent or supplemental list and their corresponding 
     expiry dates.
       ``(iv) Listing of exclusivities.--For each biological 
     product included on the list published under this 
     subparagraph, the Secretary shall specify each exclusivity 
     period under paragraph (6) or paragraph (7) for which the 
     Secretary has determined such biological product to be 
     eligible and that has not concluded.
       ``(B) Revocation or suspension of license.--If the license 
     of a biological product is determined by the Secretary to 
     have been revoked or suspended for safety, purity, or potency 
     reasons, it may not be published in the list under 
     subparagraph (A). If such revocation or suspension occurred 
     after inclusion of such biological product in the list 
     published under subparagraph (A), the reference product 
     sponsor shall notify the Secretary that--
       ``(i) the biological product shall be immediately removed 
     from such list for the same period as the revocation or 
     suspension; and
       ``(ii) a notice of the removal shall be published in the 
     Federal Register.''.
       (b) Review and Report on Types of Information To Be 
     Listed.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall--
       (1) solicit public comment regarding the type of 
     information, if any, that should be added to or removed from 
     the list required by paragraph (9) of section 351(k) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)), as added by 
     subsection (a); and
       (2) transmit to Congress an evaluation of such comments, 
     including any recommendations about the types of information 
     that should be added to or removed from the list.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2700. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Cardin)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1310, to strengthen participation 
of elected national legislators in the activities of the Organization 
of American States and reaffirm United States support for Organization 
of American States human rights and anti-corruption initiatives, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Organization of American 
     States Legislative Engagement Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Charter of the Organization of American States 
     establishes that ``representative democracy is an 
     indispensable condition for the stability, peace and 
     development of the region''.
       (2) Article 2 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter of 
     the Organization of American States affirms that ``the 
     effective exercise of representative democracy is the basis 
     for the rule of law and of the constitutional regimes of the 
     member states of the Organization of American States''.
       (3) Article 26 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter 
     states that ``the OAS will continue to carry out programs and 
     activities designed to promote democratic principles and 
     practices and strengthen a democratic culture in the 
     Hemisphere''.
       (4) In accordance with the OAS Charter and the Inter-
     American Democratic Charter, the OAS General Assembly, OAS 
     Permanent Council, and OAS Secretariat have established a 
     wide range of cooperative agreements with domestic and 
     international organizations, including national legislative 
     institutions.
       (5) In 2004, OAS General Assembly Resolution 2044 (XXXIV-O/
     04) appealed for the ``strengthening of legislatures, as well 
     as inter-parliamentary cooperation on key items of the inter-
     American agenda, with a view, in particular, to generating 
     initiatives to fight corruption, poverty, inequality, and 
     social exclusion''.
       (6) In 2005, OAS General Assembly Resolution 2095 (XXXV-O/
     05) called on the OAS Secretariat to ``invite [. . .] the 
     presidents or speakers of the national legislative 
     institutions of the Americas, i.e., congresses, parliaments, 
     or national assemblies, [. . .] to attend a special meeting 
     of the Permanent Council [. . .] for the initiation of a 
     dialogue on topics on the hemispheric agenda''.
       (7) In 2014 and 2015, the OAS Secretariat expanded its 
     engagement with elected national

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     legislators from OAS member states by convening two meetings 
     of presidents of national legislatures, first in Lima, Peru 
     and subsequently in Santiago, Chile.
       (8) However, no permanent procedures exist to facilitate 
     the participation of elected national legislators from OAS 
     member states in OAS activities.
       (9) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in 
     Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly has proven successful at 
     strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation among its 
     member states.

     SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is that sense of Congress that--
       (1) elected national legislators play an essential role in 
     the exercise of representative democracy in the Americas, 
     including by--
       (A) promoting economic freedom and respect for property 
     rights;
       (B) promoting the rule of law and combating corruption;
       (C) defending human rights and fundamental freedoms; and
       (D) advancing the principles and practices expressed in the 
     Charter of the Organization of American States, the American 
     Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, and the Inter-
     American Democratic Charter;
       (2) establishing procedures and mechanisms to facilitate 
     the participation of elected national legislators from OAS 
     member states in OAS activities could contribute to the 
     promotion of democratic principles and practices and 
     strengthen a democratic culture in the Western Hemisphere;
       (3) increasing and strengthening the participation of 
     elected national legislators from OAS member states in OAS 
     activities could advance the principles and proposals 
     expressed in section 4 of the Organization of American States 
     Revitalization and Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-41; 127 
     Stat. 549);
       (4) the OAS General Assembly, OAS Permanent Council, and 
     OAS Secretariat should take steps to facilitate greater 
     participation of elected national legislators from OAS member 
     states in OAS activities;
       (5) the OAS Permanent Council resolutions titled 
     ``Guidelines for the Participation of Civil Society in OAS 
     Activities'' and ``Strategies for Increasing and 
     Strengthening Participation by Civil Society Organizations in 
     OAS Activities'' should serve as important references for 
     efforts to bolster the participation of elected national 
     legislators from OAS member states in OAS activities; and
       (6) the successful experience of the Organization for 
     Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly 
     should serve as a model to the OAS in creating a similar 
     mechanism.

     SEC. 4. STRENGTHENING PARTICIPATION OF ELECTED NATIONAL 
                   LEGISLATORS AT THE OAS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, acting through the 
     United States Mission to the Organization of American States, 
     should use the voice and vote of the United States to support 
     the creation of procedures for the Organization of American 
     States that--
       (1) enhance the participation of democratically elected 
     national legislators from OAS member state countries in OAS 
     activities that advance the principles of the Inter-American 
     Democratic Charter and the core values of the OAS consistent 
     with the principles and proposals expressed in section 4 of 
     the Organization of American States Revitalization and Reform 
     Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-41; 127 Stat. 549);
       (2) create an annual forum for democratically elected 
     national legislatures from OAS member states to discuss 
     issues of hemispheric importance, including regional efforts 
     to defend human rights and combat transnational criminal 
     activities, corruption, and impunity;
       (3) permit elected national legislators from OAS member 
     states to make presentations, contribute information, and 
     provide expert advice, as appropriate, to the OAS 
     Secretariat, OAS Permanent Council, and OAS General Assembly 
     about OAS activities on issues of hemispheric importance;
       (4) lead to the creation of a mechanism to regularly 
     facilitate the participation of elected national legislators 
     in OAS activities; and
       (5) reinforce OAS Secretariat programs that provide 
     technical assistance for the modernization and institutional 
     strengthening of national legislatures from OAS member 
     states.
       (b) Expenses.--The Secretary of State, acting through the 
     United States Mission to the Organization of American States, 
     as appropriate, shall seek to ensure that expenses related to 
     the procedures set forth in this Act do not increase member 
     quotas, assessed fees, or voluntary contributions and that 
     the Secretariat of the OAS shall seek to ensure shared 
     financial responsibilities among the member states in 
     facilitating the financial support necessary to carry out 
     this initiative.

     SEC. 5. SUPPORT FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION 
                   INITIATIVES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the efforts of the OAS Secretary General and 
     Secretariat to combat corruption and impunity in the Americas 
     represent important contributions to strengthening the rule 
     of law and democratic governance in the Americas; and
       (2) the United States should support efforts to ensure the 
     effectiveness and independence of OAS initiatives to combat 
     corruption and impunity in the Americas.
       (b) Anti-corruption and Human Rights Promotion Strategy.--
     Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     the Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a strategy 
     for supporting OAS anti-corruption and human rights promotion 
     efforts. The strategy should include--
       (1) an assessment of United States programs, activities, 
     and initiatives with the OAS to support anti-corruption and 
     human rights promotion in the Americas;
       (2) a summary of the steps taken by the United States 
     Mission to the OAS to strengthen anti-corruption and anti-
     impunity efforts in the Americas;
       (3) an assessment of necessary reforms and initiatives to 
     prioritize and reinforce the OAS Secretary General and 
     Secretariat's efforts to advance human rights and combat 
     corruption and impunity in the Americas;
       (4) a detailed plan to facilitate increased OAS 
     collaboration, as appropriate, with relevant stakeholders, 
     including elected national legislators and civil society, in 
     support of an approach to promote human rights and combat 
     transnational criminal activities, corruption, and impunity 
     in the Americas; and
       (5) a detailed plan for implementing the strategy set forth 
     in this section of the Act.

     SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives a report on OAS processes, initiatives, and 
     reforms undertaken to implement section 4, actions taken to 
     implement the strategy required under section 5(b), and steps 
     taken to implement the Organization of American States 
     Revitalization and Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-41). 
     The report should include--
       (1) an analysis of the progress made by the OAS to adopt 
     and effectively implement reforms and initiatives to advance 
     human rights and combat corruption and impunity in the 
     Americas; and
       (2) a detailed assessment of OAS efforts to increase 
     stakeholder engagement to advance human rights and combat 
     corruption and impunity in the Americas.
       (b) Briefings.--Not later than one year after the Secretary 
     of State submits the report required under subsection (a), 
     and annually thereafter for two additional years, the 
     Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives a briefing on the information 
     required to be included in such report.

     SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ELECTED NATIONAL LEGISLATOR.

       It is the sense of Congress that an elected national 
     legislator participating in the activities outlined in this 
     Act should be an individual that--
       (1) was elected as a result of periodic, free and fair 
     elections; and
       (2) is not known to be under investigation or convicted for 
     corruption or transnational criminal activities, including 
     trafficking of people, goods, or illicit narcotics, money-
     laundering, terrorist financing, acts of terrorism, campaign 
     finance violations, bribery, or extortion.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2701. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Hawley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 8900, making 
further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. ADDITIONAL RECOVERY REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of subtitle F 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 
     after section 6428 the following new section:

     ``SEC. 6428A. ADDITIONAL RECOVERY REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS.

       ``(a) In General.--In the case of an eligible individual, 
     there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by 
     subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2020 an 
     amount equal to the sum of--
       ``(1) $1,200 ($2,400 in the case of eligible individuals 
     filing a joint return), plus
       ``(2) an amount equal to the product of $500 multiplied by 
     the number of dependents (as defined in section 152) of the 
     taxpayer.
       ``(b) Treatment of Credit.--The credit allowed by 
     subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of 
     part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1.
       ``(c) Limitation Based on Adjusted Gross Income.--The 
     amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) (determined 
     without regard to this subsection and subsection (e)) shall 
     be reduced (but not below zero) by 5 percent of so much of 
     the taxpayer's adjusted gross income as exceeds--
       ``(1) $150,000 in the case of a joint return,
       ``(2) $112,500 in the case of a head of household, and
       ``(3) $75,000 in the case of a taxpayer not described in 
     paragraph (1) or (2).
       ``(d) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, 
     the term `eligible individual' means any individual other 
     than--
       ``(1) any nonresident alien individual,
       ``(2) any individual with respect to whom a deduction under 
     section 151 is allowable to

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     another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar 
     year in which the individual's taxable year begins, and
       ``(3) an estate or trust.
       ``(e) Coordination With Advance Refunds of Credit.--
       ``(1) In general.--The amount of credit which would (but 
     for this paragraph) be allowable under this section shall be 
     reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and 
     credits made or allowed to the taxpayer under subsection (f). 
     Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as 
     arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed 
     according to section 6213(b)(1).
       ``(2) Joint returns.--In the case of a refund or credit 
     made or allowed under subsection (f) with respect to a joint 
     return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as 
     having been made or allowed to each individual filing such 
     return.
       ``(f) Advance Refunds and Credits.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (5), each 
     individual who was an eligible individual for such 
     individual's first taxable year beginning in 2019 shall be 
     treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by 
     chapter 1 for such taxable year in an amount equal to the 
     advance refund amount for such taxable year.
       ``(2) Advance refund amount.--For purposes of paragraph 
     (1), the advance refund amount is the amount that would have 
     been allowed as a credit under this section for such taxable 
     year if this section (other than subsection (e) and this 
     subsection) had applied to such taxable year.
       ``(3) Timing and manner of payments.--
       ``(A) Timing.--The Secretary shall, subject to the 
     provisions of this title, refund or credit any overpayment 
     attributable to this section as rapidly as possible. No 
     refund or credit shall be made or allowed under this 
     subsection after December 31, 2021.
       ``(B) Delivery of payments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary may certify and disburse 
     refunds payable under this subsection electronically to any 
     account to which the payee authorized, on or after January 1, 
     2018, the delivery of a refund of taxes under this title or 
     of a Federal payment (as defined in section 3332 of title 31, 
     United States Code).
       ``(C) Waiver of certain rules.--Notwithstanding section 
     3325 of title 31, United States Code, or any other provision 
     of law, with respect to any payment of a refund under this 
     subsection, a disbursing official in the executive branch of 
     the United States Government may modify payment information 
     received from an officer or employee described in section 
     3325(a)(1)(B) of such title for the purpose of facilitating 
     the accurate and efficient delivery of such payment. Except 
     in cases of fraud or reckless neglect, no liability under 
     sections 3325, 3527, 3528, or 3529 of title 31, United States 
     Code, shall be imposed with respect to payments made under 
     this subparagraph.
       ``(4) No interest.--No interest shall be allowed on any 
     overpayment attributable to this section.
       ``(5) Alternate taxable year.--In the case of an individual 
     who, at the time of any determination made pursuant to 
     paragraph (3), has not filed a tax return for the year 
     described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may--
       ``(A) apply such paragraph by substituting `2018' for 
     `2019', and
       ``(B) if the individual has not filed a tax return for such 
     individual's first taxable year beginning in 2018, use 
     information with respect to such individual for calendar year 
     2019 provided in--
       ``(i) Form SSA-1099, Social Security Benefit Statement, or
       ``(ii) Form RRB-1099, Social Security Equivalent Benefit 
     Statement.
       ``(6) Payment to representative payees and fiduciaries.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of any individual for which 
     payment information is provided to the Secretary by the 
     Commissioner of Social Security, the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the payment by 
     the Secretary under paragraph (3) with respect to such 
     individual may be made to such individual's representative 
     payee or fiduciary and the entire payment shall be--
       ``(i) provided to the individual who is entitled to the 
     payment, or
       ``(ii) used only for the benefit of the individual who is 
     entitled to the payment.
       ``(B) Application of enforcement provisions.--
       ``(i) In the case of a payment described in subparagraph 
     (A) which is made with respect to a social security 
     beneficiary or a supplemental security income recipient, 
     section 1129(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320a-8(a)(3)) shall apply to such payment in the same manner 
     as such section applies to a payment under title II or XVI of 
     such Act.
       ``(ii) In the case of a payment described in subparagraph 
     (A) which is made with respect to a railroad retirement 
     beneficiary, section 13 of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 
     U.S.C. 231l) shall apply to such payment in the same manner 
     as such section applies to a payment under such Act.
       ``(iii) In the case of a payment described in subparagraph 
     (A) which is made with respect to a veterans beneficiary, 
     sections 5502, 6106, and 6108 of title 38, United States 
     Code, shall apply to such payment in the same manner as such 
     sections apply to a payment under such title.
       ``(7) Notice to taxpayer.--Not later than 15 days after the 
     date on which the Secretary distributed any payment to an 
     eligible taxpayer pursuant to this subsection, notice shall 
     be sent by mail to such taxpayer's last known address. Such 
     notice shall indicate the method by which such payment was 
     made, the amount of such payment, and a phone number for the 
     appropriate point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service 
     to report any failure to receive such payment.
       ``(g) Identification Number Requirement.--
       ``(1) In general.--No credit shall be allowed under 
     subsection (a) to an eligible individual who does not include 
     on the return of tax for the taxable year--
       ``(A) such individual's valid identification number,
       ``(B) in the case of a joint return, the valid 
     identification number of such individual's spouse, and
       ``(C) in the case of any dependent taken into account under 
     subsection (a)(2), the valid identification number of such 
     dependent.
       ``(2) Valid identification number.--
       ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 
     `valid identification number' means a social security number 
     (as such term is defined in section 24(h)(7)).
       ``(B) Adoption taxpayer identification number.--For 
     purposes of paragraph (1)(C), in the case of a dependent who 
     is adopted or placed for adoption, the term `valid 
     identification number' shall include the adoption taxpayer 
     identification number of such dependent.
       ``(3) Special rule for members of the armed forces.--
     Paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply in the case where at least 1 
     spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States 
     at any time during the taxable year and at least 1 spouse 
     satisfies paragraph (1)(A).
       ``(4) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Any 
     omission of a correct valid identification number required 
     under this subsection shall be treated as a mathematical or 
     clerical error for purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to 
     such omission.
       ``(h) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
     regulations or other guidance as may be necessary to carry 
     out the purposes of this section, including any such measures 
     as are deemed appropriate to avoid allowing multiple credits 
     or rebates to a taxpayer.''.
       (b) Administrative Amendments.--
       (1) Definition of deficiency.--Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and 
     6428'' and inserting ``6428, and 6428A''.
       (2) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Section 
     6213(g)(2)(L) of such Code is amended by striking ``or 6428'' 
     and inserting ``6428, or 6428A''.
       (c) Treatment of Possessions.--
       (1) Payments to possessions.--
       (A) Mirror code possession.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall pay to each possession of the United States which has a 
     mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to 
     that possession by reason of the amendments made by this 
     section. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury based on information provided by the government 
     of the respective possession.
       (B) Other possessions.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     pay to each possession of the United States which does not 
     have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate 
     benefits (if any) that would have been provided to residents 
     of such possession by reason of the amendments made by this 
     section if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in 
     such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply 
     unless the respective possession has a plan, which has been 
     approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such 
     possession will promptly distribute such payments to its 
     residents.
       (2) Coordination with credit allowed against united states 
     income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed against United 
     States income taxes under section 6428A of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) to any 
     person--
       (A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes imposed by 
     the possession by reason of the amendments made by this 
     section, or
       (B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan described in 
     paragraph (1)(B).
       (3) Definitions and special rules.--
       (A) Possession of the united states.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term ``possession of the United States'' 
     includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth 
     of the Northern Mariana Islands.
       (B) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term ``mirror code tax system'' means, with 
     respect to any possession of the United States, the income 
     tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of 
     the residents of such possession under such system is 
     determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United 
     States as if such possession were the United States.
       (C) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of 
     title 31, United States Code, the payments under this 
     subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund 
     due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) 
     of such section.
       (d) Exception From Reduction, Offset, Garnishment, etc..--
       (1) In general.--Any credit or refund allowed or made to 
     any individual by reason of section 6428A of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) or by reason 
     of subsection (c) of this section shall not be--

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       (A) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to section 3716 
     or 3720A of title 31, United States Code,
       (B) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to subsection 
     (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, or
       (C) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal taxes that 
     would otherwise be subject to levy or collection.
       (2) Assignment of benefits.--
       (A) In general.--Any applicable payment shall not be 
     subject to transfer, assignment, execution, levy, attachment, 
     garnishment, or other legal process, or the operation of any 
     bankruptcy or insolvency law, to the same extent as payments 
     described in section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 407) without regard to subsection (b) thereof.
       (B) Encoding of payments.--As soon as practicable after the 
     date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall encode applicable payments that are paid 
     electronically to any account--
       (i) with a unique identifier that is reasonably sufficient 
     to allow a financial institution to identify the payment as a 
     payment protected under subparagraph (A), and
       (ii) pursuant to the same specifications as required for a 
     benefit payment to which part 212 of title 31, Code of 
     Federal regulations applies.
       (C) Garnishment.--
       (i) Encoded payments.--Upon receipt of a garnishment order 
     that applies to an account that has received an applicable 
     payment that is encoded as provided in subparagraph (B), a 
     financial institution shall follow the requirements and 
     procedures set forth in part 212 of title 31, Code of Federal 
     Regulations. This paragraph shall not alter the status of 
     payments as tax refunds or other nonbenefit payments for 
     purpose of any reclamation rights of the Department of 
     Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service as per part 210 of 
     title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       (ii) Other payments.--If a financial institution receives a 
     garnishment order (other than an order that has been served 
     by the United States) that applies to an account into which 
     an applicable payment that has not been encoded as provided 
     in subparagraph (B) has been deposited on any date in the 
     prior 60 days (including any date before the date of the 
     enactment of this paragraph), the financial institution, upon 
     the request of the account holder or for purposes of 
     complying in good faith with a State order, State law, court 
     order, or interpretation by a State Attorney General relating 
     to garnishment order, may, but is not required to, treat the 
     amount of the payment as exempt under law from garnishment 
     without requiring the account holder to assert any right of 
     garnishment exemption or requiring the consent of the 
     judgment creditor.
       (iii) Liability.--A financial institution that complies in 
     good faith with clause (i) or that acts in good faith in 
     reliance on clause (ii) shall not be liable under any Federal 
     or State law, regulation, or court or other order to a 
     creditor that initiates an order for any protected amounts, 
     to an account holder for any frozen amounts or garnishment 
     order applied.
       (D) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph--
       (i) Account holder.--The term ``account holder'' means a 
     natural person against whom a garnishment order is issued and 
     whose name appears in a financial institution's records.
       (ii) Applicable payment.--The term ``applicable payment'' 
     means any payment of credit or refund by reason of section 
     6428A of such Code (as so added) or by reason of subsection 
     (c) of this section.
       (iii) Garnishment.--The term ``garnishment'' means 
     execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal 
     process.
       (iv) Garnishment order.--

       (I) In general.--The term ``garnishment order'' means a 
     writ, order, notice, summons, judgment, levy, or similar 
     written instruction issued by a court, a State or State 
     agency, or a municipality or municipal corporation, including 
     an order to freeze the assets in an account, to effect a 
     garnishment against a debtor.
       (II) Exception for child support.--The term ``garnishment 
     order'' shall not include any writ, order, notice, summons, 
     judgment, levy or other similar written instruction issued by 
     a State child support enforcement agency.

       (E) Exception for child support.--Nothing in this 
     subsection shall prevent or prejudice the enforcement of any 
     writ, order, notice, summons, judgment, levy or other similar 
     written instruction issued by a State child support 
     enforcement agency.
       (e) Public Awareness Campaign.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall conduct a public 
     awareness campaign, in coordination with the Commissioner of 
     Social Security and the heads of other relevant Federal 
     agencies, to provide information regarding the availability 
     of the credit and rebate allowed under section 6428A of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), 
     including information with respect to individuals who may not 
     have filed a tax return for taxable year 2018 or 2019.
       (f) Appropriations to Carry Out Rebates.--
       (1) In general.--Immediately upon the enactment of this 
     Act, the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2021:
       (A) Department of the treasury.--
       (i) For an additional amount for ``Department of the 
     Treasury--Bureau of the Fiscal Service--Salaries and 
     Expenses'', $78,650,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2022.
       (ii) For an additional amount for ``Department of the 
     Treasury--Internal Revenue Service--Taxpayer Services'', 
     $293,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022.
       (iii) For an additional amount for ``Department of the 
     Treasury--Internal Revenue Service--Operations Support'', 
     $170,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022.
       (iv) For an additional amount for ``Department of 
     Treasury--Internal Revenue Service--Enforcement'', 
     $37,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022.
     Amounts made available in appropriations under clauses (ii), 
     (iii), and (iv) of this subparagraph may be transferred 
     between such appropriations upon the advance notification of 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate. Such transfer authority is in 
     addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.
       (B) Social security administration.--For an additional 
     amount for ``Social Security Administration--Limitation on 
     Administrative Expenses'', $38,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2022.
       (2) Reports.--No later than 15 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a plan to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate detailing the expected use of the funds 
     provided by paragraph (1)(A). Beginning 90 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
     actual expenditure of funds provided by paragraph (1)(A) and 
     the expected expenditure of such funds in the subsequent 
     quarter.
       (g) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``6428A,'' after 
     ``6428,''.
       (2) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of 
     subtitle F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 6428 the 
     following:

``Sec. 6428A. Additional recovery Rebates for individuals.''.
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  SA 2702. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mr. Moran) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 633, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the 
Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal 
Directory Battalion, known as the ``Six Triple Eight''; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the `` `Six Triple Eight' 
     Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) On July 1, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed 
     into law legislation that established the Women's Army Corps 
     (referred to in this section as the ``WAC'') as a component 
     in the Army. The WAC was converted from the Women's Army 
     Auxiliary Corps (referred to in this section as the 
     ``WAAC''), which had been created in 1942 without official 
     military status. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod 
     Bethune, the founder of the National Council of Negro Women, 
     advocated for the admittance of African-American women into 
     the newly formed WAC to serve as officers and enlisted 
     personnel.
       (2) Dubbed ``10 percenters'', the recruitment of African-
     American women to the WAAC was limited to 10 percent of the 
     population of the WAAC to match the proportion of African-
     Americans in the national population. Despite an executive 
     order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 
     banning racial discrimination in civilian defense industries, 
     the Armed Forces remained segregated. Enlisted women served 
     in segregated units, participated in segregated training, 
     lived in separate quarters, ate at separate tables in mess 
     halls, and used segregated recreational facilities. Officers 
     received their officer candidate training in integrated units 
     but lived under segregated conditions. Specialist and 
     technical training schools were integrated in 1943. During 
     World War II, a total of 6,520 African-American women served 
     in the WAAC and the WAC.
       (3) After several units of White women were sent to serve 
     in the European Theater of Operations (referred to in this 
     section as the ``ETO'') during World War II, African-American 
     organizations advocated for the War Department to extend the 
     opportunity to serve overseas to African-American WAC units.
       (4) In November 1944, the War Department approved sending 
     African-American women to serve in Europe. A battalion of all 
     African-American women drawn from the WAC, the Army Service 
     Forces, and the Army Air Forces was created and designated as 
     the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (referred to in 
     this section as the ``6888th''), which was nicknamed the 
     ``Six Triple Eight''.
       (5) Army officials reported a shortage of qualified postal 
     officers within the ETO, which resulted in a backlog of 
     undelivered mail. As Allied forces drove across Europe,

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     the ever-changing locations of servicemembers hampered the 
     delivery of mail to those servicemembers. Because 7,000,000 
     individuals from the United States were serving in the ETO, 
     many of those individuals had identical names. As an example, 
     7,500 such individuals were named Robert Smith. One general 
     predicted that the backlog in Birmingham, England would take 
     6 months to process and the lack of reliable mail service was 
     hurting morale.
       (6) In March 1945, the 6888th arrived in Birmingham. Upon 
     their arrival, the 6888th found warehouses filled with 
     millions of pieces of mail intended for members of the Armed 
     Forces, United States Government personnel, and Red Cross 
     workers serving in the ETO.
       (7) The 6888th created effective processes and filing 
     systems to track individual servicemembers, organize 
     ``undeliverable'' mail, determine the intended recipient for 
     insufficiently addressed mail, and handle mail addressed to 
     servicemembers who had died. Adhering to their motto of ``No 
     mail, low morale'', the women processed an average of 65,000 
     pieces of mail per shift and cleared the 6-month backlog of 
     mail within 3 months.
       (8) The 6888th traveled to Rouen, France in May 1945 and 
     worked through a separate backlog of undelivered mail dating 
     back as far as 3 years.
       (9) At the completion of their mission, the entire unit 
     returned to the United States. The 6888th was discontinued on 
     March 9, 1946, at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
       (10) The accomplishments of the 6888th in Europe encouraged 
     the General Board, United States Forces, European Theater of 
     Operations to adopt the following premise in their study of 
     the WAC issued in December 1945: ``[T]he national security 
     program is the joint responsibility of all Americans 
     irrespective of color or sex'' and ``the continued use of 
     colored, along with white, female military personnel is 
     required in such strength as is proportionately appropriate 
     to the relative population distribution between colored and 
     white races''.
       (11) With the exception of smaller units of African-
     American nurses who served in Africa, Australia, and England, 
     the 6888th was the only African-American women's unit to 
     serve overseas during World War II.
       (12) The members of the ``Six Triple Eight'' received the 
     European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Women's 
     Army Corps Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal 
     for their service.

     SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

       (a) Award Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate 
     shall make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf 
     of Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design in 
     honor of the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory 
     Battalion (commonly known as the ``Six Triple Eight'') in 
     recognition of--
       (1) the pioneering military service of those women;
       (2) the devotion to duty of those women; and
       (3) the contributions made by those women to increase the 
     morale of all United States personnel stationed in the 
     European Theater of Operations during World War II.
       (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the award 
     described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury 
     (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall strike 
     the gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and 
     inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary.
       (c) Smithsonian Institution.--
       (1) In general.--After the award of the gold medal under 
     subsection (a), the medal shall be given to the Smithsonian 
     Institution, where the medal shall be available for display, 
     as appropriate, and made available for research.
       (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal 
     received under paragraph (1) available elsewhere, 
     particularly at--
       (A) appropriate locations associated with the 6888th 
     Central Postal Directory Battalion;
       (B) the Women in Military Service for America Memorial;
       (C) the United States Army Women's Museum;
       (D) the National World War II Museum and Memorial; and
       (E) any other location determined appropriate by the 
     Smithsonian Institution.

     SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

       Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the 
     Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the 
     gold medal struck under section 3 at a price sufficient to 
     cover the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, 
     dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.

     SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS.

       (a) National Medals.--Medals struck under this Act are 
     national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, 
     United States Code.
       (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 of 
     title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this 
     Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
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  SA 2703. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mrs. Gillibrand) proposed an amendment to 
the bill H.R. 1925, to designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York 
Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the 
``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System''; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MANHATTAN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK 
                   HARBOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS, NEW YORK.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin County, 
     Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and married John Corbin 
     in 1772.
       (2) Three years after the marriage, when John Corbin left 
     to fight in the Revolutionary War as an artilleryman, 
     Margaret Corbin accompanied him to war to support the 
     Revolutionary Army.
       (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolutionary Army by 
     caring for injured and sick soldiers as well as by cooking 
     and cleaning. During battle, she also helped her husband load 
     the cannon he was responsible for manning.
       (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was manning a cannon 
     during the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, New 
     York, when he was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her 
     husband's place, firing the cannon until she, too, was hit by 
     enemy fire and seriously wounded.
       (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Margaret Corbin 
     was assigned to the ``Invalid Regiment'' at West Point, New 
     York.
       (6) The Continental Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a 
     lifelong pension for her injuries, making her the first woman 
     to receive a pension from the United States by virtue of 
     military service for the United States.
       (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland Falls, New 
     York. She is honored nearby at West Point as a hero of the 
     Revolutionary War.
       (b) Designation.--The Manhattan Campus of the New York 
     Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs in New York, New York, shall after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act be known and designated as the 
     ``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor 
     Health Care System'' or the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin VA 
     Campus''.
       (c) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     Campus referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New 
     York Harbor Health Care System.

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