[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 50. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DETERRING 
                   THE ELIMINATION OF THE TIP CREDIT UNDER THE 
                   FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 DURING A 
                   FEDERALLY DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
                   COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a 
     committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-
     as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, 
     amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or 
     conference reports relating to deterring the elimination of 
     the tip credit under section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards 
     Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)) during a federally declared 
     emergency with respect to COVID-19 by the amounts provided in 
     such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
       (b) Definition of Federally Declared Emergency With Respect 
     to COVID-19.--In this section, the term ``federally declared 
     emergency with respect to COVID-19'' means any of the 
     following:
       (1) The emergency involving Federal primary responsibility 
     determined to exist by the President under section 501(b) of 
     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)) with respect to the 
     Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
       (2) The national emergency declared by the President under 
     the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 
     respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
       (3) The public health emergency declared by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with 
     respect to COVID-19.
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