[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S364]
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  SA 263. Mr. TUBERVILLE 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 ENSURING 
                   THAT STATES WITH A FISCAL YEAR 2021 NONURBAN 
                   AREA MEDICARE WAGE INDEX OF 0.805 OR BELOW 
                   SHALL RECEIVE, AT A MINIMUM, 30 PERCENT OF ALL 
                   FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

       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 
     ensuring that States with a fiscal year 2021 nonurban area 
     Medicare wage index of 0.805 or below shall receive, at a 
     minimum, 30 percent of all funds appropriated for small 
     business grants 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.
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