[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S364]
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  SA 266. 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 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT ARE 
                   LOCATED IN 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 TO THE HIGHER 
                   EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND.

       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 institutions of higher education that are 
     located in 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 to the Higher 
     Education Emergency Relief Fund 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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