[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S524]
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  SA 712. Mr. GRASSLEY 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 REDUCING 
                   SOCIAL ISOLATION IN NURSING HOMES BY 
                   ENCOURAGING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE 
                   THAT NURSING HOME RESIDENTS CAN COMMUNICATE 
                   WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

       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 
     reducing social isolation in nursing facilities and skilled 
     nursing facilities which may include encouraging the use of 
     technologies to promote virtual visitation and to ensure that 
     nursing home residents can communicate with friends and 
     family members, 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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