[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S557-S558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 889. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment 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; as 
follows:

        At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   ESTABLISHING A FUND TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO FOOD 
                   SERVICE AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS AFFECTED BY 
                   THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

       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 
     establishing a fund to provide grants to food service and 
     drinking establishments affected by the COVID-19 pandemic 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING TAX INCREASES ON SMALL BUSINESSES 
                   DURING A PANDEMIC.

       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 
     changes in Federal tax laws, which may include preventing tax 
     increases on small businesses during any period in which a 
     national emergency has been declared with respect to a 
     pandemic, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 
                   AUTHORITY OF STATES AND OTHER TAXING 
                   JURISDICTIONS TO TAX CERTAIN INCOME OF 
                   EMPLOYEES WORKING IN OTHER STATES OR TAXING 
                   JURISDICTIONS.

       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 the 
     authority of States or other taxing jurisdictions to tax 
     certain income of employees for employment duties performed 
     in other States or taxing jurisdictions 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PREVENTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW ILLEGAL 
                   IMMIGRANTS TO RECEIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT PAYMENTS 
                   OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR DIRECT, TAX-BASED, 
                   TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

       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 
     changes in Federal tax laws, which may include provisions 
     limiting or preventing illegal immigrants from receiving 
     Economic Impact Payments or other similar direct, tax-based 
     temporary financial assistance, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO TARGETING 
                   ECONOMIC IMPACT PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS WHO ARE 
                   SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19.

       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 
     targeting economic impact payments to Americans who are 
     suffering from the effects of COVID-19, including provisions 
     to ensure upper-income taxpayers are not eligible, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO COVID-19 
                   VACCINE ADMINISTRATION AND A PUBLIC AWARENESS 
                   CAMPAIGN.

       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 
     strengthening and improving the process of distributing 
     COVID-19 vaccines to States, which may include supporting 
     States in implementing a transparent and consistent vaccine 
     administration program and bolstering States' public 
     awareness campaigns to increase awareness and knowledge of 
     the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines 
     (particularly among vulnerable communities, including ethnic 
     minority populations), 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   SUPPORTING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 
                   STATES WITH LOST REVENUE DUE TO THE FEDERAL 
                   MORATORIUM ON OIL AND NATURAL GAS LEASING ON 
                   PUBLIC LANDS AND OFFSHORE WATERS.

       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 
     supporting elementary and secondary schools in States with 
     lost revenue due to the Federal moratorium on oil and natural 
     gas leasing on public lands and offshore waters 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   STRENGTHENING THE PROVIDER 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 
     strengthening the Provider Relief Fund, which may include 
     additional support for rural hospitals in order to preserve 
     jobs and access to specialty services, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING 
                   SERVICES AND INTERVENTIONS RELATING TO SEXUAL 
                   ASSAULT, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
                   DATING VIOLENCE, AND CHILD ABUSE.

       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

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     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 improving services and interventions for victims 
     relating to sexual assault, family violence, domestic 
     violence, dating violence, and child abuse, which may include 
     funding for programs and grants authorized by the Violence 
     Against Women Act and the Victims of Child Abuse Act, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROHIBITING THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
                   FROM PROMULGATING RULES OR GUIDANCE THAT BANS 
                   FRACKING IN THE UNITED STATES.

       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 the 
     National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and environmental 
     laws and policies, which may include limiting or prohibiting 
     the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 
     proposing, finalizing, or implementing a rule or guidance 
     that bans fracking in the United States 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   SUPPORTING HOSPITALITY, CONVENTIONS, TRADE 
                   SHOWS, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM, AND TRAVEL AND 
                   THEIR WORKERS.

       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 
     supporting struggling Americans in relation to their 
     employment in hospitality, including those in the convention, 
     trade show, entertainment, tourism, and travel industries, 
     which may include legislation that provides relief and 
     recovery incentives, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   MAINTAINING THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN 
                   JERUSALEM, ISRAEL.

       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 the 
     United States Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel, maintaining its 
     current location in Jerusalem and level of operations, which 
     may include current funding levels and security, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   INCREASING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE DURING A 
                   GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

       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 
     increasing the Federal minimum wage during a global pandemic, 
     which may include prohibiting the rate from more than 
     doubling to $15 per hour, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO THE 
                   IMPROVEMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED 
                   STATES AND CANADA.

       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 
     improving relations between the United States and Canada, 
     increasing energy trade between the two nations, and reducing 
     transportation emissions through the approval of the 
     importation of oil from Canada to the United States through 
     the Keystone XL Pipeline 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FUNDING 
                   THE POLICE.

       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 
     funding the Nation's police through programs that are in 
     within the jurisdiction of any committee of the Senate 
     instructed under section 2002, which may include funding for 
     law enforcement officer safety programs and fusion centers to 
     protect the United States from domestic and international 
     terrorists administered by the Department of Homeland 
     Security, mental and behavioral health intervention programs 
     administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
     programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     to increase the hiring of military veterans as law 
     enforcement officers, gang and youth violence education 
     programs administered by the Department of Health and Human 
     Services, and the Department of Education, 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER POLICIES.

       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 
     Federal environmental and water policies, which may include 
     ensuring the effective and efficient implementation of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), 
     preserving consistency and certainty in defining water 
     features within, and exclusions from, Federal jurisdiction 
     under that Act, or limiting or prohibiting efforts to 
     withdraw, revoke, or amend the final rule of the Corps of 
     Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled 
     ``The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of `Waters 
     of the United States' '' (85 Fed. Reg. 22250 (April 21, 
     2020)), 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.

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL 
                   RELIEF FUNDS FOR STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

       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 
     adjustments to Federal relief funds for State or local 
     governments within the jurisdiction of the instructed 
     committees, which may include limitations on new or existing 
     Federal COVID-19 relief payments to a State or locality that 
     imposes greater limits on the content of speech, or 
     restrictions on the religious exercise or belief, of houses 
     of worship and faith-based organizations described in section 
     501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
     from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, than on 
     secular organizations described in that section 501(c)(3) and 
     exempt under that section 501(a), 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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