[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 41 (Thursday, March 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 917. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 1319, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       In section 6002(a), strike ``$100,000,000,'' and all that 
     follows through ``(2) $50,000,000 shall be for'' and insert 
     the following: ``$50,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to address health outcome disparities from 
     pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic through''.
       In section 6002(b), strike ``Funds.--'' and all that 
     follows through ``(a)(2),'' and insert the following: 
     ``Funds.--Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection 
     (a),''.
       At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 7405. FUNDING FOR RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION.

        In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Federal Communications Commission for 
     fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to be used for rural broadband expansion in 
     school districts that offer 100 percent in-person learning by 
     not later than March 1, 2021.
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