[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 41 (Thursday, March 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1195-S1196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 919. 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 end of section 9013, insert the following:
       (c) Prohibiting the Payment of Federal Pandemic 
     Unemployment Compensation to Millionaires.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2104(b) of the CARES Act (15 
     U.S.C. 9023(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(5) Prohibition on compensation to millionaires.--
       ``(A) In general.--Federal Pandemic Unemployment 
     Compensation shall not be payable to any individual whose 
     adjusted gross income is equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
       ``(B) Compliance.--Any application for regular compensation 
     shall include a form or procedure for an individual applicant 
     to certify that such individual is not prohibited

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     from receiving Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) Audits.--The certifications required by subparagraph 
     (B) shall be auditable by the Department of Labor.''.
       (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in the amendment made by 
     paragraph (1) may be construed to apply to regular 
     compensation or extended compensation (as such terms are 
     defined by section 205 of the Federal-State Extended 
     Unemployment Compensation Act (26 U.S.C. 3304 note)) to which 
     an individual may be otherwise entitled.
       (3) Effective date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
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