[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1181. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. 
Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, 
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) 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:

       In section 2202(c), insert at the end the following: 
     ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in 
     making grants from allotments under this section the 
     Secretary shall ensure that the States with a fiscal year 
     2021 nonurban area Medicare wage index of 0.805 or below 
     receive, at a minimum, 30 percent of the amounts appropriated 
     to carry out this section.''.
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