[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1341-S1342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1204. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. 
Lankford) 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

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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:
        Strike section 4001 and insert the following:

     SEC. 4001. EMERGENCY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND.

       (a) Establishment; Appropriation.--There is established in 
     the Treasury the Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund (in 
     this section referred to as the ``Fund''), to be administered 
     by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, for 
     the purposes set forth in subsection (b). In addition to 
     amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $100,000,000, which shall be deposited into the 
     Fund and remain available through September 30, 2021. The 
     Fund is available for reasonable expenses incurred by the 
     Office of Personnel Management in administering this section.
       (b) Purpose.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available for 
     reimbursement to an agency for the use of paid leave under 
     this section by any employee of the agency who is unable to 
     work because the employee--
       (1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or 
     isolation order related to COVID-19;
       (2) has been advised by a health care provider to self-
     quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19;
       (3) is caring for an individual who is subject to such an 
     order or has been so advised;
       (4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a 
     medical diagnosis; or
       (5) is obtaining immunization related to COVID-19 or to 
     recover from any injury, disability, illness, or condition 
     related to such immunization, but only if determined to be 
     medically necessary by a qualified health care provider.
       (c) Limitations.--
       (1) Period of availability.--Paid leave under this section 
     may only be provided to and used by an employee during the 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
     ending on September 30, 2021.
       (2) Total hours; amount.--Paid leave under this section--
       (A) shall be provided to an employee in an amount not to 
     exceed 64 hours of paid leave for each full-time employee, 
     and in the case of a part-time employee, employee on an 
     uncommon tour of duty, or employee with a seasonal work 
     schedule, in an amount not to exceed the proportional 
     equivalent of 64 hours to the extent amounts in the Fund 
     remain available for reimbursement;
       (B) shall be paid at the same hourly rate as other leave 
     payments; and
       (C) may not be provided to an employee if the leave would 
     result in payments greater than $2,800 in aggregate for any 
     biweekly pay period for a full-time employee, or a 
     proportionally equivalent biweekly limit for a part-time 
     employee.
       (3) Relationship to other leave.--Paid leave under this 
     section--
       (A) is in addition to any other leave provided to an 
     employee; and
       (B) may not be used by an employee concurrently with any 
     other paid leave.
       (4) Calculation of retirement benefit.--Any paid leave 
     provided to an employee under this section shall reduce the 
     total service used to calculate any Federal civilian 
     retirement benefit.
       (d) Employee Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``employee'' means--
       (1) an individual in the executive branch for whom annual 
     and sick leave is provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 
     of title 5, United States Code;
       (2) an individual employed by the United States Postal 
     Service;
       (3) an individual employed by the Postal Regulatory 
     Commission; and
       (4) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the 
     District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Courts.

     SEC. 4001A. FUNDING FOR COVID-19 RELATED EXPENSES FOR 
                   RESIDENTS AND STAFF OF NURSING HOME FACILITIES.

       In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for 
     fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2022, to carry out the purposes of the 
     Disaster Relief Fund for costs associated with vaccinating, 
     screening, testing, providing personal protective equipment 
     for, and meeting other COVID-19-related expenses with respect 
     to the residents and staff of long-term care facilities, 
     nursing facilities, independent living, assisted living, 
     memory care, and continuing care retirement communities, 
     personal care homes, adult care homes, and residential care 
     facilities for the elderly with 15 or more residential units.
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