[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 1206. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Cotton, 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 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. 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, $150,000,000, 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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