[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 43 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1129]
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  SA 4995. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2471, to 
measure the progress of post-disaster recovery and efforts to address 
corruption, governance, rule of law, and media freedoms in Haiti; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REQUIRING STATES, TERRITORIES, AND LOCALITIES TO USE 
                   COVID RELIEF FUNDS IN A TIMELY MANNER; LIFTING 
                   RESTRICTIONS ON STATE TAX LAWS.

       (a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 602--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``December 31, 2024'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2022''; and
       (B) in subsection (c)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A)--

       (I) by striking ``Subject to paragraph (2), and except as 
     provided in paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``Except as 
     provided in paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
       (II) by striking ``December 31, 2024'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2022''; and

       (ii) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs 
     (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
       (C) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ``, including, in 
     the case of a State or a territory, all modifications to the 
     State's or territory's tax revenue sources during the covered 
     period'';
       (D) in subsection (e), by striking ``, provided that, in 
     the case of a violation of subsection (c)(2)(A)'' and all 
     that follows through ``section 603(c)(4)''; and
       (E) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (1) and 
     redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (1) 
     through (6), respectively; and
       (2) in section 603--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``December 31, 2024'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2022''; and
       (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``December 31, 2024'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2022''.
       (b) Use of Unexpended COVID Relief Funds for Deficit 
     Reduction.--Any funds provided to a State, territory, Tribal 
     government, metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local 
     government, or county under section 602 or 603 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 802, 803) that are unexpended on 
     January 1, 2023, shall revert to the Treasury and be 
     deposited in the general fund of the Treasury for the sole 
     purpose of deficit reduction.
       (c) Technical Amendments.--Section 603(c)(3) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 803(c)(3)) and paragraph (2) of 
     section 602(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 802(c)) (as 
     redesignated by subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii)) are each amended by 
     striking ``paragraph (17) of''.
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