[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 121 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3616]
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  SA 5146. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4346, making appropriations for Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. OFFSET OF COSTS USING UNOBLIGATED FUNDS FROM THE 
                   AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 AND THE CARES 
                   ACT.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``total cost of 
     this Act'' means the sum, as determined by the Director of 
     OMB, of the amounts appropriated under any division of this 
     Act or an amendment made by any division of this Act and the 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated under any division of 
     this Act or an amendment made by any division of this Act.
       (b) Rescissions.--Effective on the date of enactment of 
     this Act, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis---
       (1) of the unobligated balances made available under the 
     American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2; 135 Stat. 
     4), the amount necessary to reduce the total amount of such 
     unobligated balances by an amount equal to the total cost of 
     this Act; and
       (2) if the unobligated balances described in paragraph (1) 
     are less than the total cost of this Act, of the unobligated 
     balances made available under the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136; 134 Stat. 281), the amount necessary to reduce the total 
     amount of such unobligated balances by an amount equal to the 
     difference between the amount rescinded under paragraph (1) 
     and the total cost of this Act.
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