[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6348. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. 
Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Murphy) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself 
and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. FAIRNESS FOR 9/11 FAMILIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 404(d)(4)(C) of the Justice for 
     United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 
     U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(iv) Authorization.--

       ``(I) In general.--The Special Master shall authorize lump 
     sum catch-up payments in amounts equal to the amounts 
     described in subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause (iii).
       ``(II) Appropriations.--

       ``(aa) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     and there are appropriated to the Fund such sums as are 
     necessary to carry out this clause, to remain available until 
     expended.
       ``(bb) Limitation.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to item 
     (aa) may not be used for a purpose other than to make lump 
     sum catch-up payments under this clause.''.
       (b) Emergency Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The amounts provided under the amendments 
     made by subsection (a) are designated as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-
     You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
       (2) Designation in the senate and the house.--The 
     amendments made by subsection (a) are designated as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of 
     section 4001 of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.
       (c) Rescission.--Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
     made available under the heading ``Small Business 
     Administration--Business Loans Program Account, CARES Act'', 
     for carrying out paragraphs (36) and (37) of section 7(a) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), $2,982,000,000 are 
     hereby rescinded.
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