[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5877]
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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hereby rescinded.
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