S.Amdt. 2541

SA 2541. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 178, to condemn gross human rights violations of
ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary
detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and
outside China; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

TITLE __--

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

public health and social services emergency fund

(including transfer of funds)

For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social
Services Emergency Fund'', $25,000,000,000, to remain
available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and
respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally,
which shall be for necessary expenses to reimburse, through
grants or other mechanisms, eligible health care providers
for health care related expenses or lost revenues that are
attributable to coronavirus:  Provided, That these funds may
not be used to reimburse expenses or losses that have been
reimbursed from other sources or that other sources are
obligated to reimburse:  Provided further, That recipients of
payments under this paragraph shall submit reports and
maintain documentation as the Secretary determines are needed
to ensure compliance with conditions that are imposed by this
paragraph for such payments, and such reports and
documentation shall be in such form, with such content, and
in such time as the Secretary may prescribe for such purpose:
Provided further, That ``eligible health care providers''
means public entities, Medicare or Medicaid enrolled
suppliers and providers, and such for-profit entities and
not-for-profit entities not otherwise described in this
proviso as the Secretary may specify, within the United
States (including territories), that provide diagnoses,
testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual
cases of COVID-19:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall, on a rolling basis, review
applications and make payments under this paragraph in this
Act:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
paragraph in this Act shall be available for building or
construction of temporary structures, leasing of properties,
medical supplies and equipment including personal protective
equipment and testing supplies, increased workforce and
trainings, emergency operation centers, retrofitting
facilities, and surge capacity:  Provided further, That, in
this paragraph, the term ``payment'' means a pre-payment,
prospective payment, or retrospective payment, as determined
appropriate by the Secretary:  Provided further, That
payments under this paragraph shall be made in consideration
of the most efficient payment systems practicable to provide
emergency payment:  Provided further, That to be eligible for
a payment under this paragraph, an eligible health care
provider shall submit to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services an application that includes a statement justifying
the need of the provider for the payment and the eligible
health care provider shall have a valid tax identification
number:  Provided further, That, not later than 3 years after
final payments are made under this paragraph, the Office of
Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human
Services shall transmit a final report on audit findings with
respect to this program to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided
further, That nothing in this section limits the authority of
the Inspector General or the Comptroller General to conduct
audits of interim payments at an earlier date:  Provided
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall provide a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
on obligation of funds, including obligations to such
eligible health care providers summarized by State of the
payment receipt:  Provided further, That such reports shall
be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days
until funds are expended:  Provided further, That such amount
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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