S.Amdt. 2545

SA 2545. Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr.
McConnell 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:

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'', $250,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2022:  Provided, That the funds
appropriated under this paragraph shall be transferred to
``Health Resources and Services Administration--Bureau of
Health Workforce'', for supplements to existing payments
under subsections (a) and (h)(1) of section 340E of the PHS
Act, notwithstanding the cap imposed by subsection (h)(1) and
notwithstanding subsection (h)(6) of such section 340E, for
Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education, to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
internationally:  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.
______