S.Amdt. 2546Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)
S.Amdt. 2546
Sponsored by
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
Submitted August 4, 2020
Legislative Activity
Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action
Floor
Latest Action
Senate amendment submitted
August 4, 2020
Text
Submitted
SA 2546. Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Blunt) 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: 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. ______