S.Amdt. 2584

SA 2584. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Young) 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:

TITLE __--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

payments to states for the child care and development block grant

For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for the
Child Care and Development Block Grant'', $15,000,000,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2021, to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
internationally, including for Federal administrative
expenses, which shall be used to supplement, not supplant
State, territory, and Tribal general revenue funds for child
care assistance for low-income families within the United
States (including territories) without regard to requirements
in subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 658E(c)(3) or section
658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act:
Provided, That funds provided under this heading in this Act
may be used to provide continued payments and assistance to
child care providers in the case of decreased enrollment or
closures related to coronavirus, and to assure they are able
to remain open or reopen as appropriate and applicable:
Provided further, That States, territories, and Tribes are
encouraged to place conditions on payments to child care
providers that ensure that child care providers use a portion
of funds received to continue to pay the salaries and wages
of staff:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall remind
States that CCDBG State plans do not need to be amended prior
to utilizing existing authorities in the CCDBG Act for the
purposes provided herein:  Provided further, That States,
territories, and Tribes are authorized to use funds
appropriated under this heading in this Act to provide child
care assistance to health care sector employees, emergency
responders, sanitation workers, and other workers deemed
essential during the response to coronavirus by public
officials, without regard to the income eligibility
requirements of section 658P(4) of such Act:  Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading in this
Act shall be available to eligible child care providers under
section 658P(6) of the CCDBG Act, even if such providers were
not receiving CCDBG assistance prior to the public health
emergency as a result of the coronavirus and any renewal of
such declaration pursuant to such section 319, for the
purposes of cleaning and sanitation, and other activities
necessary to maintain or resume the operation of programs:
Provided further, That payments made under this heading in
this Act may be obligated in this fiscal year or the
succeeding 2 fiscal years:  Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading in this Act may be made
available to restore amounts, either directly or through
reimbursement, for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare
for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
internationally, prior to the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That such amount is designated by 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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