S.Amdt. 2603

SA 2603. Mr. LEE 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:

Beginning on page 2, strike line 13 and all that follows
through page 5, line 18, and insert the following:
``(3) Amount of federal pandemic unemployment
compensation.--
``(A) In general.--The amount specified in this paragraph
is the following amount with respect to an individual:
``(i) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the date on
which an agreement is entered into under this section and
ending on or before July 31, 2020, $600.
``(ii) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last
week under clause (i) and ending before December 31, 2020, an
amount equal to one of the following, as determined by the
State for all individuals:

``(I) The applicable flat option amount described in
subparagraph (D).
``(II) An amount (not to exceed the applicable cap amount
described in subparagraph (D)) equal to--

``(aa) two-thirds of the individual's average weekly wages;
minus
``(bb) the individual's base amount (determined prior to
any reductions or offsets).
``(B) Base amount.--For purposes of this paragraph, the
term `base amount' means, with respect to an individual, an
amount equal to--
``(i) for weeks of unemployment under the pandemic
unemployment assistance program under section 2102, the
amount determined under subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of
such section 2102, as applicable; or
``(ii) for all other weeks of unemployment, the amount
determined under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.
``(C) Average weekly wages.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), for purposes of
this paragraph, the term `average weekly wages' means, with
respect to an individual, the following:

``(I) If the State computes the individual weekly
unemployment compensation benefit amount based on an
individual's average weekly wages in a base period, an amount
equal to the individual's average weekly wages used in such
computation.
``(II) If the State computes the individual weekly
unemployment compensation benefit amount based on high
quarter wages or a formula using wages across some but not
all quarters in a base period, an amount equal to \1/13\ of
such high quarter wages or average wages of the applicable
quarters used in the computation for the individual.
``(III) If the State uses computations other than the
computations under subclause (I) or (II) for the individual
weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount, or for
computations of the weekly benefit amount under the pandemic
unemployment assistance program under section 2102, as
described in subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) or (d)(2) of such
section 2102, for which subclause (I) or (II) do not apply,
an amount equal to \1/52\ of the sum of all base period
wages.

``(ii) Special rule.--If more than one of the methods of
computation under subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause
(i) are applicable to a State, then such term shall mean the
amount determined under the applicable subclause of clause
(i) that results in the highest amount of average weekly
wages.
``(D) Applicable flat option and cap amount.--The
applicable flat option amount and the applicable cap amount
described in this subparagraph is as follows:
``(i) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last
week under subparagraph (A)(i) and ending before August 31,
2020--

``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $200; and
``(II) the applicable cap amount is $500.

``(ii) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last
week under clause (i) and ending on or before September 30,
2020--

``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $150; and
``(II) the applicable cap amount is $400.

``(iii) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last
week under clause (ii) and ending on or before November 1,
2020--

``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $100; and
``(II) the applicable cap amount is $300.

``(iv) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last
week under clause (iii) and ending on or before November 30,
2020--

``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $50; and
``(II) the applicable cap amount is $200.

``(v) For weeks of unemployment beginning after the last
week under clause (iv) and ending on or before December 31,
2020--

``(I) the applicable flat option amount is $0; and
``(II) the applicable cap amount is $100.''.

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