S.Amdt. 1016

SA 1016. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow,
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr.
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

Beginning on page 581, strike line 20 and all that follows
through page 582, line 15, and insert the following:
``(6) Timing.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (D), to the
extent practicable, with respect to each State and territory
allocated a payment under this subsection, the Secretary
shall make the payment required for the State or territory
not later than 60 days after the date on which the
certification required under subsection (d)(1) is provided to
the Secretary.
``(B) Tribal governments.--To the extent practicable, with
respect to each Tribal government for which an amount is
allocated under this subsection, the Secretary shall make the
payment required for the Tribal government not later than 60
days after the date of enactment of this section.
``(C) Initial payment to district of columbia.--The
Secretary shall pay the amount allocated under paragraph
(3)(B)(ii) to the District of Columbia not later than 15 days
after the date of enactment of this section.
``(D) Withholding of payment.--In the case of a State, the
Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of the amount otherwise
payable to the State under this section if, for the most
recent month for which data is available on the date of
enactment of this section, the unemployment rate for the
State is less than 7 percent, and shall only pay such
withheld amount to such State if the unemployment rate for
the State for any month during the period beginning on such
date and ending on December 31, 2024, is at least 7 percent.
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