S.Amdt. 1291

SA 1291. Mr. ROUNDS 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:

At the end of title XI, add the following:

SEC. 1100_. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.

It is the sense of Congress that the negative economic
impacts of COVID-19 include causing an economic disadvantage
for Tribal communities, including endemic poverty,
unemployment, overcrowded housing, poor health care, and poor
infrastructure, that results in--
(1) preexisting conditions that cause more frequent
hospitalizations and serious illnesses and higher rates of
mortality among Native COVID-19 patients; and
(2) systemic disparities in Tribal health care.
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