S.Amdt. 4786

SA 4786. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Booker, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Murphy) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. APPROPRIATIONS FOR CATCH-UP PAYMENTS.

Section 404(d)(4)(C) of the Justice for United States
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C.
20144(d)(4)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(iv) Funding.--

``(I) Appropriations.--

``(aa) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
and there are appropriated to the Fund such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this subparagraph, to remain available
until expended.
``(bb) Emergency designation.--The amounts provided under
this subclause are designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act
of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
``(cc) Designation in the house and senate.--This subclause
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section
4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.

``(II) Limitation.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to
subclause (I) may not be used for a purpose other than to
make lump sum catch-up payments under this subparagraph.''.

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