S.Amdt. 919

SA 919. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer 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 section 9013, insert the following:
(c) Prohibiting the Payment of Federal Pandemic
Unemployment Compensation to Millionaires.--
(1) In general.--Section 2104(b) of the CARES Act (15
U.S.C. 9023(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(5) Prohibition on compensation to millionaires.--
``(A) In general.--Federal Pandemic Unemployment
Compensation shall not be payable to any individual whose
adjusted gross income is equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
``(B) Compliance.--Any application for regular compensation
shall include a form or procedure for an individual applicant
to certify that such individual is not prohibited

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from receiving Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
pursuant to subparagraph (A).
``(C) Audits.--The certifications required by subparagraph
(B) shall be auditable by the Department of Labor.''.
(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in the amendment made by
paragraph (1) may be construed to apply to regular
compensation or extended compensation (as such terms are
defined by section 205 of the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act (26 U.S.C. 3304 note)) to which
an individual may be otherwise entitled.
(3) Effective date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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