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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EMERGENCY AID FOR RETURNING AMERICANS AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS ACT
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 4091.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 4091) to amend section 1113 of the Social
Security Act to provide authority for fiscal year 2020 for
increased payments for temporary assistance to United States
citizens returned from foreign countries, and for other
purposes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to proceeding to the
measure?
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered
read a third time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read
the third time.
Mr. McCONNELL. I know of no further debate on the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate on the bill, the
bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill
pass?
The bill (S. 4091) was passed, as follows
S. 4091
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Aid for Returning
Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
(a) In General.--Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1313(d)) is amended by striking ``fiscal years
2017 and 2018'' and all that follows through the period and
inserting ``fiscal year 2020, the total amount of such
assistance provided during such fiscal year shall not exceed
$10,000,000.''.
(b) Emergency Designation.--
(1) In general.--The amounts provided by the amendment made
by this section 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)).
(2) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, this section and
the amendment made by this section are designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con.
Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2018.
SEC. 3. LIMIT ON DIRECT CONTACT WITH REPATRIATED INDIVIDUALS
DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY PERIOD.
During the emergency period described in section
1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
5(g)(1)(B)), in providing temporary assistance under section
1113 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313), no employee of the
Administration for Children and Families of the Department of
Health and Human Services shall have direct, in-person
contact with an individual specified in section 1113(a)(1) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(a)(1)), except in the case of a
uniformed member of the Regular Corps or the Ready Reserve
Corps of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service
(as described in section 203 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 204)) in an active duty status who, as determined
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has--
(1) received appropriate training on infection prevention
and control; and
(2) access to appropriate personal protective equipment.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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