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“Text of Senate Amendment 6337” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S5833-S5834 on Sept. 29.
The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
SA 6337. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. __. UPDATE IN ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY
INCOME PROGRAM.
(a) Update in Resource Limit for Individuals and Couples.-- Section 1611(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(a)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$2,250'' and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting ``$20,000 in calendar year 2022, and shall be increased as described in section 1617(d) for each subsequent calendar year.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$1,500'' and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting ``$10,000 in calendar year 2022, and shall be increased as described in section 1617(d) for each subsequent calendar year.''.
(b) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 1617 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382f) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ``; inflation adjustment'' after ``benefits''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) In the case of any calendar year after 2022, each of the amounts specified in section 1611(a)(3) shall be increased by multiplying each such amount by the quotient
(not less than 1) obtained by dividing--
``(1) the average of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) for the 12-month period ending with September of the preceding calendar year, by
``(2) such average for the 12-month period ending with September 2021.''.
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