A resolution requesting that the President transmit to the Senate not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the President relating to the amount of funding previously enacted under certain public laws and currently unspent.

III 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 88 Requesting that the President transmit to the Senate not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the President relating to the amount of funding pre- viously enacted under certain public laws and currently unspent. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 3, 2021 Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Ms. ERNST, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. HOEVEN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs RESOLUTION Requesting that the President transmit to the Senate not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the Presi- dent relating to the amount of funding previously enacted under certain public laws and currently unspent. Whereas the national debt of the United States is $27,900,000,000,000; Whereas this represents $223,441 in debt per taxpayer; Where Congress appropriated over $4,000,000,000,000 on a bipartisan basis to address COVID–19 during 2020; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:51 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR88.IS SR88 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 88 IS Whereas Congress passed additional COVID–19 relief legisla- tion as part of the bipartisan-bicameral omnibus COVID– 19 relief deal on December 21, 2020; Whereas the latest reports from the Congressional Budget Office indicate that a substantial portion of funds pre- viously allocated remain unspent; Whereas Congress needs reliable information on unspent funds before it should consider allocating additional dol- lars; Whereas, according to Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, the proposed American Rescue Plan allocates less than 10 percent of its total funding to directly com- bat COVID–19 needs; Whereas, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the level of spending in the proposed American Rescue Plan is at least 3 times the size of the output shortfall in our economy, which will lead to higher inflation; and Whereas, almost half of the American Rescue Plan would not be spent until fiscal year 2022 or later, with at least $140,000,000,000 not being spent until fiscal year 2024 or later: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit 1 to the Senate not later than 14 days after the date of 2 the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession 3 of the President relating to the amount of funding pre- 4 viously enacted and currently unspent provided under the 5 following laws: 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:51 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR88.IS SR88 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 88 IS (1) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Re- 1 sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 2 (Public Law 116–123). 3 (2) The Families First Coronavirus Response 4 Act (Public Law 116–127). 5 (3) The CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 6 (4) The Paycheck Protection Program and 7 Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116– 8 139). 9 (5) Division N (relating to additional 10 coronavirus response and relief) of the Consolidated 11 Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:51 Mar 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR88.IS SR88 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS