Reps. A. M. Morgan and Pace propose the following amendment (LC-3604.SA0018H):

Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 3 and inserting:

SECTION 3. From funds disbursed to the State in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, there is appropriated $586,633,226 of remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds to the Rural Infrastructure Authority ARPA Water and Sewer Infrastructure Account for the purposes described in Act 244 of 2022. Only existing grant applications, as of January 1, 2023, may be considered in determining disbursements. Of the $586,633,226 appropriated, $86,633,226 must be available for projects designated by the Secretary of Commerce as being significant to economic development. American Rescue Plan Act funds may not be disbursed to any company owned by a member of the General Assembly, or a family member or close acquaintance of a member of the General Assembly, however a member of the General Assembly, or family member or close acquaintance, may own public shares of a company offered to the general public.