[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 601 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                        August 1, 2017.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
601) entitled ``An Act to enhance the transparency and accelerate the 
impact of assistance provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
to promote quality basic education in developing countries, to better 
enable such countries to achieve universal access to quality basic 
education and improved learning outcomes, to eliminate duplication and 
waste, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

(1)On page 8, line 20, strike ``; and'' and insert ``;''

(2)On page 8, line 23, strike the period at the end and insert ``; 
and''.

(3)On page 8, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
                    ``(E) promote United States values, especially 
                respect for all persons and freedoms of religion, 
                speech, and the press.

(4)On page 12, line 14, strike ``; and'' and insert ``;''

(5)On page 12, strike line 17 and insert ``educational systems; and''.

(6)On page 12, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
                    ``(C) there is the greatest opportunity to reduce 
                childhood and adolescence exposure to or engagement in 
                violent extremism or extremist ideologies.''.

(7)On page 12, line 20, strike everything after ``Not'' to line 25 and 
insert the following:  later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a comprehensive United States strategy to be 
carried out during the following five fiscal years to promote quality 
basic education in partner countries by--

(8)On page 18, line 11, strike everything after ``Not'' to line 14 and 
insert the following:  later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal 
year during which the strategy developed pursuant to section 4(a) is 
carried out, the President shall--

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                H.R. 601

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