[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 183 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8727-S8728]
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SA 2931. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Lankford) proposed an amendment to
the resolution S. Res. 310, condemning the ongoing sexual violence
against women and children from Yezidi, Christian, Shabak, Turkmen, and
other religious communities by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
militants and urging the prosecution of the perpetrators and those
complicit in these crimes; as follows:
On page 3, line 4, insert ``by Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria militants'' before the semicolon at the end.
On page 3, line 10, strike ``and''.
On page 4, line 2, strike the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''.
On page 4, after line 2, add the following:
(4) defines ``complicit'', for purposes of this resolution,
as having knowingly and willingly taken actions which have
directly supported, promoted, enabled, aided, abetted, or
encouraged crimes involving sexual violence against women and
children from Yezidi, Christian, Shabak, Turkmen, or other
religious communities by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
militants, including actively working to deny, cover up, or
alter evidence of such crimes.
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