[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1015. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and 
Mr. Reed) to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 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 end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1285. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF IMPACT OF 
                   MARINE DEBRIS IN TRADE AGREEMENTS.

       Recognizing that the Senate unanimously agreed to S. 756, 
     an Act to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to 
     promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for 
     other purposes (commonly referred to as the ``Save Our Seas 
     Act of 2017'') on August 3, 2017, Congress encourages the 
     United States Trade Representative to consider the impact of 
     marine debris, particularly plastic waste, in relevant trade 
     agreements entered into or negotiated after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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