[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 34 (Monday, February 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1221-S1222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2044. Mr. CORKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 390, to provide emergency relief for victims of 
genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Iraq and Syria, 
for accountability for perpetrators of these crimes, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 13, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       (6) Millions of Syrian refugees and internally displaced 
     persons will face enormous difficulties returning to their 
     homes in Syria unless President Bashar al-Assad is no longer 
     in power.
       On page 13, line 4, strike ``(6)'' and insert ``(7)''.
       On page 13, line 11, strike ``(7)'' and insert ``(8)''.
       On page 14, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
       (2) denounces the roles Iran and Russia have played in 
     perpetuating the conflict in Syria, and their involvement in 
     the commission of crimes against humanity;
       On page 14, line 8, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
       On page 14, line 10, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(4)''.
       On page 14, line 16, strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''.
       On page 14, lines 20 and 21, strike ``and'' and all that 
     follows through ``(5)'', and insert the following:
       (6) affirms--
       (A) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's statement on October 
     26, 2017, that ``the United States wants a whole and unified 
     Syria with no role for Bashar al-Assad in the government''; 
     and

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       (B) former Secretary of State John Kerry's January 23, 2014 
     statement on Al Arabiya, that ``this should be about all of 
     the people in Syria and the future of Syria. And Assad right 
     now is the one person who stands in the way of peace and the 
     future of Syria''; and
       (7)
       On page 36, line 2, strike ``8'' and insert ``12''.
       On page 36, after line 25, add the following:
       (I) One member appointed by the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate.
       (J) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate.
       (K) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (L) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives.
       On page 37, lines 6 through 8, strike ``and the chair of 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives'' and insert ``the chair of the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Majority 
     Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives''.
       On page 37, lines 15 through 17, strike ``and the ranking 
     minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives'' and insert ``the ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the 
     Minority Leader of the House of Representatives''.
       On page 39, lines 12 through 14, strike ``and the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives'' and 
     insert ``the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
     Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of 
     Representatives''.
       On page 40, lines 19 and 20, strike ``and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives'' and insert 
     ``the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
     Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of 
     Representatives''.

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