[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 131 (Thursday, August 1, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5317-S5318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 935. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 1340, to authorize activities to combat the Ebola 
outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 7, beginning on line 12, strike ``Notwithstanding 
     section 110'' and all that follows through ``2018'' on line 
     20 and insert the following: ``The Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development shall 
     provide assistance, including multi-sectoral, non-
     humanitarian, and non-trade related foreign assistance, to 
     the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and 
     Burundi to effectively combat the Ebola outbreak that began 
     in August 20 2018, following certification from the Secretary 
     of State pursuant to section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101) that each such 
     country receiving assistance meets the minimum standards for 
     the elimination of trafficking or is making significant 
     efforts to bring itself into compliance with such 
     standards''.
       On page 8, after line 13, add the following:
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     constructed as preventing humanitarian assistance from being

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     provided to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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