[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 178 (Monday, October 19, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6050-S6051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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  UIGHUR INTERVENTION AND GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN UNIFIED RESPONSE ACT OF 
                                  2019

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the pending business.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       House message to the company S. 178, a bill to condemn 
     gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
     Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, 
     torture, and harassment of these communities inside and 
     outside China.

  Pending:

       McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
     Representatives to the bill, with McConnell amendment No. 
     2652, in the nature of a substitute.
       McConnell (for Tillis) amendment No. 2673 (to amendment No. 
     2652), to amend the Health Insurance Portability and 
     Accountability Act to prohibit pre-existing condition 
     exclusions. (By 47 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 199), Senate 
     failed to table the amendment.)


                      Amendment No. 2673 Withdrawn

  Mr. McCONNELL. I withdraw amendment No. 2673.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.
  The amendment is withdrawn.
  The amendment (No. 2673) was withdrawn.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I send a cloture motion to the desk 
for the motion to concur with amendment No. 2652.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before 
the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     concur in the House amendment to S. 178, a bill to condemn 
     gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
     Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, 
     torture, and harassment of these communities inside and 
     outside China, with a further amendment No. 2652.
         Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, Susan M. Collins, Lamar 
           Alexander, Thom Tillis, Todd Young, Pat Roberts, Chuck 
           Grassley, Deb Fischer, Rob Portman, Richard C. Shelby, 
           Michael B. Enzi, James E. Risch, Kevin Cramer, Lindsey 
           Graham, Roy Blunt, John Boozman


                Amendment No. 2680 to Amendment No. 2652

  (Purpose: To improve the small business programs.)
  Mr. McCONNELL. I have a second-degree amendment to the motion to 
concur with amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
  The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes amendment numbered 
2680 to Amendment No. 2652.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')

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