[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1976. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        On page 712, strike lines 12 through 17 and insert the 
     following:
       (4) the United States Government and other governments 
     around the world must actively oppose racism and intolerance, 
     and use all available and appropriate tools to combat the 
     spread of anti-Asian racism and discrimination;
       (5) the United States Government should not restrict the 
     career opportunities of its employees on the basis of race, 
     color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age; 
     and
       (6) the Department of State should expand the appeals 
     process it makes available to employees related to assignment 
     restrictions and preclusions.
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