[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 93 (Thursday, May 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3909]
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SA 2097. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Romney, and Mr.
Young) 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:
At the end of title III of division C, add the following:
SEC. 3314. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SELECTION OF HOST CITIES
FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the International Olympic Committee should never
entertain a proposal to host the Olympic Games from a nation
that engages in genocide, crimes against humanity, or serious
violations of internationally recognized human rights; and
(2) if the International Olympic Committee awards the honor
of hosting the Olympic Games to a nation after the date of
enactment of this Act and that nation subsequently engages in
genocide, crimes against humanity, or serious violations of
internationally recognized human rights, the International
Olympic Committee should meet and reassign the honor of
hosting the Olympic Games to another nation.
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