[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3962. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Young, and Mr. 
Markey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTT OF THE XXIV OLYMPIC WINTER 
                   GAMES AND THE XIII PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States--
       (1) to implement a diplomatic boycott of the XXIV Olympic 
     Winter Games and the XIII Paralympic Winter Games in the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (2) to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party's 
     ongoing human rights abuses, including the Uyghur genocide.
       (b) Funding Prohibition.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of State may not obligate or expend any 
     Federal funds to support or facilitate the attendance of the 
     XXIV Olympic Winter Games or the XIII Paralympic Winter Games 
     by any employee of the United States Government.
       (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
     obligation or expenditure of Federal funds necessary--
       (A) to support--
       (i) the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee;
       (ii) the national governing bodies of amateur sports; or
       (iii) athletes, employees, or contractors of the Olympic 
     and Paralympic Committee or such national governing bodies; 
     or
       (B) to provide consular services or security to, or 
     otherwise protect the health, safety, and welfare of, United 
     States persons, employees, contractors, and their families.
       (3) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     applicability of paragraph (1) in a circumstance in which the 
     Secretary determines a waiver is the national interest.
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