[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7896-S7897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4378. Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Romney) 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. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SELECTION OF HOST CITIES FOR 
                   THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the International Olympic Committee should not consider 
     a proposal to host the Olympic Games from a country that is 
     engaging in genocide, crimes against humanity, or serious 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights; and
       (2) if, after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     International Olympic Committee awards the honor of hosting 
     the Olympic Games to a country that subsequently engages in 
     genocide, crimes against humanity, or serious violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights, the

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     International Olympic Committee should meet and reassign such 
     honor to another country.
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