[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8251]
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  SA 4670. Mr. BARRASSO 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. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN 
                   RIGHTS COUNCIL THAT COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

       The President shall direct the Permanent Representative of 
     the United States to the United Nations to use the voice, 
     vote, and influence of the United States--
       (1) to reform the process for removing members of the 
     United Nations Human Rights Council that commit gross and 
     systemic violations of human rights, including--
       (A) lowering the threshold vote at the United Nations 
     General Assembly for removal to a simple majority;
       (B) ensuring that information detailing the member 
     country's human rights record is publicly available before 
     the vote on removal; and
       (C) making the vote of each country on the removal from the 
     United Nations Human Rights Council publicly available;
       (2) to reform the rules on electing members to the United 
     Nations Human Rights Council to ensure that United Nations 
     members which have committed gross and systemic violations of 
     human rights are not elected to the Human Rights Council; and
       (3) to oppose the election to the Human Rights Council of 
     any United Nations member--
       (A) that is currently designated as--
       (i) a country engaged in a consistent pattern of gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights 
     pursuant to section 116 or section 502B of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304);
       (ii) a state sponsor of terrorism; or
       (iii) a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.);
       (B) the government of which is identified on the list 
     published by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 
     404(b) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 
     U.S.C. 2370c-1(b)) as a government that recruits and uses 
     child soldiers; or
       (C) the government of which the United States determines to 
     have committed genocide or crimes against humanity.
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