[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5432]
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  SA 3113. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1291. PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT THE UNITED 
                   NATIONS AND OTHER MULTILATERAL BODIES.

       The Secretary of State and the United States Permanent 
     Representative to the United Nations shall use the voice, 
     vote, and influence of the United States at the United 
     Nations and other multilateral bodies--
       (1) to oppose efforts by the PRC and other authoritarian 
     actors to prevent the full participation of civil society 
     actors, including human rights defenders, and block the 
     accreditation of non-governmental organizations at the United 
     Nations and other multilateral bodies;
       (2) to ensure that the United Nations bolsters the 
     protection and safe participation of civil society actors who 
     are subject to transnational repression, state-sponsored 
     harassment, and reprisals by the PRC and other governments;
       (3) to increase monitoring and reporting to identify and 
     track reprisals against human rights defenders, who engage 
     with the United Nations and other multilateral bodies;
       (4) to oppose efforts by the PRC and other authoritarian 
     actors to sponsor the participation of government-organized 
     nongovernmental organizations in the Committee on Non-
     Governmental Organizations of United Nations Economic and 
     Social Council, which organizations are used as instruments 
     of the state, including to repress participation and debate 
     by legitimate civil society actors;
       (5) to support the use of targeted sanctions, censure of 
     member states, and all diplomatic tools, including working 
     with other foreign governments, available to hold accountable 
     persons that engage in reprisals against human rights 
     defenders; and
       (6) to oppose efforts by the PRC to reduce funding for 
     human rights monitoring and civilian protection posts within 
     Security Council approved United Nations peacekeeping 
     missions.
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