[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17378]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING 20 YEARS SINCE THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA

  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 363, S. Res. 
413.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 413) recognizing 20 years since the 
     genocide in Rwanda, and affirming it is in the national 
     interest of the United States to work in close coordination 
     with international partners to help prevent and mitigate acts 
     of genocide and mass atrocities.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Coons 
amendment to the resolution, which is at the desk, be agreed to and the 
Senate proceed to vote on the resolution, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3993) was agreed to, as follows:

(Purpose: To provide that nothing in the resolution shall be construed 
   as an authorization for the use of force or a declaration of war)

       On page 6, beginning on line 14, strike ``events; and'' and 
     all that follows through ``(8) supports'' on line 15 and 
     insert the following: ``events;
       (8) clarifies that nothing in this resolution shall be 
     construed as an authorization for the use of force or a 
     declaration of war; and
       (9) supports

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is 
on agreeing to the resolution, as amended.
  The resolution (S. Res. 413), as amended, was agreed to.
  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Coons 
amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble, as amended, be 
agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid 
upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3994) was agreed to, as follows:

                    (Purpose: To amend the preamble)

       Amend the twelfth whereas clause of the preamble to read as 
     follows:
       Whereas, in September 2005, the United States joined other 
     members of the United Nations in adopting United Nations 
     General Assembly Resolution 60/1, which affirmed that the 
     international community has a responsibility to use 
     appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means 
     to help protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic 
     cleansing, and crimes against humanity;

  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  (The resolution, as amended, with its preamble, as amended, will be 
printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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