S8006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 1, 2021 and inserting the following: ‘‘qualifying posi- ‘‘(C) A position— flict in Anglophone Cameroon; as fol- tion if the aggregate gross pay from those ‘‘(i) that is in another office (excluding the lows: positions does not exceed— Office of the Vice President and the Office of ‘‘(1) the maximum rate specified in section the Chaplain of the Senate); and Strike all after the resolving clause and in- 105(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appro- ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the sert the following: ‘‘That the Senate— priation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2)), as Secretary of the Senate out of an appropria- (1) strongly condemns abuses committed amended and modified; or tion under the heading ‘SALARIES, OFFICERS by state security forces and armed groups in ‘‘(2) in a case where 1 or more of the indi- AND EMPLOYEES’. the Northwest and Southwest regions of vidual’s qualifying positions are positions ‘‘(D) A position— Cameroon, including extrajudicial killings described in subsection (d)(2)(B), the max- ‘‘(i) that is filled pursuant to section 105 of and detentions, the use of force against civil- imum rate specified in section 105(e)(3) of the the Second Supplemental Appropriations ians and nonviolent protestors, torture, rape, Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 6311); and kidnappings, and other forms of violence U.S.C. 4575(e)(3)), as amended and modified.’’; ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the against women, and violations of the free- and Secretary of the Senate out of an appropria- doms of press, expression, and assembly; (3) by adding at the end the following: tion under the heading ‘MISCELLANEOUS (2) urges all parties to the Anglophone con- ‘‘(b)(1) For an individual serving in more ITEMS’.’’. flict in Cameroon, including political opposi- than 1 qualifying position under subsection (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments tion groups, to— (a), the cost of any travel for official busi- made by subsection (a) shall take effect be- (A) conclude and uphold an immediate ness shall be paid by the office authorizing ginning on the day that is 6 months after the ceasefire; the travel. date of enactment of this Act. (B) guarantee unfettered humanitarian ac- ‘‘(2) Messages for each electronic mail ac- count used in connection with carrying out f cess and assistance to the Northwest and the official duties of an individual serving in Southwest regions; AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND (C) exercise restraint and ensure that po- more than 1 qualifying position under sub- PROPOSED section (a) may be delivered to and sent from litical protests are peaceful; and a single handheld communications device SA 2735. Mr. BOOZMAN (for Mr. MENEN- (D) establish a credible process for an in- provided to the individual for purposes of of- DEZ) proposed an amendment to the resolu- clusive dialogue that includes all relevant ficial business. tion S. Res. 406, recognizing that for 50 years, stakeholders, including from civil society, to ‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of the Ethics in Gov- the Association of South East Asian Nations achieve a sustainable political solution that ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the rate (ASEAN) and its ten members, Brunei, Cam- respects the rights and freedoms of all of the of basic pay for an individual serving in more bodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, people of Cameroon; than 1 qualifying position under subsection the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and (3) affirms that the United States Govern- (a) shall be the total basic pay received by Vietnam, have worked with the United ment continues to hold the Government of the individual from all such positions. States toward stability, prosperity, and Cameroon responsible for safeguarding the ‘‘(B) For an individual serving in more peace in Southeast Asia, and expressing the safety, security, and constitutional rights of than one qualifying position under sub- sense of the Senate that the United States all citizens, regardless of their region of ori- section (a), for purposes of the rights and ob- will continue to remain a strong, reliable, gin or the regions in which they reside, or ligations described in, or described in the and active partner in the ASEAN region. their religious beliefs or political views; provisions applied under, title II of the Con- SA 2736. Mr. BOOZMAN (for Mr. RISCH) (4) urges the Government of Cameroon to— gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 proposed an amendment to the resolution S. (A) initiate a credible, inclusive, good-faith U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) related to practices used Res. 684, calling on the Government of Cam- effort to end the armed conflict in the North- at a time when the individual is serving in eroon and separatist armed groups from the west and Southwest regions of Cameroon by such a qualifying position with an employing English-speaking Northwest and Southwest addressing the root causes of the crisis and office, the rate of pay for the individual shall regions to end all violence, respect the grievances and seeking nonviolent solutions be the individual rate of pay received from to resolve the conflict, including possibly in- the employing office. human rights of all Cameroonians, and pur- sue a genuinely inclusive dialogue toward re- volving an independent mediator in negotia- ‘‘(c)(1) If the duties of a qualifying position tions; under subsection (a) include information solving the ongoing civil conflict in (B) follow through on initiatives developed technology services and support, an indi- Anglophone Cameroon. to address the grievances that sparked the vidual may only serve in the qualifying posi- SA 2737. Mr. BOOZMAN (for Mr. RISCH) conflict, including the National Commission tion and 1 or more additional qualifying po- proposed an amendment to the resolution S. for the Promotion of Bilingualism and sitions under such subsection if the indi- Res. 684, supra. Multiculturalism, the Ministry of Decen- vidual is in compliance with each informa- f tion technology standard and policy estab- tralization and Local Development, and the lished for Senate offices by the Office of the TEXT OF AMENDMENTS National Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Committee; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the SA 2735. Mr. BOOZMAN (for Mr. Senate. (C) fully implement recommendations of ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an MENENDEZ) proposed an amendment to the Major National Dialogue held in late employee serving in a qualifying position in the resolution S. Res. 406, recognizing 2019; the Office of the Secretary of the Senate or that for 50 years, the Association of (D) respect the rule of law and the con- the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door- South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) stitutional rights of all Cameroonians, in- keeper of the Senate may serve in an addi- and its ten members, Brunei, Cam- cluding members of the political opposition, tional qualifying position only if— bodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, civil society activists, and journalists; (E) allow for credible, independent, and ‘‘(A) the other qualifying position is with Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, the other Office; or transparent investigations of all allegations ‘‘(B) the Committee on Rules and Adminis- Thailand, and Vietnam, have worked of human rights abuses committed in the tration of the Senate has approved the ar- with the United States toward sta- Northwest and Southwest regions; rangement. bility, prosperity, and peace in South- (F) release all political prisoners and jour- ‘‘(d) In this section, the term ‘qualifying east Asia, and expressing the sense of nalists currently detained and immediately position’ means a position that— the Senate that the United States will stop all arbitrary detention, torture, forced ‘‘(1) is designated as a shared position for continue to remain a strong, reliable, disappearances, deaths in custody, and inhu- purposes of this section by the Senator or and active partner in the ASEAN re- mane prison conditions; and other head of the office in which the position (G) work with United States law enforce- is located; and gion; as follows: ment to thoroughly investigate and pros- ‘‘(2) is one of the following: In the second whereas clause of the pre- ecute those responsible for the murder of ‘‘(A) A position— amble, strike ‘‘70,000,000’’ and insert Charles Wesco; ‘‘(i) that is in the office of a Senator; and ‘‘7,000,000’’. (5) urges the Anglophone armed separatist ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the groups to— Secretary of the Senate. SA 2736. Mr. BOOZMAN (for Mr. (A) engage peacefully with government of- ‘‘(B) A position— RISCH) proposed an amendment to the ficials to express grievances and engage in ‘‘(i) that is in any committee of the Senate resolution S. Res. 684, calling on the nonviolent efforts to resolve the conflict, in- (including a select or special committee) or Government of Cameroon and sepa- cluding participation in a credible and inclu- a joint committee of Congress; and ratist armed groups from the English- sive dialogue, possibly involving an inde- ‘‘(ii) the pay of which is disbursed by the speaking Northwest and Southwest re- pendent mediator; Secretary of the Senate out of an appropria- (B) immediately cease human rights tion under the heading ‘INQUIRIES AND INVES- gions to end all violence, respect the abuses, including killings of civilians, tor- TIGATIONS’ or ‘JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE’, human rights of all Cameroonians, and ture, kidnapping, and extortion; or a heading relating to a Joint Congres- pursue a genuinely inclusive dialogue (C) immediately end coercive and violent sional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. toward resolving the ongoing civil con- enforcement of the school boycott in the

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Mr. BOOZMAN (for Mr. tion in the notorious Kondengui prison in partments and agencies, to— RISCH) proposed an amendment to the Yaounde´; (A) consider imposing targeted sanctions resolution S. Res. 684, calling on the Whereas, amid broader protests across the on individual government and separatist Government of Cameroon and sepa- Northwest and Southwest regions demanding leaders ‘‘responsible for extrajudicial ratist armed groups from the English- greater autonomy from the central govern- killings, torture, or other gross violations of ment of Cameroon, on October 1, 2017, the internationally recognized human rights’’; speaking Northwest and Southwest re- 56th anniversary of the end of British trust- (B) press the Government of Cameroon to gions to end all violence, respect the eeship over Southern Cameroons, the provide unfettered humanitarian access to human rights of all Cameroonians, and Anglophone crisis escalated as separatist vulnerable populations in the Northwest and pursue a genuinely inclusive dialogue armed groups declared independence from Southwest regions of Cameroon; toward resolving the ongoing civil con- Cameroon; (C) support credible efforts to address the flict in Anglophone Cameroon; as fol- Whereas, in 2017, Anglophone separatist root causes of the conflict and to achieve lows: armed groups responded to the repressive sustainable peace and reconciliation, pos- and violent actions of the Government of Strike the preamble and insert the fol- sibly involving an independent mediator, and Cameroon by targeting government officials lowing: efforts to aid the economic recovery of and and facilities as well as civilians and tradi- Whereas Cameroon is beset with multiple fight coronavirus in the Northwest and tional leaders seen as sympathetic to the Southwest regions; security challenges, including a Boko Haram Government of Cameroon and brutally en- (D) support humanitarian and development insurgency in the Far North region, cross- forcing ‘‘ghost town operations’’ (general programming, including to meet immediate border conflict and criminality by Central strikes) and school boycotts in the North- needs, advance nonviolent conflict resolu- African militia groups to the east, and a west and Southwest regions; tion and reconciliation, promote economic civil war involving the Government of Cam- Whereas lengthy government-imposed recovery and development, support primary eroon and Anglophone separatist armed shutdowns of the internet and social media and secondary education, and strengthen groups in the Northwest and Southwest re- in the Northwest and Southwest regions, to- democratic processes, including political de- gions; taling 240 days between 2017 and 2018, had a centralization, enshrined as a fundamental Whereas the official actions and policies of devastating impact on the economies and principle of state governance in the Con- the Francophone-dominated Government of educational institutions in the regions, un- stitution of Cameroon; Cameroon have repressed English-speaking dermined freedom of expression, prevented (E) continue to limit security assistance to Cameroonians politically and economically the free flow of information related to the Cameroon and ensure that United States throughout the history of Cameroon, dating conflict, and restricted the ability of local training and equipment is not being used to back to the reunification of British-adminis- communities to interact and communicate; facilitate human rights abuses in the North- tered Southern Cameroons and French Whereas the conflict in the Northwest and west and Southwest regions; Cameroun under a federal system in October Southwest regions of Cameroon has caused (F) prioritize efforts to help develop and 1961; considerable instability and human suf- sustain effective, professional civilian over- Whereas, in June 1972, following a national fering, with more than 3,000 deaths linked to sight of law enforcement and security serv- referendum, a new constitution was adopted the conflict as of 2018, with more recent fig- ices in Cameroon to ensure they are held ac- that abolished the federal system, changed ures difficult to ascertain due to lack of ac- countable for abuses; and the name of the country from the Federal cess to the Northwest and Southwest re- (G) engage in an ongoing effort to ensure Republic of Cameroon to the United Republic gions, and according to United Nations agen- that the crisis in the Anglophone regions is of Cameroon, and gave additional powers to cies, as of 2020, approximately 3,000,000 peo- discussed in international fora, including the the presidency; ple in Cameroon are in need of humanitarian United Nations Security Council, that focus Whereas Paul Biya, the oldest head of assistance, approximately 60,000 on urgent international diplomatic engage- state in Africa, has been the President of Cameroonian refugees have fled to Nigeria, ment and response; and Cameroon since 1982, maintaining his grip on and approximately 700,000 persons are inter- (7) urges members of the international power by centralizing authority in the exec- nally displaced; community to— utive, undermining the Constitution of Cam- Whereas numerous credible reports from (A) join in a strategic collective effort to eroon, impeding democratic governance human rights monitors, including the United pressure the Government of Cameroon and through corrupt practices, using security Nations High Commissioner for Human separatist armed groups, including through services to repress the opposition, and con- Rights, have documented the excessive use of the use of available diplomatic and punitive ducting elections marred by widespread force by government security forces against tools, to immediately conclude and uphold a irregularities and allegations of fraud; Cameroonian civilians living in the ceasefire, participate in an inclusive and Whereas key decentralization reforms en- Anglophone regions, including the burning of meaningful dialogue to address the root acted in the Constitution of Cameroon in villages, the use of live ammunition against causes of the conflict and pending griev- 1996, which mandated the establishment of a protestors, arbitrary arrest and detention, ances, and seek nonviolent solutions to the decentralized unitary state, ‘‘equality of all torture, sexual abuse, and killing of civil- conflict, including by possibly involving an citizens before the law’’, the equal status of ians, including women, children, and the el- independent and credible international medi- French and English as official languages, and derly; ator; the establishment of local authorities with Whereas the Department of State 2019 (B) mobilize and coordinate funding for ‘‘administrative and financial autonomy’’, Country Report on Human Rights Practices local and international organizations to pro- remain largely unrealized, though an ena- for Cameroon documented killings of civil- vide humanitarian and development assist- bling law was adopted in December 2019; ians, kidnappings, abductions, and hostage ance, including to fight coronavirus, to com- Whereas, throughout his tenure, President taking, beatings, attacks on health workers munities affected by the crisis in the North- Biya has spent extended periods in Europe, and media, restrictions on movements of west and Southwest regions of Cameroon; pursued government policies exclusively ben- persons and goods, and use of child soldiers (C) leverage bilateral relationships to en- efitting the Francophone majority in Cam- by armed Anglophone separatists; courage key partners of Cameroon, particu- eroon, and crippled many parastatals and Whereas the United Nations Children’s larly France, to help foster a peaceful resolu- private enterprises in the Northwest and Fund estimates that more than 855,000 chil- tion to the crisis in the Northwest and Southwest regions, further marginalizing dren are out of school due to the conflict, Southwest regions of Cameroon, potentially English-speaking Cameroonians; and the Department of State added Cam- with the involvement of an independent me- Whereas, in October 2016, English-speaking eroon to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act diator, and implement a mutually agreed- lawyers, students, and teachers in the North- List in the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Re- upon program to address longstanding griev- west and Southwest regions of Cameroon port as a foreign government ‘‘identified dur- ances and marginalization; and took to the streets to peacefully protest ing the previous year as having govern- (D) use regional and international fora, in- marginalization of English-speaking mental armed forces, police, or other secu- cluding the African Union, the Economic Cameroonians by the Government of Cam- rity forces, or government-supported armed Community of Central African States, and eroon in the legal and education systems, as groups that recruit or use child soldiers’’; the United Nations Security Council to— exemplified by the appointment of French- Whereas United States citizen Charles (i) discuss the ongoing crisis in the North- speaking judges and teachers in the North- Wesco was shot and killed near the town of west and Southwest regions of Cameroon; west and Southwest regions and the pub- Bamenda, Cameroon, on October 30, 2018,

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SHORT TITLE. the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, it and other bilateral programmes to enhance This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senate was facilitating a dialogue between the Gov- the defense of human rights in Cameroon’’; Shared Employee Act’’. ernment of Cameroon and armed opposition Whereas France maintains considerable in- SEC. 2. ALLOWING SENATORS, COMMITTEES, groups to support a resolution of the terests in Cameroon, including significant LEADERSHIP OFFICES, AND OTHER Anglophone crisis; OFFICES OF THE SENATE TO SHARE economic and security cooperation, but has EMPLOYEES. Whereas, in September 2019, President Biya not adequately used its influence to stem (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114 of the Legis- hastily announced a Major National Dia- atrocities committed in the Anglophone re- lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 logue, chaired by Prime Minister Ngute from gions or support stronger international ac- U.S.C. 4576) is amended— ´ September 30 to October 4, 2019, in Yaounde, tion to seek resolution to the conflict; (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Notwith- ‘‘to examine the ways and means to respond Whereas the United Nations Resident and standing’’; to the deeply-held aspirations of the popu- Humanitarian Coordinator for Cameroon (2) by striking ‘‘position, each of’’ and all lations in the Northwest and Southwest’’; stated on January 24, 2019, that ‘‘Cameroon that follows through the period at the end Whereas, though the Major National Dia- can no longer be a forgotten crisis; it needs and inserting the following: ‘‘qualifying posi- logue led to some concessions by the Govern- to be high on our agenda’’, and, on June 22, tion if the aggregate gross pay from those ment of Cameroon on broader democratiza- 2020, a group of former world leaders and 5 positions does not exceed— tion issues, such as the release of some polit- Nobel Peace Laureates called on the United ‘‘(1) the maximum rate specified in section ical prisoners, including the leader of the Nations Security Council and the United Na- 105(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appro- Cameroon Renaissance Movement, Maurice tions Secretary-General, the African Union, priation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(d)(2)), as Kamto, and some of his associates after nine the Commonwealth of Nations, and La amended and modified; or months of detention, it failed to bring sepa- Francophonie to ‘‘ensure that Cameroon’s ‘‘(2) in a case where 1 or more of the indi- ratist groups to the table; Anglophone conflict is on the agenda of the vidual’s qualifying positions are positions Whereas, since the Major National Dia- forthcoming UN Security Council meeting described in subsection (d)(2)(B), the max- logue, the killing of civilians and other and all UNOCA sessions before the UNSC’’; imum rate specified in section 105(e)(3) of the atrocities continue to be recorded across the Whereas, on May 13, 2019, an Arria-formula Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 Northwest and Southwest regions, including meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Cam- U.S.C. 4575(e)(3)), as amended and modified.’’; in towns and villages such as Babanki, eroon was held for the United Nations Secu- and Bamenda, Bangem, Buea, Mamfe, Muyuka, rity Council, but a formal meeting on the (3) by adding at the end the following: Pinyin, and Ngarbuh, and the Government of situation in Cameroon has not yet been ‘‘(b)(1) For an individual serving in more Cameroon recently has resumed its attack placed on the United Nations Security Coun- than 1 qualifying position under subsection on the political opposition, placing Mr. cil agenda; (a), the cost of any travel for official busi- Kamto under house arrest and detaining doz- Whereas, on July 1, 2020, in Resolution 2532 ness shall be paid by the office authorizing ens of his supporters; (2020), the United Nations Security Council the travel. Whereas national and international out- unanimously underlined its support of the ‘‘(2) Messages for each electronic mail ac- rage followed the massacre of at least 23 peo- appeal of the United Nations Secretary-Gen- count used in connection with carrying out ple, including 15 children and 2 pregnant eral for a global ceasefire in all conflicts as the official duties of an individual serving in women, by government security forces and the world battles the COVID–19 pandemic; more than 1 qualifying position under sub- allied militia on February 14, 2020, in section (a) may be delivered to and sent from and Ngarbuh, Donga Mantung division, in the a single handheld communications device Whereas there is a significant Northwest region, and a commission of in- provided to the individual for purposes of of- Cameroonian diaspora in the United States, quiry established by Cameroonian authori- ficial business. ties ultimately led to the arrest and charg- and Cameroon is a longstanding security ‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of the Ethics in Gov- ing of 3 soldiers for murder; partner and aid recipient of the United ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the rate Whereas, on June 5, 2020, amidst increasing States, participating in the Trans-Sahara of basic pay for an individual serving in more concern over attacks on freedom of the press Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) led than 1 qualifying position under subsection and detention of journalists on politically by the Department of State and in United (a) shall be the total basic pay received by motivated charges in recent years, Cameroon States-supported efforts to counter Boko the individual from all such positions. authorities confirmed that an Anglophone Haram and the Islamic State–West Africa, ‘‘(B) For an individual serving in more journalist covering the conflict, Samuel both of which have mounted terrorist oper- than one qualifying position under sub- Ajiekah Abuwe, known as Wazizi, who was ations in the Far North region of Cameroon section (a), for purposes of the rights and ob- arrested in August 2019 and transferred to a since 2014: Now, therefore, be it ligations described in, or described in the military facility, died in custody shortly f provisions applied under, title II of the Con- after his arrest, an acknowledgment that led gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 to widespread condemnation and calls for an SENATE SHARED EMPLOYEE ACT U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) related to practices used independent inquiry; Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask at a time when the individual is serving in Whereas the Rapid Intervention Battalion such a qualifying position with an employing unanimous consent that the Senate office, the rate of pay for the individual shall (BIR) of the Government of Cameroon, which proceed to the immediate consider- has been accused of torture and extrajudicial be the individual rate of pay received from killings and implicated in massacres like ation of S. 5086, which was introduced the employing office. ‘‘(c)(1) If the duties of a qualifying position that of February 14, 2020, has received train- earlier today. under subsection (a) include information ing and support from the United States, po- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The technology services and support, an indi- tentially in contravention of legal require- clerk will report the bill by title. vidual may only serve in the qualifying posi- ments that ‘‘no assistance shall be furnished The senior assistant legislative clerk tion and 1 or more additional qualifying po- . . . to any unit of the security forces of a read as follows: sitions under such subsection if the indi- foreign country if the Secretary of State has A bill (S. 5086) to allow Senators, Senators- vidual is in compliance with each informa- credible information that such unit has com- elect, committees of the Senate, leadership tion technology standard and policy estab- mitted a gross violation of human rights’’; offices, and other officers of the Senate to lished for Senate offices by the Office of the Whereas, in February 2019, the Department share employees, and for other purposes. Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the of State announced that it would withhold Senate. some security assistance to Cameroon, in- There being no objection, the Senate ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an cluding equipment and training, citing cred- proceeded to consider the bill. employee serving in a qualifying position in ible allegations of human rights violations Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask the Office of the Secretary of the Senate or by state security forces and a lack of inves- unanimous consent that the bill be the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door- tigation, accountability, and transparency considered read a third time and passed keeper of the Senate may serve in an addi- by the Government of Cameroon in response; and that the motion to reconsider be tional qualifying position only if— Whereas, on December 26, 2019, the United ‘‘(A) the other qualifying position is with States terminated the designation of Cam- considered made and laid upon the the other Office; or eroon as a beneficiary under the African table. ‘‘(B) the Committee on Rules and Adminis- Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tration of the Senate has approved the ar- et seq.) because ‘‘the Government of Cam- objection, it is so ordered. rangement.

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