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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 No. 104 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was The legislative clerk read as follows: A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 38) providing called to order by the President pro A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 27) providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). for congressional disapproval of the proposed export to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and transfer to the United Arab Emirates, United the United Kingdom of Great Britain and f Kingdom and Australia certain defense arti- Northern Ireland of certain defense articles and services; PRAYER cles and services; A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) providing A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 39) providing The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- for congressional disapproval of the proposed for congressional disapproval of the proposed fered the following prayer: foreign military sale to the United Arab export to the United Arab Emirates and Let us pray. Emirates of certain defense articles and United Kingdom of certain defense articles, Ruler of all, we honor You and bear services; including technical data and defense serv- A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 29) providing ices; witness to Your mighty power. Do for for congressional disapproval of the proposed A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 40) providing our lawmakers more than they can ask foreign military sale to the Kingdom of for congressional disapproval of the proposed or imagine. Let Your holy word be a Saudi Arabia certain defense articles and export to India, Israel, Republic of Korea, lamp to their feet and a light for their services; and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of certain de- path. Give them a wisdom that clears a A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 30) providing fense articles, including technical data and path through complexity. for congressional disapproval of the proposed defense services; Lord, sanctify their thoughts, words, foreign military sale to the United Arab A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 41) providing and actions until their dominant desire Emirates of certain defense articles and for congressional disapproval of the proposed services; export to the Government of Saudi Arabia is to please You. A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 31) providing and the United Arab Emirates and the We pray in Your holy Name. Amen. for congressional disapproval of the proposed United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- f foreign military sale to the Kingdom of ern Ireland of technical data and defense Saudi Arabia certain defense articles and services; PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE services; A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 42) providing A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 32) providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed The President pro tempore led the for congressional disapproval of the proposed export to the United Arab Emirates and the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: foreign military sale to the Kingdom of United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Saudi Arabia certain defense articles and ern Ireland of certain defense articles, in- United States of America, and to the Repub- services; cluding technical data and defense services; lic for which it stands, one nation under God, A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 33) providing A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 43) providing indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. for congressional disapproval of the proposed for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the United Arab transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia cer- f Emirates of certain defense articles and tain defense articles and services; RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME services; A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 44) providing A joint resolution (S.J. Res 34) providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. for congressional disapproval of the proposed retransfer of certain defense articles from TILLIS). Under the previous order, the foreign military sale to the United Arab the United Arab Emirates to the Hashemite leadership time is reserved. Emirates of certain defense articles and Kingdom of Jordan; services; A joint resolution (S.J. Res 45) providing f A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 35) providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia cer- CONCLUSION OF MORNING foreign military sale to the United Arab BUSINESS tain defense articles and services; Emirates of certain defense articles and A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 46) providing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning services; for congressional disapproval of the proposed A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 36) providing business is closed. transfer to the United Arab Emirates certain for congressional disapproval of the proposed defense articles and services; f transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 47) providing United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- CONSIDERATION OF SENATE JOINT for congressional disapproval of the proposed ern Ireland, the Kingdom of Spain, and the transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia cer- RESOLUTION NOS. 27 THROUGH 48 Italian Republic of certain defense articles EN BLOC—Resumed tain defense articles and services; and and services; A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 48) providing A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 37) providing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under for congressional disapproval of the proposed for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to the United Arab Emirates certain the previous order, the Senate will re- export to the United Arab Emirates, the defense articles and services. sume the en bloc consideration of fol- United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- lowing joint resolutions of disapproval, ern Ireland, and the Republic of France of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- which the clerk will report by number. certain defense articles and services; ator from Iowa.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.000 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S4132 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 20, 2019 Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask capabilities, restoring the Navy’s fleet Concerned Members might also begin to speak as in morning business for 1 strength, and investing in the latest giving fairer treatment and more minute. generation of combat aircraft. There prompt consideration to the well-quali- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without are billions more for critical research fied experts who are waiting to con- objection, it is so ordered. weapons aimed at keeping U.S. weap- tribute to our diplomacy. Recall that ‘‘THIS IS IOWA’’ CAMPAIGN ons systems on the cutting edge and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, Gov. ensuring American servicemembers Near Eastern Affairs just started his Kim Reynolds of my State of Iowa has never enter a fair fight. It prioritizes job last Monday after he had been held unveiled what she calls the ‘‘This is greater efficiency and transparency at up for more than a year. The top State Iowa’’ campaign. That campaign has the Pentagon so we can better support Department job in the Middle East was encouraged people to choose Iowa to military families through the sac- held open for more than a year. The nominees for Ambassador to the live and work. rifices of service. UAE, Egypt, and Libya are having Iowa has the second lowest unem- Again, I would like to thank Chair- hearings today. I hope their confirma- ployment rate in the Nation. As I trav- man INHOFE and Ranking Member JACK tions will move more quickly than el Iowa with my county meetings, I REED for guiding the committee proc- those of other senior diplomats who hear from employers across Iowa that ess. I hope the Senate can work languished for months. have high-paying skilled jobs they can- through this legislation swiftly and give it the overwhelming bipartisan So there is no shortage of productive not fill. That is why Iowa was ranked vote it deserves. steps at Members’ disposal, but reck- the No. 1 State to find a job in 2019. lessly canceling U.S. arms sales to key The cost of living is low and the qual- ARMS SALES Mr. President, on a related matter, in regional partners is not on the list. ity of life is second to none. Check out So the question the Senate will soon thisisiowa.com to learn more. In the addition to completing the NDAA, the Senate will today have to dispense consider is really this: whether we will words of Meredith Wilson, of ‘‘76 Trom- lash out at an imperfect partner and bones’’ fame, from Mason City, IA: with several more privileged resolu- tions concerning arms sales to close undercut our own efforts to build co- ‘‘You really ought to give Iowa a try.’’ American partners in a troubled but operation, check Iran, and achieve I yield the floor. important region. other important goals or whether we I suggest the absence of a quorum. These close partners deserve our sup- will keep our imperfect partners close The PRESIDING OFFICER. The port. I am glad we secured a bipartisan and use our influence; whether we will clerk will call the roll. understanding yesterday to expedite push Riyadh and Abu Dhabi away from The legislative clerk proceeded to their consideration so the 22 separate the United States and push them closer call the roll. resolutions which Members have intro- to Moscow and Beijing or whether we Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I duced will not jeopardize the Defense will stay engaged and help our partners ask unanimous consent that the order bill or the emergency border funding course-correct where we can; whether for the quorum call be rescinded. we must also consider next week. to signal at this hour of tension that The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Today this body, yet again, will de- we cannot be relied upon to stand with objection, it is so ordered. bate and cast votes concerning our re- our friends, sending a message that RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER lationship with Saudi Arabia, just like will embolden Tehran, or whether to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- we did in March and December and the find more private, effective ways of en- jority leader is recognized. previous March. couraging better behavior while send- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT I think the vast majority of Senators ing a message of solidarity in troubled Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, yes- share serious concerns over some of the times. terday, by a wide bipartisan margin, policies and actions of our Saudi part- The situation in the Middle East, as the Senate began considering this ners, but rejecting long-planned arms we speak, could hardly be more fraught. The timing could not be worse year’s National Defense Authorization sales strikes me as an overly blunt tool for the Senate to send the wrong sig- Act. with several unintended consequences. nal. The Senate has passed an NDAA each For example, the arms sales affected by this vote are not just for Saudi Ara- In just the last several hours, we of the last 58 years. We authorize the have seen reports that a missile from resources, the equipment, the support bia but also for the United Arab Emir- ates, and they include sales that affect inside Yemen has struck a utility plant systems, and the pay that keep our All- in Saudi Arabia. This is after other at- Volunteer Force the strongest in the Israel, India, Korea, and Jordan. Last December, the Senate passed a tacks—almost certainly from the Iran- world. nuanced resolution that delivered ex- backed Houthi forces—on Saudi Arabia From the outside, this process may actly the message we wanted to de- and the UAE, including attacks on ci- look routine, but as our colleagues on liver: our fury over the murder of vilian vessels and on a civilian airport. the Armed Services Committee know Jamal Khashoggi, our concerns about Again, just last night, Iran shot down best, keeping America safe takes con- the war in Yemen, and our desire for a U.S. intelligence aircraft that was stant hard work and innovation. more accountability. That was the flying in international airspace. So the We have all seen the recent head- right approach. Senate could hardly pick a worse time lines: ‘‘Russia ‘successfully tests’ There is no shortage of tools avail- for clumsy and ill-considered resolu- hypersonic intercept missile that can able to the United States that are more tions that would hurt key relationships shoot down Western weapons,’’ ‘‘Chi- appropriate to communicate frustra- in the Middle East. na’s Military Technology Now Close to tions and urge better behavior, wheth- Let’s not cut ourselves off from our Parity With U.S.’’ er from the administration or our part- partners. Let’s not undercut the ad- In just the last few hours, Iran shot ners. ministration at a time of such delicate down an American surveillance aircraft Senators could meet with Saudi offi- diplomacy and tension with Iran. So I in international airspace over the cials to directly express their concerns. ask my colleagues to vote down these Strait of Hormuz. Fortunately, the air- They could travel to the region to see resolutions. craft was unmanned. firsthand complicated, fluid situations. NOMINATION OF KELLY KNIGHT CRAFT Let me say that again. Last night, Rapid societal and economic change Mr. President, on another matter, I the Iranians shot down a U.S. aircraft is providing Saudi citizens with un- had the opportunity to introduce a in international airspace. precedented political openness but also skillful leader and fellow Kentuckian It could certainly not be clearer that troubling human rights concerns and before the Foreign Relations Com- we need to keep modernizing our na- erratic policy decisions. The dynamics mittee only just yesterday. Kelly tional defense, continue rebuilding our at play are not black and white. Knight Craft was confirmed by voice readiness, and persist with our new na- We can best shape these dynamics by vote in 2017 to serve as the U.S. Ambas- tional defense strategy. working closely with our partners to sador to Canada. Now she is the Presi- Fortunately, this legislation includes encourage them in the right direction, dent’s choice to serve as Ambassador billions of dollars for modernizing our rather than turning our back. to the United Nations.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20JN6.003 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 20, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4133 Ambassador Craft’s success in rep- As the press has noted, some leading clear weapons—and I opposed the Iran resenting American interests in Can- Democrats have let partisanship so agreement, as you know. But they were ada certainly rewarded the Senate’s cloud their judgment that they have not building nuclear weapons. They vote of confidence. During a dynamic actually called the humanitarian prob- were proceeding along the path of the and sometimes challenging period in lem a manufactured crisis or an artifi- agreement, and the President, as he the U.S.-Canada friendship, she has cial crisis. Really? seems to, just gets a bug in his head, navigated it with care. She has helped Well, these 7 weeks of wasted time something he said in the campaign to shepherd the USMCA. She has have made two things abundantly without thinking, and then upends for- helped to secure cooperation on sanc- clear—that partisanship doesn’t change eign policy—another example of chaos tioning Russia for its aggression the facts and that ‘‘the resistance’’ in this administration. But he has done against Ukraine and on pursuing de- doesn’t pay the bills. The House Demo- that. He has done that. mocracy for Venezuela. She has spoken crats have failed to get their act to- So now the issue is what is our strat- out forcefully, when necessary, against gether, so now the Senate is going to egy to deal with the consequences? The China. move forward. American people have to know this. We Not surprisingly, this talented dip- Yesterday, thanks to the leadership have seen too many conflicts in the lomat has earned great respect both at of Chairman SHELBY and Senator Middle East escalate into war—esca- home and abroad. LEAHY, the Appropriations Committee late into a 10-year war. The Premier of Ontario has said: approved a significant funding measure The American people are not for Every premier I know thinks the world of by an overwhelming vote of 30 to 1— spending a fortune and, more impor- her. . . . She really proved herself over some just the kind of big, bipartisan vote we tantly, lives of Americans overseas. tough times. ought to see in this particular situa- They want us to focus here at home, The former Deputy to Ambassador tion for noncontroversial funding for but the kind of adventurism—almost Nikki Haley has described Ambassador necessary programs to mitigate a na- unplanned, unthought out, and, cer- Craft as a worthy successor—‘‘smart, tional crisis. tainly, unexplained adventurism—of capable, and knowledgeable about the The Republicans have been urging the President is the wrong way to go foreign policy challenges facing our this kind of consensus literally for and could lead to severe consequences. country.’’ weeks, and now the Senate is finally And, I must say, even in closed-door This body confirmed Ambassador briefings with Senators, the adminis- Craft to her current post by voice vote. rising to the occasion. We need to vote on this legislation before we recess at tration doesn’t have a strategy. Since then, she has only gained even This is not how democracy is sup- more experience, further refined her the end of the month. The Senate should not let even more posed to work. This is not how the CEO expertise, and demonstrated her talent time slip by without addressing this of a major Nation or even a major com- even more clearly. Her testimony yes- pany should behave, with no articu- terday reinforced these things even fur- crisis head-on, and if we receive the same kind of bipartisan cooperation lated strategy. The President needs to ther. explain to the American people why he President Trump has made an excel- that was signaled in the committee vote yesterday, we will not have to. is driving us toward another endless lent selection to serve our Nation in conflict in the Middle East. this critical role at the U.N. She de- I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The SAUDI ARABIA serves bipartisan support from the For- Madam President, on Saudi Arabia, eign Relations Committee and, when clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to another matter concerning the admin- the time comes, a swift confirmation istration’s foreign policy, today the here on the Senate floor. call the roll. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I Senate will vote on resolutions of dis- BORDER SECURITY ask unanimous consent that the order approval for arms sales to the Kingdom Mr. President, on a final matter, for for the quorum call be rescinded. of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. nearly 2 months, my Republican col- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. These 22 resolutions introduced by leagues and I have come to the floor HYDE-SMITH). Without objection, it is Senator MENENDEZ would block billions constantly to raise the alarm on the so ordered. of dollars in military sales, including humanitarian crisis down at the bor- RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER the transfer of tens of thousands of pre- der. Record numbers of migrants have cision-guided munitions that the pressed upon the U.S.-Mexico border, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader is recognized. Saudis have previously used to bomb including never-before-seen numbers of innocent civilians in Yemen. families and unaccompanied children. IRAN The timing of these votes is signifi- The agencies that care for these indi- Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, cant. Last night the United Nations viduals and the facilities that house over the past few months, tensions issued a report that documented evi- them have been stretched dangerously with Iran have escalated. There have dence that the Saudis meticulously thin. been a series of attacks on tankers in planned the murder of Jamal We all know this. That is why the ad- the Gulf region, and this morning it Khashoggi and ‘‘forensically’’—their ministration requested supplemental was reported that Iran has shot down a words—disposed of the evidence. funds 7 weeks ago. It is why agency U.S. drone. According to the report, the Saudis heads and law enforcement officials These events are deeply concerning— referred to Mr. Khashoggi as a sacrifi- have literally begged Congress to act. all the more so because the Trump ad- cial animal and that dismembering the Yet, until yesterday, we had not seen ministration has not explained to Con- body would be easy—how gross, how progress, which leads one to ask why. gress or to the American people how it cruel, how beyond words. It is because—stop me if this sounds fa- views these events, how it plans to re- Are we going to blithely go along and miliar—the Democratic House of Rep- spond, and, most importantly, what let the Saudis continue? They are an resentatives has been more interested the broader strategy for confronting ally. Everyone knows that. That in denying this White House whatever Iran is. doesn’t mean you let allies do the most it asks for, however necessary it might President Trump left the diplomatic horrible things and just treat it as if be, simply because it has been this agreement a little more than a year nothing happened. But in the wake of White House that has been asking for ago. It was obvious to anyone who even such monstrosity, the Trump adminis- it. had a cursory knowledge of Iran that it tration is proposing another round of My friend the Democratic leader has would create consequences. With that billions of dollars in arms sales to acknowledged publicly it has been the decision, there is a course set for con- Saudi Arabia. Democratic-controlled House that has flict—conflict whose purpose or strat- Well, we should at least have a de- been the hurdle. One House Democrat egy has never been articulated to the bate about whether that is the right from a border State has likewise ad- American people. course of action. Leader MCCONNELL mitted that it has been the left flank of The President says on TV: It is a was on the floor saying: What are the his own conference that has been the much better Iran than when I took of- Democrats doing here? We are debat- stumbling block. fice. Well, they were not building nu- ing, Mr. Leader. You have one view; I

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20JN6.004 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S4134 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 20, 2019 may have another. But the American A century ago, New Yorkers built the all examples of shootings that have people are entitled to a debate on this Empire State building in a little over a taken place this year alone. important issue, and that is what the year. We landed a man on the Moon in Later today, I will join several of my law provides, and that is the tool we what seems to be less time. Surely the colleagues from the House and the Sen- use—one of the few tools we have to ac- 21st century Treasury Department can ate, including our former colleague, tually cause debate in this Chamber, redesign a bill in a reasonable period of the great Gabby Giffords, to urge Lead- which the leader, with his legislative time. The questions as to why the er MCCONNELL to bring background graveyard, has assiduously avoided. White House, the Treasury, and maybe check legislation to the floor of the With his reducing the amount of time even the President delayed this are Senate. It has been 114 days since the that we can talk about and vet nomi- looming and real, given the President’s House passed the measure, which more nees, he has assiduously avoided that, attitude toward women and minorities. than 90 percent of Americans support, turning this Chamber into a graveyard I have asked the Department of including more than 80 percent of Re- that the American people despise. But Treasury inspector general to launch publicans and the majority of gun own- here we have an opportunity to debate, an investigation into the cir- ers. But it seems that Leader MCCON- and even here the leader seems to be cumstances surrounding the Treasury’s NELL has set aside another plot in his decrying that fact, in my view. decision. The official reasons given legislative graveyard for this poten- The administration is claiming emer- aren’t credible. The whole thing tially lifesaving bill. gency power and trying to circumvent smacks of politics. President Trump For too long, the gun lobby has re- congressional review of these arms has referred to efforts to replace An- flexively opposed gun safety reforms, sales. That premise must be rejected. It drew Jackson on the $20 bill as pure po- even the most obvious and non- sets a dangerous precedent for congres- litical correctness. To recognize more controversial reforms, like closing sional oversight of future arms sales, than half the people in our society, to loopholes in background checks, and, and it can lead to renewed conflicts. recognize more than 25 percent of for too long, the Republican majority We are also discussing that, par- Americans who are people of color, all has marched in lockstep with them. enthetically, in relation to Iran. of whom have worked so hard to strive The American people demand we do Should Congress have some say there? for this great country—is that political these rational acts. The House has You will hear more from me later on correctness? What is wrong with this passed it overwhelmingly with a bipar- that. tisan vote. Where are Republicans? Are The very least Congress can do is to President? What is wrong with this they still cowering before the NRA? I debate the merits of sending Saudi President, and what instincts is he ap- remind them, the NRA is a lot weaker Arabia billions of dollars in military pealing to? What bad instincts is he ap- today than it was a few years ago. It is technology it may use not to confront pealing to? It seems to be his practice, time to do the right thing and stop Iran but to perpetrate one of the larg- his way, his MO. So among the questions the inspector being scared. est humanitarian catastrophes of its general should examine is what role Let’s move this bill to the floor. Let generation. Leader MCCONNELL finally let us de- Saudi Arabia, even though it be an President Trump played in this appar- bate an issue long overdue. ally, must be held accountable for its ent effort to renege on Treasury’s 2016 human rights abuses in Yemen and the commitment to honor Harriet Tubman. ELECTION SECURITY grotesque murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Whatever the President’s sentiments Madam President, finally, as we con- toward Jackson are, there is no reason tinue to debate the NDAA, I urge Lead- HARRIET TUBMAN to reverse the original Treasury De- Madam President, now, on the Tub- er MCCONNELL once again to allow and partment decision to recognize Harriet man issue, more than 3 years ago then- support amendments to protect our Tubman’s historic legacy on the $20 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew an- elections from future attacks. nounced that he had ordered an accel- bill, which would still feature our sev- Election security is a national secu- erated redesign of the $20 bill with a enth President on the reverse side. rity issue of the highest urgency. There I hope the inspector general will get new design to feature Harriet Tub- aren’t two sides to this debate. No one to the bottom of this, but in the mean- man’s portrait on the face of the bill. can defend doing nothing as the Rus- time, I hope President Trump himself The design was set to be released in sians, and maybe the Chinese, the Ira- is asked to answer for these delays. It 2020, the 100th anniversary of women nians, and the North Koreans, mess would truly be a sordid state of affairs getting the right to vote—a fitting with the wellspring of our democracy— if the President or his team, for polit- tribute to an extraordinary American our elections. and an extraordinary New Yorker. ical reasons, interfered with and in- As we have seen time and again from There are no women or people of fected the process for designing Amer- reports by the FBI, intelligence agen- color on our paper currency today, ican currency. cies, and the Mueller report, our elec- even though they make up a signifi- BACKGROUND CHECKS tions came under attack from Russia cant majority of our population. There Madam President, now, finally, on in the last Presidential election. FBI haven’t been for more than a century. background checks, in the early hours Director Wray has warned that they The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the on Monday, a heavily armed man ap- are coming for us again, and he thinks $20 note was a long overdue way to rec- proached the Federal building in down- it could be worse than in 2016. ognize that disparity and rectify it. town Dallas and started shooting. This Leader MCCONNELL will not deny But shortly after the Trump adminis- was a civilian walking into the middle that this is true. So what are we wait- tration took office, all mention of the of an American city with military- ing for? We know the threat is there. Tubman $20 bill was deleted from the grade weapons, a mask, and body We know we can take steps to mini- Treasury Department’s website with- armor, and he was prepared to inflict mize it. So why won’t Leader MCCON- out any explanation. Then, Secretary the maximum level of damage possible. NELL let us act? Mnuchin testified that a decision had It is to the credit of the incredible We have several options for legisla- been made to delay the release of the first responders that this accident did tive action, many of them bipartisan. $20 note until 2028, and Treasury re- not result in the loss of innocent life, People on both sides of the aisle— fused to confirm that Harriet Tub- but it is remarkable that events like Democrats and Republicans—care man’s image would ever appear on it. this now seem all too routine, and so about this issue and have worked on The official word from the White the news cycle barely covers them be- legislation together, something not House was that the delay was required fore moving on. done frequently enough around here, to accommodate anti-counterfeiting Barely a week goes by without an in- and Leader MCCONNELL just sits on measures. But if you believe that, I cident like this somewhere in America. these bills. have a bridge that I can sell you. It is We are the only Nation in the devel- Last week, Senator WARNER asked simply not credible that with all the oped world where these kinds of unanimous consent to simply say the resources of the Treasury Department, things—these horrible things—happen FBI should be informed when a foreign a decade or more would be required to with regularity. Virginia Beach, High- power tries to influence an election. I produce a $20 bill. land Ranch, Poway, and Aurora, IL, are believe Senator BLUMENTHAL will try

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G20JN6.006 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 20, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4135 to do the same thing today. Is Leader Since then, strengthening Ellsworth For example, in the Powder River MCCONNELL going to instruct one of his has been a priority for me and for a lot Training Complex, the Air Force needs Republicans to block it again? Will he of other people back home in South Da- to go through a lengthy process to se- have the courage to block it himself if kota, and Ellsworth has been going cure altitude waivers from the FAA to he wants it blocked? from strength to strength. fly higher on just a few days a year for The logical solution is to let us de- One of my proudest achievements as just a few hours a day. We absolutely bate the bills. If Leader MCCONNELL a Senator was helping secure the ex- need to have appropriate procedures to will not cooperate on this matter, pansion of the Powder River Training ensure safety and coordination with Democrats are going to stand up for Complex, the training airspace over commercial airlines, but the Air Force our democracy on our own, if we have Ellsworth. The expansion quadrupled also needs enough lead time to sched- to. We are going to ask unanimous con- the size of the airspace. But prior to ule its aircraft and airmen traveling sent to allow debate on these bills. We the expansion, the airspace was only from other bases. We shouldn’t be miss- will insist on amendments to the large enough for one B–1 bomber to ing out on critical training opportuni- NDAA. Leader MCCONNELL has sug- train at a time, which meant crews had ties because of a lengthy process that gested he wants an open amendment to commute elsewhere to meet their is ripe for expediting. process, so let’s press the matter, and training needs. So my amendment would take a look we will continue to push for more elec- Today, the airspace is large enough at this process, including whether FAA tion security funding as part of a deal to hold large-force training exercises, air traffic control centers could tempo- on budget caps. involving a variety of planes from rarily or permanently realign their There are not two sides on this one; other bases. In fact, the Powder River boundaries to streamline their role in there are just not. There is only one Training Complex is now the largest military training. right answer: action to safeguard our training airspace in the continental For example, the Powder River election. I urge Leader MCCONNELL to United States. In addition to the vast let us move on this issue. Stop stalling, space it offers for training exercises, it Training Complex straddles the conver- stop obstructing. The legislative grave- also provides a valuable opportunity gence of the Minneapolis, Denver, and yard is full enough as it is. Let’s come for pilots to train in conditions that re- Salt Lake City air traffic control cen- together, Democrats and Republicans, semble combat missions, such as low- ters, and coordinating with all three to protect our grand, imperiled democ- altitude flying over mountainous ter- can be cumbersome. This report would racy. rain. explore whether we can make the proc- I yield the floor. Since the Powder River Training ess more efficient for both the FAA and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Complex was expanded, Ellsworth has the military. jority whip. hosted a number of successful large- It would also review whether the cur- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT force exercises. This May, Ellsworth rent airspace system is sufficient to Mr. THUNE. Madam President, we hosted its most recent Combat Raider prepare military aviators to meet high- have begun consideration of this year’s large-force exercise, which featured B– end threats, including fifth-generation National Defense Authorization Act, 1, B–2, and B–52 bombers, J-STAR and aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and which is annual legislation to author- AWACS radar systems, F–16s, and KC– hypersonic weapons. ize funding for our military and na- 135 tankers. Notably, F–35s from Hill It is important that we ensure that tional defense. Air Force Base in Utah also partici- our airmen can train in realistic condi- Like last year’s bill, this year’s Na- pated, marking the first of what I tions so they can deliver when America tional Defense Authorization Act em- think will be many training opportuni- is counting on them the most. Just as phasizes military modernization and ties for the F–35 in the Powder River in sports, you play like you practice— readiness and the need to ensure that Training Complex. although we all know this isn’t play, we are prepared to counter threats These Combat Raider exercises high- and the stakes for getting it right are from great powers like China and Rus- light the potential of the PRTC for very high. sia, as well as terrorists and rogue training our military aviators, and I That is why my amendment would states. want to make sure that we can meet investigate whether current civil and I am offering a handful of amend- these training needs as we look to military cooperation mechanisms are ments to this legislation, including an bring the B–21 into the fleet. That is sufficient for our military to replicate amendment to address training oppor- why I filed an amendment, Thune contested combat airspace, denied ac- tunities for our Nation’s military pi- amendment No. 759, to require a stra- cess airspace, and airspace without the lots and aircrews. tegic airspace review. use of GPS—the kinds of conditions In my home State of South Dakota, My amendment would require a re- aircrews would likely encounter if they we are privileged to play host to Ells- port on how far our current national got the call to fight tonight. worth Air Force Base, home of two B– airspace system meets our national se- My amendment also takes a step 1 bomb squadrons of the 28th Bomb curity requirements and how we might back to look at the state of our na- Wing, the airmen who are the backbone improve this system to meet current tional airspace system. It calls for an of operations, as well as the 89th At- and future training needs. audit of special-use airspaces, military tack Squadron and its control stations The Air Force and the Federal Avia- operations areas, commercial routes, for MQ–9 Reapers. It is also home to tion Administration would be required the Powder River Training Complex, to consult on this report to develop a and other routes, and it asks if parts of training airspace for Ellsworth air- full picture of the strategic value of underutilized airspaces can be effec- crews and crews from across the United our national airspace. tively returned to the national air- States. In the very near future, Ells- The report would also analyze wheth- space to boost commercial route effi- worth will be the home of the forth- er the current airspace system gives ciencies in high-traffic areas in ex- coming B–21 bomber. the military sufficient access to the change for more generous military When I was first elected to the Sen- airspace it requires to meet its world- training flight permissions in low-traf- ate, Ellsworth’s future was not looking wide operational, training, and testing fic areas. bright. In fact, in 2005, just a few needs. Comparatively, we don’t get as much months into my first term, Ellsworth In particular, it seeks to determine commercial airline traffic up in the was targeted for closure by the Base whether current civil and military co- Powder River Training Complex, cre- Realignment and Closure Commission. operation mechanisms are providing ating a great opportunity for fifth-gen- Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of a for the effective and efficient manage- eration aircraft to really stretch their lot of dedicated people, we managed to ment of the national airspace system legs and meet their training needs. demonstrate to the Commission that for military training. It also asks I have talked a lot about our mili- Ellsworth was a vital national security whether the current Department of De- tary’s need to have the best training asset and that closing the base and fense and FAA processes provide suffi- opportunities available. However, I moving its fleet of B–1s would actually cient time to plan for large-force exer- want to clarify that this is not a one- cost money. cises. sided amendment.

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Additionally, the Pretty please, stop your acts of terror- bia. bill reviews whether commercial and istic aggression and imperial ambition Even without this precedent, can general aviation receive sufficient no- throughout the region. there be any doubt—any doubt that our tice regarding exercises and special-use It is my duty to inform all those col- partners in the gulf are facing a gen- waivers, and, as I mentioned, it looks leagues that this is dangerous and mis- uine emergency as they fend off Iran? for ways to make Department of De- guided thinking. Iran, as it did in the Oil tankers flying the flags of our allies fense and FAA interaction more effi- mid-1980s, will meet American re- and partners are ablaze in the Gulf of cient. straint with continued aggression. It Oman. Civilian airports, oil pipelines, As a former chairman of the Senate will watch the outcome of today’s and American surveillance aircraft Commerce Committee and a current votes in support for our friends in the have all come under rocket attacks member of the Commerce Sub- gulf for signs of resolve or weakness. I from Iran’s terror proxy in Yemen. committee on Aviation and Space, I urge my fellow Senators to send the Make no mistake—this is a genuine know that the management of the na- right message to Tehran. emergency, but too few of my col- tional airspace is complicated. My The administration plans to sell leagues are willing to see the plain amendment simply seeks to gather in- roughly $8 billion in arms to our gulf facts. They want to talk about any- formation so that we can take a pro- partners so they can defend them- thing that will change the subject from Iran and its campaign of aggression ductive look at our national airspace selves, as well as the many thousands throughout the Middle East. and make sure our military aviators of Americans within their borders—all A second objection is that some from Iranian aggression. Canceling can get the most out of their training argue that our gulf partners are some- those sales would not only endanger opportunities while respecting the how beneath our support. Really? It Americans overseas and deprive Amer- needs of commercial and general avia- was the United Arab Emirates, after ican industry of billions in exports, it tion. all, that hosted Pope Francis earlier The Armed Services Committee would weaken some of the only coun- this year, and he conducted a mass for tries in a position to effectively resist chairman and ranking member, my Christians in that nation. The King- Iran’s violent rampage throughout the colleagues, and staff members have a dom of Jordan is another important Middle East. lot of amendments to consider. Hun- friend caught in the crossfire of this We have heard many objections to dreds of amendments have already been debate. Jordan has been a reliable and these arms sales. First and most amaz- filed on the National Defense Author- trustworthy partner of the United ing, given the stakes, some Democrats ization Act, and there are more to States for many years, and today it object for procedural reasons. They are come. I would ask that my amendment bears the brunt of the refugee crisis upset that the administration is pro- No. 759 be considered for inclusion as and chaos created by Assad’s Iran- ceeding over an informal hold placed we work together to restore and mod- backed butchery in Syria. ernize our military and ensure our men by the senior Senator from New Jersey. While Democrats try to frame this and women in uniform have the tools In doing so, they claim that the admin- vote as support for our gulf partners they need to defend our country. istration is violating a long tradition alone, let’s not forget that numerous I thank my colleagues. of honoring informal holds by the other strong allies of the United States I yield the floor. chairman and ranking member of the would be affected by these votes as I suggest the absence of a quorum. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. well, countries like the United King- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The In effect, they are saying: Let’s block dom and France and South Korea and clerk will call the roll. arms sales to our allies in an emer- Israel—all part of the supply chain af- The senior assistant legislative clerk gency because the Secretary of State fected by these deals. Rejecting these proceeded to call the roll. hurt the feelings of a few Senators. sales will hurt them, too, and now is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The actual purpose of those holds— not the time to be rejecting our ator from Arkansas. only a courtesy; not a rule; not a law— friends. Of course, you couldn’t make Mr. COTTON. Madam President, I is to give those Senators time to fully any of these observations about the Is- ask unanimous consent that the examine a proposal and to foster en- lamic Republic of Iran, which is about quorum call be rescinded. gagement between the Senate and ad- as likely to host the Pope as it is to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ministration in good faith. But that is host a Pride parade. objection, it is so ordered. not how this hold is being used. These Lost in the criticism of our partners ARMS SALES arms sales have been held for more is a much more worthy discussion Mr. COTTON. Madam President, than a year—more than a year. How about the elaborate architecture of tor- there has been a lot of confusion and much time does the Senator from New ture and repression supervised by Aya- outright misinformation about some Jersey need to make up his mind? How tollah Khameini, who is personally re- proposed arms sales to our gulf part- many times does the Secretary of sponsible for American citizens being ners—specifically, Saudi Arabia and State have to call him and meet with held in appalling captivity for years at the United Arab Emirates. I am grate- him? How many briefings do they have a time. One such American citizen, Bob ful for the opportunity this morning to to provide? How many memos do they Levinson, has been missing in Iran for clear up a few things, especially consid- have to send? more than a decade. ering the current high stakes in the re- This is not a request for more infor- The same media and politicians who gion. mation or trying to work together in trumpet every misdeed of America’s As many of you probably have heard, good faith. This is a stalling tactic, steadfast partners in the region—re- the Islamic Republic of Iran just this through and through. It is yet another gardless of whether such misdeeds are morning shot down an American sur- example of the Democrats engaged in fact or fiction—are strangely silent veillance aircraft over the Strait of psychological projection in accusing about the undisputed fact that Iran has Hormuz—yet another act of reckless, this administration of violating norms, the blood on its hands of more than 600 unprovoked aggression targeting law- when in fact they are the ones who American troops in Iraq in the last dec- ful behavior on the high seas and in the have been violating longstanding, un- ade. Six hundred Americans were skies. Still, I know that for some of my written rules, customs, and norms. killed at the hands of Iran. Yet we pro- colleagues here, Iranian acts of vio- The administration is moving for- pose to deny arms sales to some of the lence are always to be excused or some- ward with this sale by making an only countries that are committed to how always the fault of America and emergency declaration, as provided by resisting Iran’s bloodstained, anti- especially of the Trump administra- law and as Presidents have done many American theocracy? It is time to get tion, to which the only appropriate re- times in the past. President Reagan our priorities straight.

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We have heli- gious school in Pakistan—and 80 per- flict to push an Iranian-armed rebel copters, planes, guided missiles, and we cent of the boys who graduate from the group off of the Arabian Peninsula at are able to refuel planes. school—because, of course, girls aren’t the request of the Government of It is not a jobs program, and it is not allowed to go to school under this kind Yemen and with the support of the something that—we don’t willy-nilly of religion—80 percent of the boys who United Nations. Evidently, some of my give weapons to everyone. We don’t sell graduate from the school fight in the fellow Senators would counsel our gulf weapons to Russia and we don’t sell Taliban against the United States. partners to do nothing as a rebel group, weapons to China because we have dis- Why would we give weapons to a coun- armed by their sworn enemy, plunged a agreements, and we don’t think it try that teaches hatred of our country neighboring country into chaos, shoot- would be in our best interest to sell and actually trains fighters to fight ing rockets at their airports and oil weapons to them. against our soldiers? What person in pipelines. That would indeed be quite a We also don’t sell weapons, typically, what insane world thinks it is a good restrained foreign policy. Some might to people we think are untrustworthy. idea to fund people who fundamentally also call it the height of stupidity that I think there is every evidence that don’t like us? Why in the world do we we would never tolerate for our own Saudi Arabia can be put in that cat- keep doing this? citizens. egory. When you have direct evidence Last week, we voted on sending As to the appalling human rights and when our own intelligence commu- weapons to Qatar. Do you know who conditions in Yemen, I think the cur- nity has concluded that there is high Qatar supplies weapons with? Hamas. I rent U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Matthew confidence that the Crown Prince of thought we were allies with Israel. But Tueller, said it best to the Senate For- Saudi Arabia butchered a dissident we fund Qatar, which sends missiles eign Relations Committee: ‘‘Almost 100 with a bone saw in a consulate in a for- and weapons to Hamas, who then percent of the humanitarian catas- eign country, you would think that bombs Israel. Qatar also hosts fund- trophe in Yemen has been caused by would give us pause as to giving Saudi raisers for ISIS. Remember ISIS—the the Iranian-backed Houthis.’’ Almost Arabia or selling Saudi Arabia more ones chopping people’s heads off? Why 100 percent. Mr. Tueller is not some weapons. would we give weapons to countries Trump appointee. He is not some par- But it is worse than that. We are not that give weapons to our enemies? In the Syrian civil war, we went in tisan hack. He is a career Foreign only selling Saudi Arabia offensive on the side of those who were opposed Service officer who served as Ambas- weapons, we are also talking about giv- to Assad. Now, Assad is no saint, no sador to Yemen under, yes, President ing them nuclear technology. The nu- clear technology, they say, is only for Democrat, no Jeffersonian Democrat, Obama. If there is anyone in the U.S. no believer in freedom; yet the people Government who is in a position to energy, but you have to wonder. A country that sits atop one of the larg- on the other side—most of them hate know what is going on in Yemen and Israel. Most of them despise any rights who is to blame for the carnage in est oil reserves in the world is now say- ing ‘‘Oh, we don’t have enough fossil for women. Most of them—many of Yemen, it is the man on the ground them are allied with al-Qaida. Who is rather than politicians in Washington. fuel. We need nuclear power’’? There have been people who have gotten nu- al-Qaida? The people who attacked us Underlying this whole debate is a ro- on 9/11. Al-Nusra, al-Qaida, ISIS—who clear technology and then have moved mantic wish—a naive delusion—that do they get weapons from? Saudi Ara- our foreign policy can always be pris- on to nuclear weapons. What could possibly be the worst bia and Qatar. tine, requiring no compromises whatso- Even Hillary Clinton admitted this in thing to happen to the Middle East? It ever, no acknowledgment of the messy one of the emails that were released. would be to have three powers there facts around the world, or even that we Hillary Clinton was talking to John with nuclear weapons. We had Iran be- could flee away from that messy, com- Podesta by email, and she said: We fore. They now have the knowledge to plicated, dangerous world entirely, re- have to do something about this. Saudi enrich. They made an agreement not to lying solely on the Atlantic and Pacific Arabia and Qatar are arming and pro- enrich. They are still threatening to Oceans to keep us safe. A cursory re- viding logistical help to ISIS. view of history proves that neither op- enrich uranium. What do you think So why does it go on? Some would tion is available. A cursory review of will happen if Saudi Arabia gets nu- say: Because people make a big profit newspaper headlines proves it too. clear technology and there is any on this. This is a jobs program for the Our main adversary in the Middle rumor of their progressing on towards arms industry, and we have to make East—the Islamic Republic of Iran—is developing nuclear weapons? What will sure they make their profit. a revolutionary power dedicated, from Iran do? Automatically, they will do I disagree. This is an industry that its inception years ago, to the destruc- the same thing. uniquely has to do with our national tion of Americans and, indeed, America It also happens in the conventional interests. It is uniquely paid for by the itself. They don’t try to hide it. ‘‘Death weapons arena. So every time we sell taxpayer. These weapons are owned by to America’’ is their slogan, and they or give missiles to Saudi Arabia, what the taxpayer, and we should not sell chant it all the time. Our departure do you think Iran does? They have to them to people who are not our friends. from the field will not dissuade the either buy more or make more. It is an This is what the debate is about ayatollahs from that purpose; it will arms race. We are feeding both sides of today. We will vote shortly on whether only embolden them, as will the aban- an arms race. or not we should sell offensive weapons donment of our allies in the region. But you will hear people in Wash- to Saudi Arabia. I suggest the absence of a quorum. ington say: But Iran—they are a ma- What are they doing with the weap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lign influence. Well, yeah. So is Saudi ons? Well, they are bombing civilians clerk will call the roll. Arabia. But what do we do when we in Yemen, for one. They are transfer- The senior assistant legislative clerk have two powers that show tendencies ring some of the weapons in Yemen to proceeded to call the roll. toward evil and show tendencies to- al-Qaida. Al-Qaida and the larger um- Mr. PAUL. Madam President, I ask ward acting in ways that are against brella group that attacked us on 9/11 unanimous consent that the order of our national interest? Do we just blind- are active. They are called AQAP in the quorum call be rescinded. ly give weapons to anybody who is op- Yemen. There are news reports in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without posed to Iran because Iran is a malign last week that Saudi Arabia is objection, it is so ordered. influence? Well, what about Saudi Ara- indiscriminantly giving arms to any- Mr. PAUL. Madam President, the bia? They have spent $100 billion body who is opposed to the group they arms industry is a unique industry. It spreading this radical jihadism to are fighting against, the Houthis. is not like making shoes or apparel. It other cultures; $100 billion around the Who supports the Houthis? The Ira- is not like selling watches. You are world preaching hatred of Christians, nians.

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You can cut a dissident up have two bad actors, when you have but on this someone has to stand up, to pieces with a bone saw, and we will two malign influences, do you think we even a Member of his own party and still give you weapons? always have to choose the lesser of two say: Arms sales are not jobs programs, My goodness, I can’t imagine. I do evils? Do we have to always look and they should be conditioned on be- not think that people in this body who askance and say: Oh, whatever—you havior, and we should not sell arms to will continue to sell weapons to Saudi know, as long as we are doing some- countries that hate us. Arabia are listening to the people at thing that is opposed to Iran. As for these countries that burn our home. I guarantee, if we asked the peo- One of our other so-called allies over flag and chant ‘‘Death to America,’’ we ple at home, if we had a national poll there is Bahrain. We have a naval base shouldn’t be arming them. and everybody got to give their opin- there, and we say: It is important to At one point in time, there were re- ion, how many people at home do you have a naval base, and we have to look ports about ISIS. Remember the people think are saying: Oh, well, they just the other way. They have 4,000 political who were beheading people in the chopped up a dissident—no big deal. prisoners. Saudi Arabia actually im- desert over the last couple of years and Let’s just keep sending them weapons. prisons people for political reasons, and spreading throughout the region? Oh, well, they are giving weapons to they don’t just kill them. They behead There were reports that they have $1 Hamas. Yes, you know, we don’t really them and crucify them—I think, in billion worth of Humvees. Some of care. Or, well, they are bombing civil- that order. They put the bodies out for them were captured, but some came be- ians. public display. cause of indiscriminate arms. There The Saudis killed 150 people at a fu- They executed a guy named Sheikh are arms everywhere. neral procession—people marching at a Nimr al-Nimr, who was of a minority So when we had the Syrian civil war funeral procession. They knew it was a religion. The Saudis are Sunnis. This going on, all throughout the news funeral procession. This was no fog of guy was a Shia religious person and media—public, private, everywhere— war, no mistake. This was an inten- spokesman. He was executed. His neph- everyone was saying that Saudi Arabia tional act to kill people at a funeral ew is being held in prison and has been and Qatar were giving arms to any- procession. There were 150 people for several years now. He was 17 when body, indiscriminantly giving arms to killed and 450 wounded. About 1 year he was arrested. His crime was sending people. One of the groups that got arms ago, they killed 40 schoolchildren on a a text message to encourage people to and one of the groups that got anti- schoolbus. tank weapons—these are shoulder- They are indiscriminately bombing protest against the authoritarian re- launched missiles—said in a news re- civilians, and they are blockading gime of Saudi Arabia. I think the problem is that some peo- Yemen, which is one of the poorest port right after they got them: When ple come to the conclusion that arms countries on the planet. Millions of we are done with Assad—they didn’t people—some estimate between 14 and are always good and we should never do talk about ISIS, and most of them 17 million people—live on the edge of anything to condition the sale of arms didn’t care about ISIS because they ac- starvation because of this war. The to behavior. Well, I am not for sending tually kind of agree with ISIS’s reli- Saudis are preventing food from com- more arms there, period, because it is a gion—we are going after Israel next. ing in. They have blockaded Hodeida, cauldron always threatening to boil So we are arming people who are po- which is one of the key ports where over. tential if not real enemies of Israel. We food needs to come in. Yemen imports Let’s say you were someone who are arming people who are teaching ha- 80 percent of their food. The Saudis are would say: Oh, no, we have to arm tred of the West, hatred of Christians, blockading them and people are starv- them. Perhaps we should condition hatred of Hindus, and hatred of Jews. ing, and we are allied with Saudis. We arms on good behavior. Perhaps, if you We are arming these people. Why are supply them with bombs that they drop are cutting up a dissident with a bone we doing that? on civilians and until the last few saw in a foreign country, maybe we Let’s say you don’t agree with every- months we were refueling the very should stop arms for a while to see if thing I have said, and you say: Well, planes that were dropping the bombs. maybe you can get better people in the maybe we should get them to behave People talk sometimes about, you government or maybe to see if your better. Why don’t you withhold arms know, a dream of peace in the Middle ways will change. for 6 months at the least? East. If you want to have a peace plan Saudi Arabia said: Oh, we are doing Why don’t we just stop for a while? in the Middle East, people say: Well, it it differently now. We are not going to They have enough arms to blow up is Israel and Palestine who have to fund radical jihadism around the world. the Middle East 10 times over. Is there come to a peace agreement. But they spent $100 billion infecting just no stopping? Is there no limitation Do you know what the bigger prob- the world with the ideas of hatred of to what we will do? Do we not believe lem is—an even bigger problem than the West, hatred of Christians, hatred that any of our arms sales should be that conundrum—which is a conun- of Jews, and hatred of Hindus. There conditioned on behavior? drum? It is figuring out how to have used to be a couple hundred of these This is a big deal and a big vote, and peace between Saudi Arabia and their schools in Pakistan. There is now said it is my hope that the American people allies and Iran. Everything around here to be 20,000 schools in Pakistan. The will watch how people vote and decide: is Iran, Iran, Iran, Iran. Do you know Saudis support schools not just in Is this who I want representing me? Do who spends the third-most amount of Pakistan but throughout the world—in I want someone representing me who is money on the military in the world? Indonesia and India and all over the selling arms to people who hate our Saudi Arabia. First, it is the United Middle East. They support these country, who spend hundreds of bil- States. We spend more than the next 10 schools that teach intolerance and ha- lions of dollars on schools teaching ha- countries combined. We spend more tred of the West. Yet we are one of tred of our country? Do I want to have than all the rest of NATO combined, their biggest arms suppliers. It makes people representing me who continue for that matter. Then, a distant second utterly no sense, and it should be re- to flood the Middle East with arms? is China, and, then, there is Saudi Ara- considered. That is what this vote is about, and bia. We will have a chance to vote today, I hope the American public will pay at- Saudi Arabia spends more on their and the numbers are growing. When I tention to how people vote today and military than Russia and more than first introduced a resolution to dis- to which direction they want the coun- most of our NATO allies. Yet people approve of arm sales to Saudi Arabia, I try to go in. say: Oh, we have to give them more think I got 22 votes. We did it again a We have had enough war. This is arms because Iran is a bad actor. What couple of months later, and I think we something I agree with the President if they are both bad actors? got in the forties. I think there is a on. We have had enough war. We have

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We are spending $50 billion a another military autocracy, but we are portant. year. We build roads, and they blow going to put up with it. We deal with people all the time that them up. We build schools, and they We need to rethink our approach to engage in practices that we don’t like, blow them up. the Middle East. We need to rethink abhor, and are against. Sometimes you We have roads and schools crumbling the approach that we need to arm one have to sit down and talk with Putin in our country. We don’t have an extra or both sides in every war. We need to about Syria. Sometimes you have to $50 billion to spend in Afghanistan. We think whether regime change is a good sit down and talk with the Chinese, are $1 trillion short this year. We are idea, and we need to look at the prac- even though they imprison the going to spend $4 trillion, and we are tical effects of our foreign policy and Uighurs. And there are even more egre- bringing in $1 trillion—not great eco- say: Are we safer somehow? gious examples of the people you have nomics, not great budget balancing on I think one universal truth is that we to deal with, because that is part of the our part. are usually poorer by the time we are world as it is. But when you have a No. 1, we cannot afford to try to be done, because what we end up doing is strategic relationship—and we have everywhere all the time, and, No. 2, the spending good money after bad. had one with Saudi Arabia for years— money we are spending overseas is I will give you a couple of examples it is different. counterproductive. in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan we What brings me here today? I want We went into Iraq and toppled a dic- spent $90 million in a luxury hotel in the people in Saudi Arabia—I have tator. What did we get? Chaos. In the downtown Kabul. You say: How does many friends there. I value my rela- chaos we get ISIS and other groups that $90 million hotel protect us? Well, tionships there. forming. it doesn’t, but it is money. Money runs I appreciate all that Saudi Arabia We went into Libya and toppled the through all this. Somebody is getting has done in the past to work with the dictator in Libya. What did we get? rich, but not the American taxpayer. United States, militarily and other- Chaos. It is so confusing in Libya that The guy who built it, I think, was a wise, but I want to be clear to my I am not even sure which side the U.S. Jordanian national, but he built a shell friends in Saudi Arabia—and really Government is supporting. They were of a hotel. He took the $90 million. He throughout the world—a strategic rela- supporting the U.N.-sanctioned govern- got all the payment, and it was never tionship has certain requirements at- ment and now they appear to be sup- built. It mostly doesn’t have walls, and tached to it. You don’t have to run porting military generals who are try- none of it was completed. It is now a your country like the United States ing to overthrow that government. danger because it sits up across from would have you do. You don’t have to mirror the United States in terms of One thing is for sure: The country of our embassy and snipers crawl up in your values, but you do have to respect Qatar that we voted to send arms to the building. last week is supporting the side oppo- So the thing is that we asked for $90 the relationship. There are certain minimum require- site us. So we give arms to people who million, and we need more now be- ments that I think come with a stra- are directly involved in a civil war cause, apparently, we now need to tear tegic relationship: No. 1, you cannot where we are involved on the other side it down because it is a danger to our kill somebody in the most brutal fash- of the civil war. To me, it seems ut- embassy and our soldiers. ion in a consulate of another country— terly preposterous that we keep doing So if we could just get $200,000 more, which violates every norm known to that. There is Qatar’s support for the they are going to spend another couple the international community—because other side in Libya and their support hundred thousand dollars tearing down they wrote a bad article about you. for Hamas. They are letting ISIS and a hotel that we asked you to build in You cannot imprison people and tor- al-Qaida do fundraising in their coun- the first place, which we had no busi- ture them in the fashion that has been try. ness building whatsoever. going on in Saudi Arabia. Maybe we need to take a break from We built a gas station for them in Af- You cannot hold the Prime Minister the arms race in the Middle East. ghanistan, too. But because our pur- of another country captive for a period I don’t think that someone can make pose in the military is now sometimes of time to bend them to your will. a practical or reasonable argument to fight the enemy but also to fight cli- You cannot rendition people that that there has been more peace since mate change—you didn’t know this, just simply oppose your views. Ter- we sent more weapons over there. They but part of the military’s goal is cli- rorism cannot be defined as simple dis- have plenty of weapons to kill each mate change now—so we built them a sent. other for another thousand years. They gas station. But we want to reduce the The reason I am voting with Senator have been killing each other for 1,000 carbon footprint. So we built a gas sta- PAUL and others today is to send a sig- years. They have enough weapons to tion that sells natural gas. Well, the nal to Saudi Arabia that if you act the kill each other for another 1,000 years. problem was, No. 1, nobody in Afghani- way you are acting, there is no space Maybe we don’t need to be involved stan has a car. The average income is for a strategic relationship. There is no in every civil war in the world. Maybe about $800. Almost nobody has a car, amount of oil you can produce that we can’t afford it, and maybe when we and no one has one that burns natural will get me and others to give you a have gotten involved, we had the unin- gas. pass on chopping somebody up in a con- tended consequences of actually mak- So what they did is that they had to sulate. Did MBS do it? Yes—not be- ing it worse. give them credit cards and buy them cause the U.N. said so but because our People have this idea that when you cars that actually ran on natural gas. intelligence and my common sense lead topple a dictator, somehow the next We wanted to visit over there and the me to believe there is no other viable person they elect is going to be Thom- military said it was too dangerous to alternative. You can figure this one as Jefferson. Well, guess what. Every take us there. So we have no idea if it out pretty quickly. time we have toppled a dictator, the is even in operation at this point. What happens next? It cannot be people they end up electing are not I say we need to rethink this, and I business as usual. Saudi Arabia has Thomas Jefferson. Sometimes in the urge today a vote against selling more been a partner. They will have to be a elections we don’t like whom they arms to Saudi Arabia. partner in the future. Shooting rockets elected in the elections and people go Thank you. into Saudi Arabia from Yemen—Iran back and topple them again. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. supporting the Houthi rebels—bothers So when Egypt actually had an elec- SCOTT of Florida). The Senator from me. Defensive armaments, I support, tion, they elected somebody from the South Carolina. but the war in Yemen is out of control.

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Without meriting pushing through $8 billion this position. Clearly, you don’t care objection, it is so ordered. worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia that much about this relationship. You Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I and the United Arab Emirates simply care more about the critics and main- come to the floor again to urge my col- does not pass muster. taining power at any and all cost. leagues to stand up for Congress as a The weapons sales this administra- Here is the deal: My relationship coequal branch of government and as- tion is trying to push through without with Saudi Arabia is forever changed, sert our institutional rights in the congressional review will not in any and it will not go back to the way it arms sales process. way equip the United States or our al- I want to thank my colleagues on used to be until Saudi Arabia changes lies to better face any imminent both sides of the aisle who have joined its behavior. The leadership of Saudi threats from Iran. with me in this effort to bring us here Arabia has charted a course that is The Assistant Secretary of State, R. today. Clarke Cooper, admitted as much mul- unsustainable. I reject. There is no As we get ready to vote on these res- amount of oil that can be produced to tiple times last week before the House olutions, I want to again remind my of Representatives. In one instance, he change my view that our values are colleagues what is at stake here. At more important than oil. We can get noted that the administration had been the end of the day, these votes are not considering this emergency determina- oil from other people, but your values about any one President or any one come from within. tion for months. In another, he con- arms sale. There will be another Presi- ceded that a majority of these sales There is no amount of threat coming dent in the White House someday. from Iran that is going to require me will not even be functional or come on- There will be another President who line for months or, even in some cases, to give a pass to this brutal, barbaric will want to claim Executive authori- behavior. More is expected of a stra- years. ties to run over Congress and who will Let’s take a moment to review why tegic partner. Saudi Arabia doesn’t want to use emergency declarations to last year I decided to put a hold on a protect the United States from Iran. push through their agenda. We in this sale of 60,000 precision-guided munition To believe otherwise is recasting condi- body must embrace our article I re- kits. Saudi Arabia, at the helm of its tions on the ground. sponsibilities and ensure that we serve coalition, has used these weapons to Saudi Arabia has been a partner. I as an effective check on whoever that devastating effects in Yemen. The two hope they can be in the future, but Executive is. resolutions we will consider individ- Saudi Arabia, through their leadership, Regarding these resolutions, in par- ually relate to the sales of precision- made a tremendously bad decision, and ticular, we must both assert our role in guided munitions and parts. it is just not Mr. Khashoggi. Until you upholding the rule of law at home and We have heard that these weapons change in Saudi Arabia, until you em- use our position to ensure that when are humanitarian weapons. When they brace the concept that the strategic re- our government seeks to sell weapons, are used to precisely target civilians, lationship with the United States is those sales advance our national secu- how can we possibly continue to sell important, therefore, I must respect rity interests and our values. It is the them? These are components of bombs it—I am not telling you how to run Congress that provided the President that we know have killed thousands of your country. I am not saying you have with the authority to sell arms while civilians in Yemen—patients in hos- to be a Jeffersonian democracy. I re- retaining strong oversight in the proc- pitals, children on schoolbuses. In fact, spect the right of self-determination by ess. the Armed Conflict Location & Event all people, but I will not bless or turn At the risk of getting in the weeds, I Data Project last week released data a blind eye to brutality that, in my want to briefly explain why Secretary showing more than 90,000 people have view, disqualifies a person or a country Pompeo’s 22 emergency certifications been killed in Yemen since 2015. The from being a strategic partner. don’t meet the basic requirements laid list goes on. If this doesn’t do it, what would? If out by Congress in the Arms Export Yemen has become a humanitarian we give this a pass, what is next? Control Act. I will be submitting a fur- catastrophe. Twelve thousand people We are going to stand up to the thugs ther statement for the RECORD detail- have died under the Saudi-led coali- in Iran. We are going to push back ing my statutory concerns, and I en- tion. There are 85,000 children who against China’s cheating. We are going courage my colleagues to read it. have died from starvation in Yemen, an after al-Qaida, ISIS, and all the other First of all, Secretary Pompeo pro- incomprehensible moral tragedy. An- bad actors on the planet. We are going vided us with one single emergency other 14 million people remain at risk, to work with people we don’t like, but declaration for 22 separate arms sales, especially as cholera resurges across when it comes to a strategic partner- when the law requires each come with the country. ship, we need to put the world on no- its own individual justification. It is This is the challenge we have. It is tice: It comes with a minimum price, obvious why the Secretary flouted the our bombs that are dropping on those and that price is you cannot have a statute: His bogus emergency doesn’t civilians. We cannot morally continue strategic relationship with the United pass the laugh test, in general. Fur- to support such a sale. States and behave in a fashion that thermore, the Secretary is trying to Secondly, Saudi Arabia, which con- shows no respect for human dignity, no justify these sales by relying on a sec- tinues to do this with impunity, also respect for international norms. tion of the Arms Export Control Act— with impunity went ahead and dis- You have lost me, and that is too article 36(c)—that arguably does not membered Jamal Khashoggi, a jour- bad. I have been on this floor a lot grant him the authority to do what he nalist who was a resident here in the standing up for our friends in Saudi is even trying to do. United States. The gruesome report of Arabia—which has not always been Congress made fairly clear back in the U.N. Special Rapporteur on this easy to do—but the days of treating 2000 that this provision only allows for issue is chilling. If the Senate wants to Saudi Arabia the way I used to treat the United States to make emergency make it very clear that even if you are them are over. arms sales in very limited situations— an ally, you cannot kill with impunity, My hope is we can find a way to re- for example, to sell arms to NATO this is the moment. start this relationship, but it is going partners and other steadfast allies that It is also the moment to tell the UAE to require change. That is why I am share our values, like Israel, Australia, that you can’t take our weapons and voting to support these resolutions. and Japan. give it to others whom we consider peo- I yield the floor. This is a power grab, pure and sim- ple on the terrorist list. That is going I suggest the absence of a quorum. ple, with lasting implications for the on here too.

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It is miscalculating the fact that it because they are an ally, kill a jour- tion has said, as in those cases, this is is dealing with President Trump; it is nalist with impunity—something we a one-time invocation of the waiver au- not dealing with a former President. cherish under our Constitution and the thority in response to an acute threat I have talked to the President about Bill of Rights and the freedom of ex- from Iran. The administration has this many times. He does not want to pression under the First Amendment— since returned to the regular congres- go to war with Iran. The American peo- and stand up for the proposition that sional notification process for further ple don’t want to go to war with Iran. we will not let our bombs fall on inno- arms sales, which is in place today. This body does not want to go to war cent civilians and have the moral re- These sales are needed to address the with Iran. This President is absolutely sponsibility, which will be a blemish on legitimate security requirements of committed to protecting U.S. lives and our history for years to come. other countries we support in response U.S. interests, and he will do so. Iran This is the moment for the Senate to to there being numerous threats from should not miscalculate on that mat- stand up to its institutional preroga- Iran and its proxies. These threats are ter, for the President is deeply com- tives. This is the moment for the Sen- real. As the events over just even the mitted to that proposition. ate to stand up for the Constitution. I recent 24 hours have shown us, it is im- Iran needs to back away from the have heard so many of my colleagues portant that these countries be ready edge that it has taken everyone to and speak of the Constitution. This is the to assist us and to act on their own be- deal with this matter entirely dif- moment. This is the moment to stand half to counter what Iran has been ferently than it has, or there are going up for some moral clarity. doing. to be dire consequences. This is the moment to send a global Yesterday, Iranian-backed Houthi In the face of the attacks I have de- message: You cannot kill journalists militants struck a Saudi civilian desa- scribed and the intimidation, our allies with impunity. That is the message we linization plant with a land attack have an obligation to develop capabili- must send to Saudi Arabia. cruise missile. ties to protect their citizens from such Vote yes on the resolutions of dis- Last night, Iranian forces shot down threats. These arms sales are an essen- approval. Stand up for these propo- a U.S. drone that was operating in tial part of our effort in helping them sitions. Let’s have a moment in which international airspace over the Strait build those capabilities and resist Ira- the Senate can be a profile in courage. of Hormuz. It is the third U.S. aircraft nian intimidation. I yield the floor. they have targeted in recent weeks. I share my fellow Senators’ concerns The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Last week, using limpet mines, Iran about the humanitarian crisis in ator from Idaho. attacked two oil tankers that were Yemen and the need for all combatants Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, in just a traveling near the Strait of Hormuz. to avoid civilian casualties. This pack- few moments, we are going to consider Yesterday, German Chancellor Merkel age includes the sales of precision S.J. Res. 28 through S.J. Res. 48. I urge cited strong evidence that attributes weapons, which, when combined with my colleagues to oppose these resolu- that attack to Iran. There are very few partner efforts to improve intelligence tions and to consider the sales that we people in the world who don’t know for in targeting, will enable those who use are talking about here on their own a fact that it has been Iran that has the weapons to ensure their actions are merits. been responsible for all of this. precise, discriminate, and proportional First of all, we are not talking about On that same day last week, the Ira- so as to minimize civilian casualties. the killing of Mr. Khashoggi. That was nian-supported Houthis fired a missile The precision munitions in these sales a murderous act; it was an awful act; at Abha International Airport, in would also prove to be essential to and it cannot be condoned or tolerated southern Saudi Arabia, and wounded 26 other countries’ efforts in defending in any way, shape, or form. Yet it is innocent Saudi civilians. Human themselves from more direct attacks not what we are voting on here today. Rights Watch announced this Houthi from Iran. Indeed, we hope to eventually bring to attack as a war crime. Some of us have been briefed by U.S. the floor a resolution, possibly even a On May 19, a rocket—likely by Iran’s personnel who have worked specifically bill, that speaks to that horrific act. proxies—landed near the American Em- with the Saudis to make these im- Those negotiations have been going on bassy in Baghdad. provements, and I encourage my col- for some time, and we hope to reach a On May 14, Iran’s proxies used drones leagues to have similar conversations. conclusion, but we are not talking to strike two strategically important If you care about reducing civilian cas- about that. We are talking about arms Saudi oil facilities. ualties, you should be an enthusiastic sales that the administration has de- Just 2 days earlier, on May 12, four supporter of providing these exacting termined are needed—and on which we more tankers were targeted by Iran capabilities, which will be transferred have all been briefed—because of the while they were anchored in an pursuant to these sales. These are im- current situation in the Middle East. Emirati port. portant for reducing civilian casual- I want to speak very briefly about re- Each month, Iranian-sponsored ties, and we should all support them. cent events that have been happening Houthi rebels launch over 15 ballistic In closing, I will repeat several key as far as Iran is concerned. Iran is con- missiles and weaponized, unmanned points. ducting activities that are very worri- aerial systems against Saudi Arabia First, the emergency declaration is some and very troubling. When you and the United Arab Emirates. This legal. have these kinds of things happen, it is poses a significant threat and endan- Second, these sales are necessary to obvious that a miscalculation can gers the lives of 80,000 Americans who answer for the legitimate security re- occur, which is the most worrisome reside on the Arabian Peninsula. quirements of other nations that work thing here. These are the most recent examples to keep safe our fellow Americans who In any event, these arms sales are of Iran’s destabilizing actions on the work, travel, and live around the needed. To be clear, in the current world stage. These are serious, serious world. statute, the administration is within matters. As I said before, this is worri- Third, to reject these sales at this its legal authority to declare an emer- some; this is troubling. The mis- time and under these circumstances is gency. As stipulated in the Arms Ex- calculation of these kinds of things to reward recent Iranian aggression, to port Control Act, which was passed by cause hostilities that lead to very large encourage further Iranian escalation, this body, the President can act swiftly wars. and most importantly, to encourage if he concludes an emergency exists As Iran thinks through these things the miscalculation on the part of the that requires a proposed sale that is in and calibrates them and tries to make Iranians, which will be disastrous if

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Under was passed, as follows: the previous order, the clerk will read section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 S.J. Res. 36 for the third time. U.S.C. 2776) and published in the Congres- S.J. RES. 38 sional Record on June 3, 2019: Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- The joint resolution was ordered to (A) Coproduction and manufacture in be engrossed for a third reading and resentatives of the United States of America in Saudi Arabia of Paveway Pre-Amp Circuit Congress assembled, That the issuance of an was read the third time. Card Assemblies (CCA), Guidance Elec- export license with respect to the following The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint tronics Assembly (GEA) CCAs, and Control proposed exports to the Kingdom of Saudi resolution having been read the third Actuator System (CAS) CCAs for all Arabia and the United Kingdom of Great time, the question is, Shall the joint Paveway variants. Britain and Northern Ireland is prohibited: resolution pass? (B) Coproduction and manufacture in (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask Saudi Arabia of Paveway II Guidance Elec- ticles, including services and technical data, tronics Detector Assemblies (GEDA) and described in Executive Communication 1422 for the yeas and nays. Computer Control Groups (CCG). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a (EC–1422) submitted to Congress pursuant to (C) The transfer of up to 64,603 additional section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act sufficient second? kits, partial kits, and full-up-rounds. (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and published in the Con- There appears to be a sufficient sec- VOTE ON S.J. RES. 38 gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- ond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under posed transfer of defense articles, defense The clerk will call the roll. the previous order, the clerk will read services, and technical data to support the The legislative clerk called the roll. S.J. Res. 38 for the third time. manufacture of the Aurora Fuzing System Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is for the Paveway IV Precision Guided Bomb The joint resolution was ordered to Program. necessarily absent: the Senator from be engrossed for a third reading and VOTE ON S.J. RES. 27, S.J. RES. 28, S.J. RES. 29, South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). was read the third time. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the S.J. RES. 30, S.J. RES. 31, S.J. RES. 32, S.J. RES. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint 33, S.J. RES. 34, S.J. RES. 35, S.J. RES. 37, S.J. Senator from New York (Mrs. GILLI- resolution having been read the third RES. 39, S.J. RES. 40, S.J. RES. 41, S.J. RES 42, BRAND ) is necessarily absent. time, the question is, Shall the joint S.J. RES. 43, S.J. RES. 44, S.J. RES 45, S.J. RES. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. resolution pass? 46, S.J. RES. 47, AND S.J. RES. 48 EN BLOC FISCHER). Are there any other Senators Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under in the Chamber desiring to vote? for the yeas and nays. the previous order, the clerk will read The result was announced—yeas 53, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a for the third time the remaining dis- nays 45, as follows: sufficient second? approval resolutions en bloc by num- [Rollcall Vote No. 177 Leg.] There appears to be a sufficient sec- ber. YEAS—53 ond. The joint resolutions were ordered to Baldwin Heinrich Reed The clerk will call the roll. be engrossed for a third reading and Bennet Hirono Rosen The bill clerk called the roll. were read the third time. Blumenthal Jones Sanders Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is The joint resolutions having been Booker Kaine Schatz Brown King Schumer necessarily absent: the Senator from read the third time, the question is, Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS). Shall the joint resolutions pass? Cardin Leahy Sinema Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Mr. WYDEN. I ask for the yeas and Carper Lee Smith Casey Manchin Senator from New York (Mrs. GILLI- nays. Stabenow Collins Markey BRAND) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Tester Coons Menendez Udall The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there sufficient second? Cortez Masto Merkley Duckworth Moran Van Hollen any other Senators in the Chamber de- There appears to be a sufficient sec- Durbin Murkowski Warner siring to vote? ond. Feinstein Murphy Warren The result was announced—yeas 53, The clerk will call the roll. Graham Murray Whitehouse nays 45, as follows: The senior assistant legislative clerk Harris Paul Wyden Hassan Peters Young [Rollcall Vote No. 178 Leg.] called the roll. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators NAYS—45 YEAS—53 Baldwin Heinrich are necessarily absent: the Senator Alexander Enzi Perdue Reed Bennet Hirono from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACKBURN), the Barrasso Ernst Portman Rosen Blumenthal Jones Blackburn Fischer Risch Sanders Senator from Utah (Mr. LEE), and the Booker Kaine Blunt Gardner Roberts Schatz Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Brown King Boozman Grassley Romney Schumer Cantwell Klobuchar ROUNDS). Braun Hawley Rubio Shaheen Cardin Leahy Burr Hoeven Sasse Sinema Further, if present and voting, the Carper Lee Capito Hyde-Smith Scott (FL) Smith Senator from Utah (Mr. LEE) would Casey Manchin Cassidy Inhofe Scott (SC) Stabenow Collins Markey have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Cornyn Isakson Shelby Tester Coons Menendez Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Cotton Johnson Sullivan Udall Cortez Masto Merkley Cramer Kennedy Thune Senator from New York (Mrs. GILLI- Duckworth Moran Van Hollen Crapo Lankford Tillis BRAND) is necessarily absent. Durbin Murkowski Warner Cruz McConnell Toomey Feinstein Murphy Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Daines McSally Wicker Graham Murray Whitehouse any other Senators in the Chamber de- NOT VOTING—2 Harris Paul Wyden siring to vote? Hassan Peters Young Gillibrand Rounds The result was announced—yeas 51, The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 36) NAYS—45 nays 45, as follows: was passed, as follows: Alexander Cotton Hawley [Rollcall Vote No. 179 Leg.] Barrasso Cramer Hoeven S.J. RES. 36 Blackburn Crapo Hyde-Smith YEAS—51 Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- Blunt Cruz Inhofe Baldwin Carper Feinstein resentatives of the United States of America in Boozman Daines Isakson Bennet Casey Graham Braun Enzi Johnson Blumenthal Collins Harris Congress assembled, That the issuance of a Burr Ernst Kennedy Booker Coons Hassan manufacturing license, technical assistance Capito Fischer Lankford Brown Cortez Masto Heinrich license, or export license with respect to any Cassidy Gardner McConnell Cantwell Duckworth Hirono of the following proposed agreements or Cornyn Grassley McSally Cardin Durbin Jones

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Kaine Murray Smith S.J. RES. 29 United States Government and contractor King Paul Stabenow Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- technical and logistics support; and other re- Klobuchar Peters Tester lated elements of program support. Leahy Reed Udall resentatives of the United States of America in Manchin Rosen Van Hollen Congress assembled, That the following pro- The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 33) Markey Sanders Warner posed foreign military sale to the Kingdom was passed, as follows: Menendez Schatz Warren of Saudi Arabia is prohibited: S.J. RES. 33 Merkley Schumer Whitehouse (1) The sale of the following defense arti- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- Moran Shaheen Wyden cles, including defense services and technical Murphy Sinema Young resentatives of the United States of America in data, described in Transmittal No. 19–01, sub- Congress assembled, That the following pro- mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b) NAYS—45 posed foreign military sale to the United of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. Alexander Ernst Perdue Arab Emirates is prohibited: 2776(b)) and published in the Congressional Barrasso Fischer Portman (1) The sale of the following defense arti- Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed sale of Blunt Gardner Risch cles, including defense services and technical follow-on logistics support and service for Boozman Grassley Roberts data, described in Transmittal No. 17–73, sub- Braun Hawley Romney the Royal Saudi Air Force aircraft, engines, mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b) Burr Hoeven Rubio and weapons; publications and technical doc- of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse umentation; support equipment; spare and 2776(b)) and published in the Congressional Cassidy Inhofe Scott (FL) repair parts; repair and return; calibration Cornyn Isakson Scott (SC) Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed sale of support and test equipment; personnel equip- Cotton Johnson Shelby 20,004 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Sys- ment; United States Government and con- Cramer Kennedy Sullivan tems (APKWS) II All-Up-Rounds; weapons tractor technical and logistics support; and Crapo Lankford Thune support and test equipment; spares; tech- Cruz McConnell Tillis other elements of program support. Daines McSally Toomey nical publications; personnel training; other Enzi Murkowski Wicker The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 30) training equipment; transportation; United was passed, as follows: States Government and contractor engineer- NOT VOTING—4 S.J. RES. 30 ing; technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistical and Blackburn Lee Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- Gillibrand Rounds program support. resentatives of the United States of America in The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 27) Congress assembled, That the following pro- The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 34) was passed, as follows: posed foreign military sale to the United was passed, as follows: Arab Emirates is prohibited: S.J. RES. 34 S.J. RES. 27 (1) The sale of the following defense arti- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- cles, including defense services and technical resentatives of the United States of America in resentatives of the United States of America in data, described in Transmittal No. 19–18, sub- Congress assembled, That the following pro- Congress assembled, That the issuance of an mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b) posed foreign military sale to the United export license with respect to the following of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. Arab Emirates is prohibited: proposed exports to the United Arab Emir- 2776(b)) and published in the Congressional (1) The sale of the following defense arti- ates, United Kingdom, and Australia is pro- Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed sale of cles, including defense services and technical hibited: a blanket-order United States Marine Corps data, described in Transmittal No. 17–70, sub- (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- training, training support, and other train- mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b) ticles, including services and technical data, ing related services in support of the United of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. described in Executive Communication 1424 Arab Emirates Presidential Guard Com- 2776(b)) and published in the Congressional (EC–1424) submitted to Congress pursuant to mand. Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed sale of section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 31) 331 Javelin Guided Missiles with container; (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and published in the Con- was passed, as follows: System Integration and Checkout (SICO) gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- service; Field Service Representative; United S.J. RES. 31 posed transfer of defense articles, defense States Government and contractor technical services, and technical data to support the Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- and logistic support services’ tools and test marketing, sale and on-going support for the resentatives of the United States of America in equipment; and other related elements of lo- ScanEagle and Integrator Unmanned Aerial Congress assembled, That the following pro- gistics and program support. Systems and for future Intelligence, Surveil- posed foreign military sale to the Kingdom The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 35) lance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) require- of Saudi Arabia is prohibited: ments for end-use by the United Arab Emir- (1) The sale of the following defense arti- was passed, as follows: ates Armed Forces; and hardware and de- cles, including defense services and technical S.J. RES. 35 fense services related to Wide Area Surveil- data, described in Transmittal No. 18–31, sub- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- lance Payload (Redkite), laser designator, mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b) resentatives of the United States of America in and integration of maritime search pay- of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. Congress assembled, That the following pro- load—Visual Detection and Ranging 2776(b)) and published in the Congressional posed foreign military sale to the United (ViDAR). Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed sale of Arab Emirates is prohibited: The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) spare and repair parts, United States Gov- (1) The sale of the following defense arti- ernment and contractor engineering, tech- cles, including defense services and technical was passed, as follows: nical, and logistics support services, and data, described in Transmittal No. 17–0B, S.J. RES. 28 other related elements of program support submitted to Congress pursuant to section Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- for the Tactical Air Surveillance System air- 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 resentatives of the United States of America in craft program. U.S.C. 2776(b)) and published in the Congres- Congress assembled, That the following pro- The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 32) sional Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed posed foreign military sale to the United was passed, as follows: sale of 28 AH–64E Remanufactured Apache Arab Emirates is prohibited: Attack Helicopters; 10 new AH–64E Apache S.J. RES. 32 (1) The sale of the following defense arti- Attack Helicopters; 76 T700–GE–701D Engines cles, including defense services and technical Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- (56 remanufactured, 18 new, 6 spares, 2 in- data, described in Transmittal No. 17–39, sub- resentatives of the United States of America in stalled); 40 AN/ASQ–170 Modernized Target mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b) Congress assembled, That the following pro- Acquisition and Designation Sight/AN/AAR– of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. posed foreign military sale to the Kingdom 11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (28 2776(b)) and published in the Congressional of Saudi Arabia is prohibited: remanufactured, 10 new, 2 spares); 32 re- Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed sale of (1) The sale of the following defense arti- manufactured AN/APR–48B Modernized 20 RQ–21A Blackjack Unmanned Air Vehicles cles, including defense services and technical Radar Frequency Interferometers; 47 AAR–57 (UAVs); 40 Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data, described in Transmittal No. 18–21, sub- Common Missile Warning Systems (31 re- with Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b) manufactured, 10 new, 6 spares); 150 Embed- Module (SAASM) Type II (MPE–S); air vehi- of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. ded Global Positioning Systems with Inertial cle support equipment including 8 Ground 2776(b)) and published in the Congressional Navigation (60 remanufactured, 74 new, 16 Control Stations (GCS), 4 launchers, and 4 Record on June 4, 2019: The proposed sale of spares); 45 Manned-Unmanned Teaming- retrievers; spare and repair parts; publica- follow-on support and services for Royal International (MUMTi) systems (28 remanu- tions; training; and technical support serv- Saudi Air Force aircraft, engines, and weap- factured, 10 new, 7 spares); and 15 new ices. ons; publications and technical documenta- MUMTi System Upper Receivers, training tion; support equipment; spare and repair devices, helmets, simulators, generators, The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 29) parts; repair and return; calibration support transportation, wheeled vehicles and organi- was passed, as follows: and test equipment; personnel equipment; zation equipment, spare and repair parts,

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support equipment, tools and test equip- S.J. RES. 41 data, described in Executive Communication ment, technical data and publications, per- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- 1428 (EC–1428) submitted to Congress pursu- sonnel training and training equipment, resentatives of the United States of America in ant to section 3(d) of the Arms Export Con- United States Government and contractor Congress assembled, That the issuance of an trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) and published in engineering, technical, and logistics support export license with respect to the following the Congressional Record on June 3, 2019: services, and other related elements of logis- proposed export to the Kingdom of Saudi The proposed retransfer of 500 Paveway II tics support. Arabia and United Arab Emirates is prohib- laser guided bombs (including Mk–82 war- The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 37) ited: heads, FMU–152A/B fuzes, and guidance kits) from the United Arab Emirates to Jordan. was passed, as follows: (1) The transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates of the fol- The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 45) S.J. RES. 37 lowing license for export of technical data was passed, as follows: Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- and defense services, described in Executive S.J. RES. 45 resentatives of the United States of America in Communication 1419 (EC–1419) submitted to Congress assembled, That the issuance of an Congress pursuant to section 36(c) of the Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- export license with respect to any of the fol- Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) resentatives of the United States of America in lowing proposed exports to the United Arab and published in the Congressional Record Congress assembled, That the issuance of an Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Brit- on June 3, 2019: The proposed technical as- export license with respect to the following ain and Northern Ireland, or France is pro- sistance agreement providing technical data proposed exports to the Kingdom of Saudi hibited: and defense services to Saudi Arabia and Arabia is prohibited: (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- United Arab Emirates in support of the (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- ticles, including defense services and tech- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of De- ticles, including services and technical data, nical data, described in Executive Commu- fense Transformation Project. described in Executive Communication 1416 nication 1425 (EC–1425) submitted to Con- (EC–1416) submitted to Congress pursuant to The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 42) section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act gress pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms was passed, as follows: Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and published in the Con- published in the Congressional Record on S.J. RES. 42 gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- posed export of 15,000 120mm M933A1 mortar June 3, 2019: The proposed transfer of 44,000 Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- bombs to Saudi Arabia for end use by the GBU–12 Paveway II Kits and the proposed resentatives of the United States of America in Royal Land Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi transfer of 16,000 GBU–10 Paveway II Kits. Congress assembled, That the issuance of an Arabia. The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 39) export license with respect to any of the fol- lowing proposed exports to the United Arab The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 46) was passed, as follows: Emirates and the United Kingdom of Great was passed, as follows: S.J. RES. 39 Britain and Northern Ireland is prohibited: S.J. RES. 46 Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- (1) The transfer to the United Arab Emir- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in ates and to the United Kingdom of Great resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the issuance of an Britain and Northern Ireland of the fol- Congress assembled, That the issuance of an export license with respect to the following lowing defense articles, including technical export license with respect to the following proposed export to the United Arab Emirates data and defense services, described in Exec- proposed exports to the United Arab Emir- and United Kingdom is prohibited: utive Communication 1421 (EC–1421) sub- ates is prohibited: (1) The transfer to the United Arab Emir- mitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(c) (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- ates and United Kingdom of the following ex- of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. ticles, including services and technical data, port of certain defense articles, including 2776(c)) and published in the Congressional described in Executive Communication 1415 technical data and defense services, de- Record on June 3, 2019: The proposed tech- (EC–1415) submitted to Congress pursuant to scribed in Executive Communication 1426 nical assistance agreement with Armed section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (EC–1426) submitted to Congress pursuant to Forces of the United Arab Emirates to trans- (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and published in the Con- section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act fer defense articles, defense services, and gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and published in the Con- technical data to support preparation ship- posed export of 100 M107A1 .50 caliber semi- gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- ment, delivery, and acceptance of the Guid- automatic rifles and sound suppressors to posal to amend a technical assistance agree- ance Enhanced (GEM–T) in support of the the United Arab Emirates for use by the ment to support the installation, integra- Patriot Program for end use by the Govern- Armed Forces General Headquarters of the tion, modification, maintenance, and repair ment of the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates. of F110–GE–132 gas turbine engines for use in The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 43) The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 47) F–16 Aircraft by the General Headquarters of was passed, as follows: the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emir- was passed, as follows: S.J. RES. 43 ates. S.J. RES. 47 Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 40) Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in resentatives of the United States of America in was passed, as follows: Congress assembled, That the issuance of an Congress assembled, That the issuance of an S.J. RES. 40 export license with respect to the following export license with respect to the following Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- proposed exports to the Kingdom of Saudi proposed exports to the Kingdom of Saudi resentatives of the United States of America in Arabia is prohibited: Arabia is prohibited: Congress assembled, That the issuance of an (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- export license with respect to the following ticles, including services and technical data, ticles, including services and technical data, proposed export to India, Israel, Republic of described in Executive Communication 1418 described in Executive Communication 1423 Korea, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is pro- (EC–1418) submitted to Congress pursuant to (EC–1423) submitted to Congress pursuant to hibited: section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (1) The transfer to India, Israel, Republic (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and published in the Con- (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) and published in the Con- of Korea, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- the following license for export of certain de- posed transfer of technical data and defense posed export of defense articles, including fense articles, including technical data and services in order to provide technically data and defense services, to support the per- defense services, described in Executive qualified personnel to advise and assist the formance of maintenance and repair services Communication 1417 (EC–1417) submitted to Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) in mainte- of F110 engines to support the Ministry of Congress pursuant to section 36(c) of the nance and training for the RSAF F–15 fleet Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) of aircraft. The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 48) and published in the Congressional Record The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 44) was passed, as follows: on June 3, 2019: The proposed manufacturing was passed, as follows: S.J. RES. 48 agreement with Huneed Technologies Com- S.J. RES. 44 pany, Ltd. in South Korea to transfer de- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- fense articles, defense services, and technical Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in data to support manufacture, production, resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the issuance of an test, inspection, modification, enhancement, Congress assembled, That the issuance of an export license with respect to the following rework, and repair of F/A18E/F and deriva- export license with respect to the following proposed exports to the United Arab Emir- tive series aircraft panels for end use by the proposed retransfer of defense articles from ates is prohibited: Boeing Company. the United Arab Emirates to the Hashemite (1) The transfer of the following defense ar- Kingdom of Jordan is prohibited: ticles, including services and technical data, The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 41) (1) The retransfer of the following defense described in Executive Communication 1420 was passed, as follows: articles, including services and technical (EC–1420) submitted to Congress pursuant to

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The respite center gressional Record on June 3, 2019: The pro- Congress do, and they know how to ex- has helped more than 150,000 people and posed transfer of defense articles, defense ploit them for their financial gain. continues its work as more people services, and technical data to support the cross the border each day. export and integration of 60,000 FMU–152A/B The detention facilities I referred to Joint Programmable Bomb Fuze systems a moment ago have been around a long The number of unaccompanied chil- into the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces time—long before the current surge of dren who illegally entered the United General Headquarters’ fleet of the following families and children began arriving at States last month is higher than in any aircraft and associated weapons: F–16, Mi- our borders. They were built as short- other month since the 2014 surge that I rage 2000, AT–802 Air Tractor and S2R–600 term detention facilities for single mentioned a moment ago. The weight Archangel. adults. As trends have changed, the felt by those trying to provide assist- f men and women of Customs and Border ance is getting heavier and heavier. As Protection have done everything in Federal resources dwindle, local com- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- their power to make these facilities munities in the Rio Grande Valley and TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR workable on an increasingly thin and along the entire Texas-Mexico border 2020—MOTION TO PROCEED—Re- inadequate budget. have been filling the gaps, despite the sumed I want to pause for a moment to say fact that, obviously, immigration and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The thank you to the men and women in the sovereignty of our borders are Fed- clerk will report the unfinished busi- uniform who are providing around-the- eral responsibilities. In the absence of ness. clock enforcement of our laws and pro- Federal response, it is the State and The senior assistant legislative clerk viding quality and compassionate care local communities that have had to read as follows: to the migrants in their custody. It is step up to help. Like the respite center in McAllen, Motion to proceed to S. 1790, a bill to au- a tough job. When you train to be a these communities regularly provide thorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for Customs and Border Patrol agent, you care, transportation, food, and shelter military activities of the Department of De- are not trained in child care, but that for migrants in need. I believe this gen- fense, for military construction, and for de- is what many of them find themselves fense activities of the Department of Energy, erosity shows the true Texas spirit and to prescribe military personnel strengths for doing—handing out juice boxes and dia- helps illustrate how serious the prob- such fiscal year, and for other purposes. pers and providing assistance to those lem has become and how desperately families as they seek to have their The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- additional Federal resources are need- claims for asylum adjudicated. ator from Texas. ed. This is a tough job, and it is getting Thankfully, yesterday the Appropria- UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT—EXECUTIVE tougher every day, particularly in the CALENDAR tions Committee took action. The com- Rio Grande Valley and along the bor- Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I mittee announced an agreement on a der. Of the 144,000 crossings last month, border supplemental package that will ask unanimous consent that at 1:45 nearly 50,000 were apprehended in the p.m. today the Senate vote on the con- include humanitarian assistance need- Rio Grande Valley, making it the most ed at the border. The nearly $4.6 billion firmation of the Baranwal nomination, heavily impacted of the entire border. with all other provisions under the pre- includes funding to support the mis- In fact, it should come as no surprise sions of the Department of Health and vious order remaining in effect. that Texas is impacted more than any The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Human Services, which is providing other State because, of course, we care for the record number of unaccom- objection? share a 1,200-mile common border with Without objection, it is so ordered. panied children who are arriving in the Mexico. Two-thirds of the apprehen- United States. It also provides funding BORDER SECURITY sions so far this fiscal year have oc- for the Department of Homeland Secu- Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, yes- curred in the Rio Grande Valley, El rity, which is working to enforce our terday I had a chance to sit down with Paso, or Del Rio sectors. As Federal re- laws and properly care for the adults a group of my constituents visiting DC sources have rapidly depleted, Customs and families in their custody, as well from the Rio Grande Valley. For those and Border Protection officers and as the Departments of Justice and De- who have never been to the Rio Grande agents have struggled to manage the fense. The hard-working men and Valley, I highly recommend a visit. It processing, care, and transportation of women in these Departments are work- is a beautiful region, a unique part of these migrants, and local communities, ing tirelessly to care for the migrants our country, rich in culture and his- it should be no surprise, have stepped in their custody, and I want to thank tory and full of hard-working people in. each of them for working day in and and businesses that fuel our State’s The Humanitarian Respite Center in day out to enforce our laws. But, as I and the Nation’s thriving economy. As McAllen is one of several locations mentioned, these are not the only folks record numbers of people continue to working to care for the migrants and trying to provide support with minimal mass migrate across our southern bor- has had its doors open for 5 years now. support from the U.S. Government. der, it has become one of the most In the summer of 2014, we saw then-un- Earlier this month I sent a letter to heavily impacted areas in our country, precedented numbers of Central Ameri- the chairman and ranking member of and it is working hard to manage the cans, particularly children, arriving at both the Appropriations Committee growing humanitarian crisis. the border. This was back when Presi- and the Homeland Security Sub- Last month alone, 144,000 people were dent Obama called this a ‘‘humani- committee, requesting that the funding detained coming across our border. It tarian and security crisis.’’ The scenes package include reimbursement for was the largest monthly total since were heartbreaking and spurred many local communities that helped carry 2006. It only begins to paint the picture folks to action to try to offer their the weight of the humanitarian crisis. of how challenging this mass migration help. NGOs, nongovernmental organizations, has become. The vast majority of the Sister Norma Pimentel is the execu- like the respite center in McAllen are people who crossed last month were ei- tive director of Catholic Charities in trying to do more and more with less ther unaccompanied children or fami- the Rio Grande Valley and led the cre- and less. Cities and counties are divert- lies, putting a strain on resources ation of this respite center. Migrants ing hard-to-come-by taxpayer dollars across the border, particularly when it who are released by CBP or ICE and are from their intended purposes, such as comes to detention facilities. awaiting a court date are often dropped public safety, power, and clean drink- It is no mistake that the human off at the center by officers or agents ing water, to do the job that is the re- smugglers, whom we call coyotes back themselves. There they can get food, a sponsibility of the Federal Govern- home, have figured out that if you can hot shower, a good night’s sleep, and ment. It is unfair for these folks to pay smuggle an unaccompanied child or travel to wherever they are going to for a humanitarian crisis that is not of family across the border, you vastly await their court date. their making. I am glad to see the Ap- improve the chances of successfully There is certainly a need for this propriations Committee taking some placing them in the United States. type of assistance under the cir- action to right this wrong.

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Communities, both along ing and voting on bipartisan legislation Our Presiding Officer, who has served the border and throughout the State of like the HUMANE Act that has been our country in uniform, knows of what Texas, will be able to request reim- introduced in the Senate and in the I speak. I was just off of Active Duty at bursement directly through local and House. the end of the Vietnam war and in national boards of the Emergency Food I will say that Chairman GRAHAM of Delaware when I finished up my MBA, and Shelter Program at the Federal the Judiciary Committee has been fo- which is financed in part by the GI bill. Emergency Management Agency to cused like a laser on this issue. We I had scraped enough money together help lessen the financial burden they were scheduled to mark up a bill today to buy a house. I think it cost about have incurred over the past few in the Judiciary Committee that I be- $35,000. I didn’t have $35,000, but with months. lieve would incorporate many provi- the help of the GI bill, I was able to get I want to thank the chairman and sions of the HUMANE Act as part of a a mortgage and buy my first home, all ranking member and all of our col- bill which would, I believe, address this those years ago. leagues on the Appropriations Com- humanitarian pull factor because of ex- In the years since World War II, the mittee for supporting this effort to ploitation of those gaps in our asylum GI bill has continued to change the help alleviate this strain on Texas laws. That now has been postponed, but lives of millions of veterans by spur- communities. The funding bill received I hope the discussions will continue be- ring economic opportunity and helping cause, ultimately, this is a matter of broad bipartisan support in the com- to create the middle class as we know congressional responsibility. We can be mittee and passed by a vote of 30 to 1. it today. That is why earlier this week glad that the Appropriations Com- I hope we will soon have the oppor- I was proud to reintroduce a bipartisan mittee stepped up and provided addi- tunity to pass this important funding resolution in the Senate, alongside my tional resources, including this $30 mil- colleagues Senators JOHNNY ISAKSON of bill here in the Senate. I encourage our lion in reimbursement for local com- friends in the House to put politics munities. We can be glad that Mexico Georgia and JON TESTER of Montana. aside and do the same. and the United States are finally now They are the chair and ranking mem- As happy as I am that the appropria- working together on this shared chal- ber of the Senate Committee on Vet- tions committee has come up with this lenge, but ultimately, if we are going erans’ Affairs, which designates this additional money, this is still a matter to address not just the symptoms but week as National GI Bill Commemora- of treating the symptoms and not the the causes of this humanitarian crisis, tion Week, celebrating the historical underlying cause. President Trump, in it is up to Congress. I believe the significance of the GI bill and renewing his frustrations with congressional in- American people will ultimately hold our commitment to improving the action, threatened to impose addi- us accountable, as they should. lives of our Nation’s veterans for years tional tariffs on the nation of Mexico. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. to come. Fortunately, the negotiations that en- YOUNG). The Senator from Delaware. I want to share with you a couple of sued came up with a plan for Mexico to 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GI BILL reasons why the GI bill is oftentimes work with the United States to begin Mr. CARPER. Madam President, this referred to as the ‘‘greatest legisla- to slow down or stop the flow of people Saturday is June 22. It is not just any tion’’ and share with you how it from Central America across Mexico June 22. It marks 75 years to the day changed my life and really the life of into the United States. that Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed my family. I have never seen anything quite like into law one of the most significant After World War II, millions of re- that before in terms of our relationship pieces of legislation in our Nation’s turning veterans flooded our Nation’s with Mexico. They have historically history. It was called, and is called, the colleges, our universities, and our vo- tended to view immigration as our Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. cational schools. It was the GI bill that problem, not theirs, as well as the drug We know it today as the GI bill. made financial support, education, and problem, because the demand in Amer- Since 1944, the GI bill has helped lit- homegrown programs available to ica is our problem and not theirs. This erally millions of not just servicemen those 16 million veterans returning really represents a change of attitude but a lot of servicewomen. When you home and helped to usher in an era of on behalf of President Lopez Obrador’s look at our Armed Forces today, there unprecedented economic expansion. administration, and I want to con- are a lot of servicewomen who serve in According to the 1988 report from the gratulate President Lopez Obrador and the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Joint Economic Committee, it was es- his administration for working with Corps, and in the Coast Guard. I re- timated that for every $1 the United the United States to address a joint member being a midshipman at the States invested in our GIs through the problem. This is not just Mexico’s Ohio State Navy ROTC in the 1960s, GI bill, about $7 were returned in eco- problem. This is not just the problem and we had no women in our unit. nomic growth for our country. of the United States. This is our shared There were no women in any ROTC I am going to say that again. Accord- challenge. Working together, I am con- unit in colleges across the country, as ing to the Joint Economic Committee fident we can begin to address it. far as I know. There were no women in 1988, it was estimated, for every $1 Finally, I want to say that Congress who were nominated to attend armed the United States invested in the GI has largely been AWOL when it comes service academies—the Naval Acad- bill, about $7 were returned to our to dealing with this humanitarian cri- emy, Air Force Academy, Merchant economy. It is a pretty good return. sis up to this point. A couple of months Marine Academy. None of them had Those are big returns. I wish I could ago, my colleague from the House of women. I got to my squadron on the say for every dollar we invested in Fed- Representatives, HENRY CUELLAR, a west coast during the Vietnam war, eral Government spending that we got Democrat from Laredo, TX, and I in- and we had about 300 men in my squad- seven bucks back, in terms of economic troduced a bill we called the HUMANE ron. About 10 percent were officers. growth. We don’t. So this is something Act, which would fix some of the gaps The others were enlisted men. We had to know. in our laws that are being exploited by no women in my squadron. Thanks to the original GI bill, 450,000 the human smugglers and are causing All that has changed. When you go to engineers, 240,000 accountants, 238,000 this humanitarian crisis in this huge any college that has a ROTC unit teachers, 91,000 scientists, 67,000 doc- flood of humanity coming into the today, they are allowing women in. In tors, 112,000 dentists, and thousands of United States. the academies, you find women. In my other professionals entered our coun- If Congress would accept its responsi- old squadron, we find women. They are try’s workforce, and many folks en- bility and do its job, it would never not just E–1s, E–2s, and E–3s; they are tered the workforce with skills in have been necessary for the President O–4s, O–5s, O–6s, and they are doing a building trades, in assembly oper- to threaten additional tariffs on Mex- great job. The GI bill is for them too. ations. You name it.

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Active Duty as a midshipman, before tional Guard facility in Smyrna, DE, At the end of World War II, my dad that at Ohio State, and served 5 years which is just north of Dover. There was the chief petty officer in the Navy in the Vietnam war, three tours in were 20 or so National Guard men and and served until the end of World War Southeast Asia. I wanted to stay in the women. They were about to ship off for II and a little bit after that and served Navy. I wanted to go to graduate Iraq and other surrounding countries many years after that as a chief petty school after my career. The Navy in that part of the world. officer in the naval reserve for, I think, wasn’t ready to send me to Monterey. I In my remarks to send them off and 30 years in all. He came back. Before he wanted to go to Monterey to graduate wish them well, I mentioned, when went to work, he took advantage of the school. The Navy wasn’t ready to send they come home, they will be eligible GI bill, and he had a real knack for fix- me to a postgraduate school. They said for the GI bill if they have a total of 36 ing things and building things. He was to come back and talk to them in a months of service, which will enable very skilled in that regard. He had a couple of years. them to go to college for free—to the high school education. He and my mom I wanted to go to graduate school. I University of Delaware, to Delaware graduated from Shady Springs High entered my regular commission, took a State University, or to the Delaware School in Beaver, WV. They were mar- Reserve commission, and moved from Technical Community College. There ried during World War II. My sister was California to Delaware—the University will be no tuition, and books will be born in 1945, and I was born in 1947. My of Delaware—and enrolled on the GI paid for. If they need tutoring, it will dad used the GI bill, he once told me, bill to go to graduate school. be paid for, and they will receive a to learn how to fix wrecked cars, how The next weekend, after I showed up $2,000-a-month housing allowance. to be an auto body repairman. He in Delaware, I drove up the road to Wil- When we came back from Southeast ended up working at an Oldsmobile low Grove Naval Air Station in Penn- Asia at the end of the Vietnam war, in dealership in Beckley, WV, Burleson sylvania, north of Philadelphia, and the GI bill, we received a $250-a-month Oldsmobile, using the skills he gained they were just getting the Navy P–3 allowance for everything. That was it. from the GI bill. He worked there for a aircraft. I had been a P–3 aircraft mis- It was all there. The GI bill that our year or two. One day, a claims adjuster sion commander during the Vietnam veterans inherit today, receive today, came in from the Nationwide Insurance war. I said: Are you looking for people is just incredibly generous and is, actu- company. Nationwide insured a car who might help train these sailors at ally, very helpful in terms of recruiting that was being repaired by my dad. The Willow Grove on how to use these P–3 people to serve in an all-volunteer claims adjuster talked to my dad about airplanes? military. the car and how it was coming. Some- He said: We need somebody. We need One of the aspects of the bill that I where in that conversation, the fellow some help, and we are were happy to mentioned a minute ago was, if a GI from Nationwide Insurance said: You sign you up. doesn’t use his or her GI bill, his or her know, you could do what I do. I flew with them for another 18 years spouse can use it. If his or her spouse My dad said: You mean be a claims and retired as a Navy captain. doesn’t use it, his or her dependent adjuster for Nationwide Insurance? Before I did those 18 years, I went to children can use it. Sometimes that The guy said: Yes, you could do this. graduate school at the University of happens, and I want to share one sad You have a lot on the ball. Delaware and earned an MBA, and that but, in the end, hopeful story about one Two years later, my father was a helped me go to work for the State of servicemember’s GI benefits. claims adjuster for Nationwide Insur- Delaware in economic development, His name was Christopher Slutman. ance. He continued to repair wrecked right out of graduate school, and later He grew up not too far from Delaware, cars as a hobby. We had any number of had a chance to run for the State treas- but he ended up serving in New York cars in our family that looked as good urer. Nobody wanted to run. In know- City as a fireman and had been one for as new. He would take them on week- ing I had an MBA from the University 15 years. In the words of Winston ends and went to a garage and fixed of Delaware, some people thought Churchill, he was twice a citizen be- them, painted them, and they were as maybe I could be a pretty good State cause, in addition to doing that, he good as new. treasurer. We ended up starting with served in the Reserves for a number of Out of that humble beginning as a the worst credit rating in the country years—not in the Navy but in the Ma- claims adjuster for Nationwide Insur- back in 1977, and 6 years later, we had rines. ance—he was very proud of the work he doubled the credit rating. Pete du Pont His unit was activated. He was acti- did, but he ended up 20, 25 years later was our Governor, and he was a great vated, and he ended up in Afghanistan as one of the top instructors for Na- Governor. on Active Duty. He took leave from his tionwide in their home office in Colum- I hope I helped a little bit along the day job as a firefighter in New York bus, OH, teaching all the claims adjust- way. That GI bill helped me in earning City to put on a different uniform and ers from across the country for Nation- my MBA and, later, to have had a ship out with his colleagues to go to wide how to do the job adjusting chance to have served in the House, Afghanistan. He was serving there on claims, working on claims. then as Governor, and now here in the Active Duty—a marine reservist acti- Here is a picture of my dad, Wallace Senate. So I am deeply grateful to the vated—when, one day while on patrol Richard Carper. He went by Richard, people of this country for investing in within the Humvee, they ran across a his middle name, my middle name. He me. I tried to work hard to repay that bomb that exploded and killed him, instructed a bunch of folks in the home investment they made in me all those Christopher Slutman, and killed two office in the training school in Colum- years ago. other marines who were in the vehicle. bus, OH. Here he is with some of his Today’s veterans can take advantage Along with CHRIS COONS, my col- compadres, some of the fellow teachers of the post-9/11 GI bill. It is an incred- league here in the Senate; LISA BLUNT whom he worked with. It started with ible benefit that pays the full cost of ROCHESTER, our only Representative at the GI bill. tuition at public colleges and univer- large of the U.S. House of Representa- I know people who used the GI bill to sities, offers a generous housing allow- tives; our Governor, John Carney; the get an undergraduate degree or 2-year ance, and pays for books. It can even be Secretary of Defense; the head of the degree, associate’s degree, a master’s transferred to veterans’ spouses or Marine Corps; and a lot of other people, degree, a Ph.D. Not everybody used the children. several days later, I stood on the flight GI bill for that. My father used it in a In 2017, I was proud when Congress line at Dover Air Force Base with the way that actually ended up enabling enacted the Forever GI bill—legisla- families of those three marines who him to not only get a good blue-collar tion that expanded the GI bill and died.

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I think it after the new sanctuary was dedicated, Finally, Billy had a hand in naming was late at night. They were probably Billy Payne came home from work and his alma mater’s football field, Sanford at home and probably in bed. said to Martha: I’ve got it—we’re going Stadium, after his coach at the Univer- When Christopher Slutman died, he to bring the Olympics to Atlanta. Billy sity of Georgia, Vince Dooley. Last left behind a widow, and he left behind was undaunted by the magnitude of month, the university’s athletic board three little girls, ages 4, 8, and 10. His this decision. approved the name change, and now wife doesn’t need to go to school any He didn’t have many connections at the field is officially known as Dooley further. She is educated well beyond the time, but he called up city and Field at Sanford Stadium. my dreams. Do you know what, State officials and formed a team to I would be remiss if I didn’t say ‘‘Go though? They have three daughters, make a bid to host the 1996 Olympic Dogs’’ this morning. and we are going to make sure, when Games. Billy spent the next 31⁄2 years Clearly, Billy Payne’s impact on they are old enough to go to college, personally traveling to 110 countries to Georgia and the entire country is hard they will be able to inherit and use the convince Olympic officials to bring the to measure, but I want to tell you a GI bill’s benefits that their father and games to the city of Atlanta. On Sep- story that really tells the true heart of their mother will never use. tember 18, 1990, Atlanta won the bid for this leader from our State. A lot of times, we think about what the 1996 Olympics all because of Billy After he announced his retirement the GI bill does to help servicemembers Payne’s leadership and his vision for from being the chairman of Augusta like me and like my dad, but it also the city. National, he was at a private dinner helps a lot of families in ways we, The 1996 Olympics put Atlanta on the and was asked by no less than Bret maybe, never imagined. So I think we world map. It transformed the city and Baier what he was going to miss the celebrate 75 years of the gift that this allowed us to build infrastructure that most. Without hesitation, Billy said, legislation provides to those survivors, later helped Georgia to become the No. ‘‘The people.’’ Well, those of us at the like to the three Slutman girls, as they 1 State in the country in which to do table thought he might have been talk- prepare to face the world without their business. To this very day, my alma ing about the members, but he wasn’t. father. mater, Georgia Tech, actually uses dor- He was talking about the employees at In closing, I am proud to join fami- mitories that were built to house the Augusta National. Its employees have lies across our country today in cele- athletes in the 1996 Olympics in At- been there for their entire careers, and bration of the importance of the GI bill lanta. they adore this man because he loves over the last three-quarters of a cen- After serving as President and CEO them. He treated them right, and he tury. It has enabled hundreds of thou- of the Atlanta Committee for the built their careers there. sands of veterans, including, as I said Olympic Games, Billy was invited to His tenacious spirit, his love for hu- earlier, my dad and me, to pursue our join Augusta National. In a very short mankind, and his steadfast leadership dreams and to, hopefully, contribute in period of time—actually, in 2006—he serve as an inspiration to us all. I some way to our Nation and to our was selected to be the club’s chairman, thank Billy Payne for his lifetime of economy. This week, we reaffirm our which is a role he served in for 11 service to the State of Georgia and to commitment to making sure that all years. Billy oversaw the Masters Tour- the United States, and I congratulate veterans today have similar experi- nament and turned it into a global him, his wife, and their kids on this in- ences—maybe even better experi- brand with worldwide reach. When duction into the World Golf Hall of ences—than we had and that they get Billy took over at Augusta National, Fame. the most out of their hard-earned GI the club’s membership was all male. BORDER SECURITY bill benefits. Under his leadership, Augusta National Mr. President, on another topic, I ask all of my colleagues to join us broke the gender barrier and allowed there is a growing crisis at our south- today, here in this Chamber and across women to join the club for the very ern border, and we are told, next week, the country, in wishing the GI bill a first time. we are actually going to vote on an ap- happy 75th birthday. Here is to another He also started two major amateur propriations package for humanitarian 75 years of improving the lives of our events—the Latin America Amateur aid at the southern border. Nation’s veterans. and the Asia-Pacific Amateur. The Recently, I and a colleague of mine, I yield the floor. winners of these tournaments are in- Senator STEVE DAINES of Montana, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- vited to play in the Masters each year. traveled down to the McAllen sector of ator from Georgia. As a result, young people from all over the border in Texas. We went out on TRIBUTE TO BILLY PAYNE the world now have a chance to actu- patrol overnight with the Customs and Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I rise to ally compete in the Masters every Border Patrol agents—we were out all do something I rarely do. To start, I year. night with them—and then went on pa- want to talk about a very special Geor- In 2014, Billy launched the Drive, trol in the early morning hours just as gian and a good friend of mine—a man Chip & Putt Championship—a junior dawn broke on the river. We saw first- by the name of Billy Payne. Billy is a golf competition that gives 7- to 15- hand that we don’t have just an illegal husband, a father, a grandfather, a year-olds the opportunity to develop immigration problem—we have a na- great Georgian, and, yes, a great Amer- their golf skills, to compete with their tional security crisis right there at our ican. Recently, he was one of five indi- peers, and to earn the opportunity to southern border. viduals to be inducted into the 2019 actually play and compete at the Au- My biggest takeaway was that the World Golf Hall of Fame. It is quite an gusta National on the Sunday before drug trafficking down there has now honor. Billy Payne is a riveting story- the Masters. I have seen this. It is an risen to being a full-blown crisis. Be- teller, a creative thinker, and an effec- exciting event to see these young peo- tween fiscal year 1997 and fiscal year tive leader. ple compete at the very home of the 2018, the CBP saw a 22-percent increase Golf Magazine once wrote: ‘‘Wherever Masters. in heroin, a 38-percent increase in he goes, Payne is the most interesting Probably the greatest achievement, meth, and a 73-percent increase in person in the room.’’ however, for amateur golf may have fentanyl seizures. In that year alone, Billy was born in Athens, GA, and he been this year’s first Augusta National fiscal year 2018, enough fentanyl was went on to play football for his home- Women’s Amateur tournament. When brought into the country illegally to town team, the Georgia Bulldogs. He the final pair walked onto the 18th kill every woman, man, and child in earned a law degree from the Univer- green arm in arm—one the winner, the America. The Border Patrol agents we

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Their job isn’t easy, but I In addition, the amount of human ued to escalate, and we have to do will say this today: The best—and I trafficking we are seeing at the border something about it right now. mean the very best—are in our mili- is unprecedented. Last month alone, This week, Health and Human Serv- tary uniforms around the world and 144,000 individuals were apprehended at ices and the Department of Homeland doing our business, they are our Border our southern border. This is the high- Security sent a letter to every Member Patrol people, who are protecting our est number of apprehensions in over 13 of Congress. It said: ‘‘Absent an emer- border every day and night on our years. gency appropriation, we anticipate southern border here in the United In just the first 8 months of the fiscal running out of funding as soon as later States. We appreciate what you all do. year, 411,000 unaccompanied children this month.’’ God bless you. and family units were apprehended at The Department of Homeland Secu- I yield the floor. our southern border, including 84,000 rity has already started pulling re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- family units and 11,000 unaccompanied sources away from critical missions in ator from Ohio. children, just last month—11,000 unac- order to try and keep up with this 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CUYAHOGA RIVER companied children. How does an unac- surge of human traffic. Without addi- BURNING companied child get all the way from tional funds by August, the Depart- Mr. BROWN. Fifty years ago this Honduras or Guatemala to our border? ment of Homeland Security says they Saturday, in Cleveland, OH, about 7 This is a conspiracy led by the car- will have to redirect manpower and miles from where my wife and I now tels. I have seen it firsthand. We heard funding from TSA, FEMA, and the live, sparks from a railcar traveling the gunfire across the river the night Coast Guard in order to address the cri- over the Cuyahoga River near Lake we were on patrol. It is real. sis at the border. Erie ignited debris in the water below, If this trend continues, 800,000 chil- The Acting Director of ICE just re- lighting our river on fire for what dren and families could be apprehended cently said: ‘‘We are begging. We are would be the last time. It wasn’t the at the southern border by the end of asking Congress to please help us.’’ first time the river had burned. It this fiscal year alone. To put that in This should not be a political issue. I wasn’t the biggest fire ever on the perspective, we issue 1.1 million legal am hoping that it will not be. This is river, but it surely had the most im- green cards a year that are a pathway about giving Federal agents the re- pact. to citizenship. This year alone, just the sources they need to care for children Soon after that fire, Time magazine family units alone could be 800,000 peo- and families in their custody and re- published a story calling the Cuyahoga ple apprehended at the southern bor- spond to this crisis situation. River one of the worst rivers in the der. Clearly, our Border Patrol agents Even the New York Times editorial country. It was hard even for us who are overwhelmed. board said this: ‘‘Congress, give Trump live in Ohio to argue otherwise. When an unaccompanied child arrives his border money.’’ That is the New I remember how polluted the river at the border, they are cared for by York Times, not a big fan of our Presi- was and the lake was when I was grow- Border Patrol agents until they can be dent. ing up. Even to a child, it was obvious placed in the care of the Department of The Senate will vote on this emer- that most of what was in the river Health and Human Services. However, gency funding next week, and I hope it didn’t belong in that river. Industry the number of children arriving today will receive bipartisan support. It abso- used the river as an open sewer, and oil greatly exceeds HHS’s capacity to deal lutely should. Going forward, we have coated the Cuyahoga River. with them. to address the underlying cause of this We knew that for generations Ohio’s As of last week, 1,900 unaccompanied crisis, however. industry powered our country, making children were in CBP custody awaiting Since 2014, the number of unaccom- the steel that won our wars, built our placement in HHS’s care. But Health panied children and family units arriv- skyscrapers, and went into the cars and Human Services had less than 700 ing at the southern border has sky- and trucks that carried our products beds in which to place them. rocketed because of loopholes in our and workers around the country. But Now, according to the Department of asylum and immigration laws. Minors our river—the Cuyahoga River—paid Homeland Security, Border Patrol and family units can easily assert the price. agents are spending more than half of broad and unspecific asylum claims. The city’s own wastewater system their time caring for families and chil- Then, they are released into the United was outdated and ill-equipped for what dren, providing medical assistance, States while they await formal re- was then America’s tenth largest city. driving buses, and acting as food serv- moval proceedings, which could be Americans were horrified by the scenes ice workers instead of performing law months or years down the road. of that burning river. It was a wake-up enforcement duties. These loopholes, combined with pro- call to people all over our great coun- Pulling Border Patrol agents away grams like the DACA Program, have try that industrial pollution had real from their law enforcement duties only led to a staggering increase in the costs. exacerbates the crisis at the border. We number of unaccompanied children and People were becoming more and more saw that firsthand on our overnight pa- family units arriving at our border. aware of the scope of our environ- trols. Oftentimes, these kids and families mental problems—polluted air, dirty The Acting Commissioner of CBP are exploited by cartels on their jour- rivers and lakes, oil spills off our said recently: ‘‘We are in a full-blown ney to the United States and are in coasts. emergency, and I cannot say this any dire need of human services by the Citizens woke up. Citizens demanded stronger: the system is broken.’’ time they get here. It is truly heart- that their government take action. Our On May 1, the Trump administration breaking what some of these people go mayor in Cleveland, Carl Stokes, requested $4.5 billion in funds to help through. These cartels profit off the helped to lead the charge, pressing this address the growing crisis at the bor- most vulnerable. They fuel the drug Congress for Federal help. der. At the time, we were debating dis- trade and endanger communities across Congress passed the Clean Water Act aster relief for my home State of Geor- our country—indeed, the world, for and the Clean Air Act. Congress cre- gia and a dozen other States across the that matter. We have to put the cartels ated the Environmental Protection country. out of business. We have to close these Agency. The country celebrated the On May 23, President Trump broke loopholes that encourage illegal immi- first Earth Day, and we made real the logjam and agreed to separate bor- gration into our country. progress. der humanitarian aid from the disaster Finally, we have to give the Border The city of Cleveland, the State of relief question and it allowed us, then, Patrol officers the tools they need to Ohio, and citizen activists transformed

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There aren’t that scientists, protecting our lakes and riv- and Recovery Act, and the Toxic Sub- many national parks east of the Mis- ers, taking action to preserve our coun- stances Control Act. And, of course, sissippi River—a national park in the try for our children and our grand- there was the big one—the National Cuyahoga River Valley. children before it is too late. Environmental Policy Act. Today our river is home to more than The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Each one had broad popular support. 60 species of fish. Families canoe and ator from Rhode Island. Each garnered bipartisan support. It is kayak and fish. The industrial river Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, it hard to imagine that today, but it hap- valley in downtown Cleveland, what we is my great honor to join Senator pened. call the Flats, has been transformed BROWN of Ohio here on this 50th anni- The American people have made into a center for recreation entertain- versary. hard-earned progress protecting our ment. The image of a river aflame is en- waters in the last 50 years. We want to NPR this week said that the cleanup graved in our collective memory. For swim in our lakes. We want to fish in ‘‘has been such a success that environ- Ohioans, for Senator BROWN, and for all our rivers. We want to drink from our mental officials travel from around the others who care about our water and streams. world to take notes.’’ environment, the Cuyahoga River re- We do not want to go back to the All the cleanup we have done has not mains a rallying cry. days when rivers oozed, but the Trump hurt our economy—far from it. We Time magazine ran a piece in 1969 administration has the clear aim of al- know the talking points. We hear from calling it this: ‘‘Chocolate brown, oily, lowing industry donors to pollute more lobbyists in this building. We know the bubbling with subsurface gasses, it and faster. talking points we hear from corpora- oozes rather than flows.’’ The price for this is paid in our riv- tions. They say that environmental No fish lived in it. It was too dan- ers, on our lands, in our oceans, and in protections hurt businesses and kill gerous for drinking or swimming. our climate. Right now, in our atmos- jobs. ‘‘The lower Cuyahoga has no visual phere and oceans, we are approaching The Cuyahoga proves them 180 de- signs of life, not even low forms such as the kind of environmental catastrophe grees wrong. The river transports mil- leeches and sludge worms that usually that befell the Cuyahoga, only mag- lions of tons of materials to and from thrive on wastes,’’ a Federal report nified many times over. local industries and supports 15,000 said. Let’s ensure that the Cuyahoga did jobs. It produces $1.7 billion in eco- Virginia Aveni, captain of a vessel not burn in vain and that the lessons of nomic activity. charged with cleaning up, told the the Cuyahoga River, Love Canal, Deep- For all that progress, more needs to Plain Dealer that the river ‘‘was a water Horizon, and other preventable be done. Last week, I was on the shores complete gel almost of petrochemi- disasters are not repeated by us, now of Lake Erie and held a roundtable cals.’’ There was a ‘‘sheen and thick- on a global scale. We took bipartisan with Ohioans who love this lake. They ness of the river .... it was totally action to protect our environment be- told me they are worried that after 50 jammed with downfall from upstream’’ fore. If we can break the devil’s grip on years of progress on the Cuyahoga and and had ‘‘every kind of litter you can the fossil fuel industry here, we can do across Lake Erie, the shallowest and imagine.’’ it again. most vulnerable of the Great Lakes, we Today, waterfowl are back, and pad- Mr. President, I yield the floor. are at risk of going backward. The lake dlers enjoy themselves. It has been CHANGE OF VOTE is threatened by harmful algal blooms named River of the Year for 2019. Fish Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, on and by climate change. I thank Sen- from the river are now safe to eat. A rollcall vote 176, I voted nay. It was my ator WHITEHOUSE for being the most river that inspired a generation to act intention to vote yea. I ask unanimous important Member of this Senate talk- in the name of our environment has re- consent that I be permitted to correct ing about that issue every day, every warded that effort. my vote since it will not affect the out- day, every day. The lake is threatened By the time a spark jumped off a come. by invasive species, and it is threat- nearby passing train and lit the river The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ened by emerging contaminants that on fire in 1969, it was no surprise. The objection, it is so ordered. are in our drinking water. river had burst into flames 13 times be- Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I Unfortunately, we have a President fore between 1868 and 1969. This is the yield the floor. and an administration that deny cli- most economically damaging fire, in NOMINATION OF RITA BARANWAL mate science and that yesterday, 1952, which cost over $1.3 million—$12 Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I again, with their announcement, want million in today’s dollars. have come to the floor to speak in sup- to give polluters free rein. An earlier fire in 1912 was the dead- port of the nomination of Dr. Rita The President has tried every year to liest, killing 5 people. Baranwal to be Assistant Secretary for gut the Great Lakes Restoration Ini- What was different this time? Amer- Nuclear Energy at the Department of tiative, which keeps our five Great ica paid attention. Energy. Dr. Baranwal was reported Lakes clean. Every single year the Of course the Cuyahoga was not our from the Energy and Natural Re- President has tried to do that. His EPA only polluted waterway. The Potomac sources Committee without opposition proposes leaving thousands of miles of River in Washington, DC, was, to de- in both the 115th and 116th Congresses, waterways unprotected. They have scribe it in Time’s words ‘‘stinking and I am glad we will vote to confirm abandoned the Paris Agreement—the from the 240 million gallons of waste her today. best blueprint we have to combat cli- [that] were flushed into it daily,’’ and Over the past several years, the mate change. ‘‘Omaha’s meatpackers [filled] the Mis- United States has lost influence in nu- Having watched for 50 years, first as souri River with animal grease balls as clear energy to countries like Russia a young child, then, having seen what big as oranges.’’ and China. That is not a positive devel- has happened, having watched for 50 Americans wised up to what we were opment, but advanced nuclear tech- years the cleanup of this great lake doing to our planet. We grew tired of nologies have the potential to reposi- and the waterways in my State, which unchecked industries using our com- tion the United States as a leader in is still an industrial State and still an mon assets as their dumps, and things the world market. agriculture State, I know we can’t go changed. It produced some of the most To achieve that, we will need strong, back. We can’t let our country return significant environmental and public experienced, and consistent leadership to the days when our rivers flowed with health protections in history: the De- at the Department of Energy. Dr.

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Eberhardt, of Wis- Congress began to demonstrate its Blunt Heinrich Romney consin, a Career Member of the Senior Boozman Hirono Rubio strong support for advanced nuclear Braun Hoeven Executive Service, to be Special Rep- through the enactment of two bills in Sasse resentative of the President for Nu- Brown Hyde-Smith Schumer Burr Inhofe the last Congress, the Nuclear Energy Scott (FL) clear Nonproliferation, with the rank Cantwell Isakson Innovation Capabilities Act and the Scott (SC) of Ambassador. Capito Johnson Shaheen Nuclear Energy Innovation and Mod- Cardin Jones Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to Shelby ernization Act. These new laws are in- Carper Kaine consider the nominations en bloc. Casey Kennedy Sinema tended to facilitate reactor develop- Smith Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous Collins King consent that the Senate vote on the ment and streamline the licensing Coons Lankford Stabenow process at the Nuclear Regulatory Cornyn Leahy Sullivan nominations en bloc with no inter- Commission. Cotton Lee Tester vening action or debate; that if con- In addition, legislation I have spon- Cramer Manchin Thune firmed, the motions to reconsider be Crapo McConnell Tillis sored, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Cruz McSally Udall considered made and laid upon the Act, has garnered 17 bipartisan cospon- Daines Menendez Van Hollen table en bloc; that the President be im- sors in this new Congress. Our bill pro- Duckworth Merkley Warner mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- Durbin Murkowski Whitehouse tion; that no further motions be in vides for the next steps on advanced Enzi Murphy Wicker nuclear technologies, including the Ernst Murray Wyden order; and that any statements relat- need to ensure high-assay, low-en- Feinstein Paul Young ing to the nominations be printed in riched uranium fuel is available for NAYS—5 the RECORD. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without them. Cortez Masto Rosen Warren We need a strong leader in the Office Markey Schatz objection, it is so ordered. of Nuclear Energy, someone who recog- The question is, Will the Senate ad- NOT VOTING—9 nizes the potential of these tech- vise and consent to the Appleton, Booker Harris Rounds Falaschetti, Kurtz, Patel, Lee, Krach, nologies, who will move forward so Cassidy Klobuchar Sanders that we can realize that potential and Gillibrand Moran Toomey Krach, Krach, and Eberhardt nomina- tions en bloc? who will work to restore the United The nomination was confirmed. The nominations were confirmed en States’ leadership in nuclear energy. I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under appreciate Dr. Baranwal’s willingness bloc. the previous order, the motion to re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under to serve in this role and urge my col- consider is considered made and laid leagues to support her nomination. the previous order, the motions to re- upon the table, and the President will consider are considered made and laid f be immediately notified of the Senate’s upon the table and the President will action. EXECUTIVE SESSION be immediately notified of the Senate’s The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- actions. jority leader. f f EXECUTIVE CALENDAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The EXECUTIVE CALENDAR clerk will report the nomination. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The legislative clerk read the nomi- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- nation of Rita Baranwal, of Pennsyl- ate proceed to the en bloc consider- TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR vania, to be an Assistant Secretary of ation of the following nominations: Ex- 2020—MOTION TO PROCEED—Con- Energy (Nuclear Energy). ecutive Calendar Nos. 88, 90, 92, 93, 334, tinued Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, I ask 195, 196, 197, and 287. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without consent that the Senate resume legis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a objection, it is so ordered. lative session on the motion to proceed sufficient second? The clerk will report the nomina- to S. 1790. I further ask that notwith- There appears to be a sufficient sec- tions en bloc. standing rule XXII, the postcloture ond. The senior assistant legislative clerk time on S. 1790 expire at 5:30 p.m. on The clerk will call the roll. read the nominations of Seth Daniel Monday, June 24. The bill clerk called the roll. Appleton, of Missouri, to be an Assist- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Mr. THUNE. The following Senators ant Secretary of Housing and Urban objection? are necessarily absent: the Senator Development; Dino Falaschetti, of Without objection, it is so ordered. from Louisiana (Mr. CASSIDY), the Sen- Montana, to be Director, Office of Fi- The Senator from Ohio. ator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN), the nancial Research, Department of the (The remarks of Mr. PORTMAN per- Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Treasury, for a term of six years; Rob- taining to the introduction of S. 1925 ROUNDS), and the Senator from Penn- ert Hunter Kurtz, of Virginia, to be an are printed in today’s RECORD under sylvania (Mr. TOOMEY). Assistant Secretary of Housing and ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Urban Development; Bimal Patel, of Joint Resolutions.’’) Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary Mr. PORTMAN. I yield the floor. the Senator from New York (Mrs. of the Treasury; Allison Herren Lee, of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- GILLIBRAND), the Senator from Cali- Colorado, to be a Member of the Secu- ator from Maryland. fornia (Ms. HARRIS), the Senator from rities and Exchange Commission for a CLEAN POWER PLAN Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR), and the term expiring June 5, 2022; Keith Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, earlier Senator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) Krach, of California, to be an Under this week, the Trump administration, are necessarily absent. Secretary of State (Economic Growth, through the EPA Administrator, An- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Energy, and the Environment); Keith drew Wheeler, issued what was called any other Senators in the Chamber de- Krach, of California, to be United the Clean Power Plan rule. That re- siring to vote? States Alternate Governor of the Inter- places the Obama-era Clean Power The result was announced—yeas 86, national Bank for Reconstruction and Plan rule that dealt with carbon emis- nays 5, as follows: Development; Keith Krach, of Cali- sions from our powerplants. I am very

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:00 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.025 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S4152 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 20, 2019 concerned about this proposed rule, lution in our waters. I say that because grateful to them for their service, and and I want to share some of my con- many of you have heard me talk fre- we are so grateful they have chosen to cerns with the Members of the Senate quently on the floor about the Chesa- make Tennessee their retirement and the American people. peake Bay and the importance of the home. The Obama Clean Power Plan rule Chesapeake Bay. It is a national treas- One of our colleagues asked me one was aimed at reducing carbon emis- ure. It is the largest estuary in our day about how patriotic Tennessee is. sions by 30 percent by the year 2030 hemisphere. It is critically important They had been there to visit. They saw compared to the 2005 level. It was a to the way of life here in the Chesa- flags out in so many places. They saw strong proposal, but it gave maximum peake Bay watersheds—six States and signs out that were ‘‘thank you’’ signs discretion to the States on how they the District of Columbia. We recognize to our veterans. I told them that I felt could meet those targets. Those States its economic value—$1 trillion to our like it was because we do have a strong that relied more on coal-burning power economy. military presence. Fort Campbell is generation were given different stand- Well, 85 million pounds of nitrogen primarily in Tennessee. We have ards than those States that had al- pollution goes into the Chesapeake Bay Millington, the air naval station. We ready transitioned to cleaner energy from the air. One-third of the Chesa- have Arnold. We have our National sources. It was a fair rule, a tough rule, peake Bay’s total nitrogen load comes Guard, and a couple of our units have and a rule that would significantly re- as a result of our failure to regulate just finished a good deployment. We duce carbon emissions in this country. carbon going into the air. This causes cherish these veterans, and they are Powerplants are the largest single algae blooms in the Chesapeake Bay. It such an integral part of our commu- source of carbon pollution, and we causes dead zones. It makes it much nities and our churches. know how harmful carbon pollution is more difficult for the stakeholders to We have worked diligently on this to our environment. Nearly 40 percent meet their stated goals. healthcare system for veterans to spe- comes from power generation. I am proud of the Chesapeake Bay cifically meet their needs. That should We need strong Federal regulation. Program. All the local governments be the mission of the VA. It is not to We were moving in that direction have agreed on their responsibility. It serve itself but to serve the veterans. under the previous administration. is tailored toward the States and en- Once this new structure that is put in Now we demote the current emissions forced through the help of the Federal place by the MISSION Act is fully im- standards to a mere suggestion. That is Government. But because of this rule plemented, members of the military wrong, and I hope that does not become change, it is now going to be more dif- community who have been, in my the case. ficult to meet the goals we have set for words, neglected for too long—their ac- There are many reasons that we the Chesapeake Bay. It is not just af- cess to healthcare neglected—they are should be concerned about this rule. fecting the powerplants; it is affecting finally going to get the attention and We should be concerned about what we our quality of life, public health, the the care they need. I use the term ‘‘ne- are doing about carbon pollution. Let glected’’ because anybody who knew me cite a few. environment, and the economy. they were headed to the VA clinic for a In the area of public health, we know The States have acted. I am proud of that if we don’t control carbon emis- what Maryland has done. We have checkup knew that was not going to be sion, we will have more premature shown that you can clean up your car- a quick checkup. There is a lot of pa- deaths. The New York Times estimates bon emissions through power produc- perwork that goes into that process of that there would be 1,400 annual pre- tion and you can grow your economy. asking for that checkup and then see- mature deaths as a result of not prop- We have done that in the State of ing it actually take place. I have heard from hundreds of vet- erly regulating the carbon emissions Maryland. We have joined with other erans, their stories and their experi- coming from powerplants. States in the RGGI—with Delaware, We also know that because of the im- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, ences. Sometimes you will hear them pact carbon has on public health, the New Hampshire, Rhode Island, say it was a comedy of errors. But it is failure to regulate it means more chil- Vermont, and New York—and we have no comedy; it is a catastrophe of er- dren will miss schooldays because of shown a 40-percent reduction in emis- rors. The consequences from this have their respiratory challenges and more sions since 2009. That is what the really taken a toll on the life, the parents won’t be able to work because States have done. health, the safety, and sometimes the they have to take care of their chil- In the rule that is being proposed, sanity of our veterans community. dren. So the result is lost schooldays they are saying they are leaving it up The reason you hear these stories is and lost workdays because of the fail- to the States. Maryland has done that, because we have asked generations of ure to regulate, which affects our econ- but we are downwind. The progress we veterans to put their physical and their omy and our educating workforce. are making is being negated by the pol- emotional health in the hands of prac- We know that children who are vul- lution coming in from the Midwest. We titioners whose hands were tied by ar- nerable to respiratory ailments, such need a national standard in order to be bitrary rules and procedures that as asthma, are particularly at risk, and able to meet our targets. turned even simple procedures into there will be more days that they will I would urge my colleagues, let’s get what would be a logistical nightmare. I be confined to some form of air-condi- engaged. This rule is bad for our econ- have no doubt that if we went around tioning rather than being able to go omy. It is bad for public health. It is this Chamber and each Member of this out in the neighborhood. bad for energy security. It is bad for Chamber were to stand, they could— It is also a matter of our economy. the environment. We can do better. without any notes, right off the top of We know that clean energy produces Let’s work together so that we have their head—give us a story they have more jobs. That is where we are head- proper regulation at the national level heard from a veteran. That should ed, and the faster we get there, the bet- dealing with carbon emissions. never happen. ter it will be for our economy. I yield the floor. But as of this month, we have dealt We also know, as a matter of energy The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- with a lot of these issues. We have re- security, the faster we move in this di- ator from Tennessee. moved some of the roadblocks. And the rection, the more secure we will be. VA MISSION ACT new Community Care Program, which America has taken steps to wean our- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I adopted elements from the successful selves off of imported energy, but our wanted to join with my colleagues this Veterans Choice Program, will con- allies around the world are still too de- week to mark the implementation of tinue to allow veterans to seek care pendent, as we know from the way Rus- an updated and streamlined healthcare closer to home. What was once a clus- sia uses energy as a weapon. We need system that is specifically for our vet- ter of seven programs has been merged to transition to renewable energy erans. This is made possible by the VA into one single system—a whole-of- sources so there can be energy security MISSION Act. health, whole-of-the-soldier approach. for America’s allies. In Tennessee, we have such a large It makes this process simpler and easi- Lastly, on the environment, carbon and vigorous and wonderful population er to understand and to implement this is the major pollutant for nitrogen pol- of veterans. I will tell you, we are so program.

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Planned Parenthood reported commit- their echo chamber. We have a neighborhood clinic over ting more than 330,000 abortions— What is even more important than here. somewhere between one-third and one- anything about public opinion is that We have a clinic over at the phar- half of all abortions committed in the Democrats are also out of step with macy, the CVS or the Walgreens. Let America last year. Planned Parent- our fundamental American conviction me go there and not have to drive to a hood’s president has said that pro- that all men are created equal—all men clinic that is out of town. viding, protecting, and expanding ac- and women and babies. Instead, they One provision in particular that I be- cess to abortion is part of the organiza- are increasingly committed to the lieve is going to really make a big dif- tion’s ‘‘core mission.’’ It does this work proposition that some people are less ference is the removal of barriers that with the help of more than $500 million than human and are, therefore, dispos- have prevented VA healthcare profes- in annual subsidies from the Federal able. Sadly, though, the most radical sionals from practicing telemedicine. Government; that is, from taxpayers leftwing voices are winning in their Any of us who have used telemedicine across this country, many of whom be- party’s echo chamber, and Democratic and have Skyped with a physician lieve that abortion is immoral. Yet the candidates have now decided that they know this is a timesaver. It gets you in position of Planned Parenthood is and must prostrate themselves before the front of the doctor in a more expedi- has long been abortion at any time, ‘‘flush with cash’’ abortion industry. tious fashion. It allows you to get that anywhere, for any reason for free. That This has consequences well beyond pol- advice to start taking and treating used to represent the most extreme po- icy. As Democrats’ abortion positions your ailment sooner. It is a huge time- sition anywhere in the Democratic have become more extreme, they have saver. This is now going to be avail- Party. It was shared by only a very no longer sought to even persuade fel- able. small, hard-fringe portion of its elected low citizens with whom they disagree. As we are crafting these updates, we leaders. Rather, they have become openly hos- are careful to consider the cost to the Just to review some history, in 2008, tile to Americans who disagree on this patient and to make sure that veterans Hillary Clinton was still calling for great moral challenge. won’t have to worry about receiving a safe, legal, and rare abortion access, My colleague from New York, for in- massive bill if they see a provider at a and as she would regularly emphasize, stance, Senator GILLIBRAND, who will local community facility. The VA MIS- ‘‘by rare, I mean rare.’’ Yet, today, the be attending this weekend’s forum in SION Act keeps costs at these clinics radical things that the Nation’s largest South Carolina, made her feelings clear in line with those at the VA healthcare abortion business wants are basically earlier this month in an interview with centers. indistinguishable from the position of the Des Moines Register. In promising We have also taken steps to encour- every Democrat who is now running for that she would appoint only judges who age consistent treatment at the VA President—abortion at any time, any- would uphold Roe v. Wade, here is what healthcare centers by providing the where, for any reason for free. she said. Listen to this quote: funds necessary for these clinics to re- In fact, it is actually worse than this I think there [are] some issues that have tain top talent. You have to have because the position of every Senator such moral clarity that we have as a society healthcare professionals in the clinics who is currently running for the Demo- decided that the other side is not acceptable. in order for these clinics to see their cratic nomination and of at least one Imagine saying that it’s OK to appoint a patients. Governor is that a living, breathing judge who is racist or anti-Semitic or Most importantly, the VA MISSION homophobic. baby who survives an abortion proce- [This is not an issue where] there is a fair Act supports these changes via an up- dure can still be left to die after birth. ‘‘other side.’’ There is no moral equivalency dated and extensive system of report- All seven Senators who are currently when you come to racism, and I do not be- ing and accountability. For years, this running for the Democratic Presi- lieve there is a moral equivalency when it body has debated the merits of various dential nomination voted against the comes to changing laws that deny women re- healthcare regimes for children, the el- Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protec- productive freedom. derly, and the poor, but for some rea- tion Act earlier this year, and Gov- What? What are we talking about son, we have asked veterans to accept ernor Bullock of Montana vetoed a here? Are you kidding me? Did you a system incapable of providing care State-level version of that bill just be- catch what she just said? without snarling patients in miles and fore he entered the race. According to a sitting U.S. Senator miles of redtape. For this, we owe the As things currently stand, it is en- and a candidate for the Democratic veterans community an apology. tirely possible that the next Demo- nomination to be President of the It is an honor to work with our vet- cratic nominee for the highest office in United States, holding pro-life views in erans and now say that the VA MIS- our land will be publicly agnostic America is no longer acceptable. It is SION Act is being implemented and about the moral status of post-abortion not a fair position, she tells us. It is that care is coming to your commu- infanticide—morally agnostic about the moral equivalency of racism or nity. I think this reflects the sincere post-abortion infanticide. anti-Semitism. Perhaps in the Sen- desire to do right by our best and our Let’s be clear. These candidates are ator’s next interview she will suggest bravest. wildly and spectacularly out of the that pro-life Americans belong in a I yield the floor. mainstream in American life. Over the basket of deplorables. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- last two decades, Gallup polling has There is so much wrong with this ator from Nebraska. consistently shown that a majority of statement that it is difficult to know PLANNED PARENTHOOD Americans are opposed to unrestricted where to begin. We could note the Mr. SASSE. Mr. President, we are abortion access beyond the first tri- plain, simple fact that it is not pro- just a few days away from the first offi- mester. The Gallup numbers actually lifers who have an ugly link to racism. cial Democratic Presidential debate of show that well under one-third of Rather, since the very beginning, the the campaign season in Miami, but for Americans support abortion beyond the American abortion industry has been anyone paying close attention, the first 3 months, and a new NBC/PBS/ intimately connected to eugenics. This first meaningful debate is actually Marist poll finds that fully four out of is the origin of the movement. about only 48 hours away in South five Americans are opposed to all abor- As Planned Parenthood founder Mar- Carolina. tion in the third trimester. That in- garet Sanger put it herself—and think On Saturday, 11 Democrats, includ- cludes a majority of self-identifying about this quote—‘‘the unbalance be- ing 4 of the top 5 in the current polls, pro-choice voters. I want to say that tween the birth rate of the ‘unfit’ and

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It is a floor to fight for that world, to fight involved in her efforts took things a way of saying that these people—peo- for our planet. step further—going so far as to forcibly ple like my mom, who prays outside If you breathe in a lung full of air sterilize African-American women abortion clinics; people like my daugh- right now—and I invite anybody fol- whom they deemed to be unfit to pro- ters and my wife, who have spent a lot lowing this to do so—hold it for a few create. of hours volunteering at crisis preg- seconds, and breathe it out, the air We can also note that it is, in part, nancy centers; and people like the that you will have just taken into your because of this ugly history that, overwhelming majority of Nebraskans, body, into your lungs, will have had 33 today, Black women in America are 31⁄2 whom I get to represent, or Indianans, percent more carbon than when I was times more likely to have abortions whom the Presiding Officer now gets to born. That is a dramatic trans- than White women, and in some parts represent—are so morally repugnant formation of the atmosphere on this of Senator GILLIBRAND’s home State, that they don’t deserve a voice, that planet. It doesn’t matter where you go. Black children are actually more like- they don’t deserve to be treated like You could be doing this exercise here ly to be aborted than to be carried to human beings, that they don’t deserve in DC, back home in Oregon, or in term. to be engaged in debate, that they are Japan. It is still 33 percent more car- We could also point to the continued not people you could possibly have a bon in a single lifetime. Because that eugenic use of abortion—for example, reasonable conversation with. extra carbon is blanketing our entire to kill children who have nonlife- This is crazy talk. globe, it is having a huge impact—an threatening diseases. In the United It is not difficult to imagine where impact we see in all kinds of ways. States today, two-thirds of all babies this approach leads. When we lose sight Back home in Oregon, there has been in the womb who are found to have of the intrinsic and inexhaustible dig- a huge impact with the forest fires. We Down syndrome are aborted, and in nity of unborn children, we open the had forest fires this year that started some parts of Europe, the rate is push- door to abortion’s violence, and when in March. Perhaps you have seen some ing 100 percent. There are public ad we lose sight of the dignity of our fel- pictures of walls of flames and fires in campaigns in two nations in Europe low citizens in debate, we open the Montana, in Washington, in Oregon, that celebrate the fact that they have door to yet other kinds of violence. and in California in the last couple of gotten rid of all of their Down syn- I have spent a lot of time with pro- years—smoke that has blanketed our drome babies. lifers in my life, probably a lot more cities and our States for weeks on end. Instead of going point by point, I will time than most of my colleagues who This is not the norm. This is the re- just recommend that anyone who are going to be at the Planned Parent- sult of changing climate chaos, and it wants to better understand this dis- hood debate in South Carolina on Sat- is not good. turbing history read Justice Clarence urday. I will tell you what you will not We see extreme weather across the Thomas’s concurring opinion last find among these people is partisan country. We see more powerful hurri- month in Box v. Planned Parenthood of caricature. What you will find are peo- canes assaulting the Southeast. We see Indiana and Kentucky. Yet, according ple who are passionately devoted to the more Lyme disease in the Northeast to my Senate colleague, perhaps Jus- dignity of every human being no mat- and fewer moose because the ticks kill tice Thomas is one of those racists— ter how small or how vulnerable or the moose and ticks carry Lyme dis- you know, one of those notorious pro- what disease one might have been diag- ease to humans. We see the slowest life racists who is stalking America. nosed with. You will find a lot of Amer- planting season in four decades—too In their leftward lurch to become the icans, young and old, in the pro-life much rain, flooded farms. Planned Parenthood candidate, it is movement who care deeply about As of June 3, the Department of Agri- not just that the Democrats who seek women who are in need. You will also culture told us 40 million acres of corn this office are losing touch with where find a lot of enthusiasm for promising that would normally have been planted Americans actually are on the hard in vitro surgeries and for scientific de- haven’t been planted. questions of abortion or with our fun- velopments in ultrasound and neonatal Climate chaos is the greatest threat damental American convictions, it is technology. You will find fellow citi- humans have ever seen on this planet, also, as my colleague from the State of zens who are ready to advance the and it is happening for one simple rea- New York has shown, that we are los- basic American commitment to life son: We discovered fossil fuels. We dis- ing touch with even how to do politics through the tools of dialogue, persua- covered that burning them could create like Americans, where you respect the sion, and respect. a lot of energy, and we could transform dignity of people you differ with and The dehumanization of our friends the globe with that energy, but every argue about the ideas. You don’t de- and neighbors, whether they are in the single time you use those carbon clare them an unfit and an unworthy, opposite party or in the womb, de- sources, you put carbon in the air, and unacceptable other side. Americans stroys our national life together and now we have started to really damage have always had a genius for talking to our national conversation. On both our own planet. each other. In our constitutional sys- sides, we need to be constantly stitch- So what is the national response? tem, we set up debate fora like this to ing back together that fabric that has Well, under President Obama, we had be able to facilitate, channel, and ele- been torn asunder. the Clean Power Plan—the CPP. The vate debate—even heated, feverish de- I suggest to the Democrats who are CPP laid out a pretty ambitious vision, bate about really sensitive topics. heading to the South Carolina debate an example for the world to follow, but, Our Framers held firmly to the prin- this weekend to spend less time wres- quite frankly, it wasn’t enough. It ciple that men and women in their ex- tling with each other in order to say doesn’t accelerate enough our transi- ercise of reason could come to agree- more ridiculously extreme, clickbait tion to renewable energy. ments by persuasion and by dialogue things for high-propensity primary vot- Just think about it this way: We even if it took a long time and even if ers and spend more time listening to have been gifted with a fabulous source the topics were difficult. Anything less the voices of their pro-life fellow citi- of fusion energy. We don’t have to than that would be a violation of the zens. My guess is they will learn some- recreate fusion reactors here on the basic dignity of our fellow citizens. Our thing, and our national debate will be planet because we have it safely stowed Founders knew that hard political the better for it. millions of miles away in the Sun. issues should not be resolved at gun- Thank you. That is a fusion reactor. All we have to point; they should be resolved by de- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. do is capture the energy that shines on bate, which starts by assuming the dig- BRAUN). The Senator from Oregon. planet Earth, and we are in pretty good

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I think we have a pretty good Future generations will either cele- he mentioned we have a very fine plan- idea what is causing this, and we need brate the moment when we committed et, and God knows we do, but it is also to fight this challenge head-on. ourselves to saving our planet or they the only planet we have, and I think The good news is this doesn’t have to will ask why we failed, and right now for certainly everybody who serves in be something to divide us as a nation. we are looking at failure. The rate of this body—and maybe some of these It doesn’t have to be something that carbon pollution isn’t going down; it is young pages will have the opportunity divides us as Democrats and Repub- accelerating upward. We are accel- someday to live on another planet but licans. It doesn’t have to be something erating into oblivion. probably not. that divides us with respect to the rest When I was born, it took about 2 to 3 The President of France was just of the world. This is something that years to increase a single point of car- down the hall 2 years ago. I am sure should unite us. bon pollution, parts per million. You Senator MERKLEY remembers it. Presi- There is an old saying that the can see how this curve is now accel- dent Macron addressed us on a variety enemy of my enemy is my friend. Well, erating upward. Now we are at about of subjects, but one of those was the fu- the enemy of a world that has all this 2.5 points per year. That is a huge dif- ture of our plant. crazy weather, extreme weather—and ference. He said these words. I will never for- maybe in a lot of places in the internal We are kind of lulled into this false get them. He said: We only get one part of our country you don’t see what sense of comfort. Well, don’t we have planet, planet Earth. There is no plan- we see. What we see is that my State is more insulation in our buildings? et B. This is it. sinking. Delaware is the lowest lying Aren’t we blessed with cars that get He reminded us of our obligation, State in America. We are sinking, and greater mileage? We have appliances really a moral obligation, to take care the seas around us are rising. That is that use a little less energy. Well, yes, of this gift from God that he has en- not a very good combination. those things are true, but they are not trusted into our care. Folks who don’t happen to live on enough. Even with that, the curve is It is in that spirit that I am pleased our coast—I was born in West Virginia, accelerating upward. So we are in trou- to rise today with Senator MERKLEY grew up in other parts of the country, ble, but we do have some blessings in and other colleagues to speak out but for us it is real. It is not just some- this battle. against the so-called Affordable Clean thing that is esoteric. We see it every Solar and wind electricity have Energy rule that repeals and replaces day. plunged in cost, and the result is they the Clean Power Plan from the pre- The science behind climate change is, are now cheaper than or competitive vious administration. I believe, settled. Climate change is with fossil fuels. That is before you As I said when this rule was proposed real. It is happening. It is a growing take into account the massive sub- in, I think, August of last year—and threat to our country, and it is getting sidies granted by legislative action to our colleague, given where he is from worse every year. fossil fuels. So they are actually cheap- in America, maybe they say this in his Climate change is leading to rising er, and that is before you take into ac- State too—but we have a saying here global temperatures, rising sea levels, count the externalities—the damage that you can put lipstick on a pig, but more frequent and severe weather that fossil fuels are doing to our plan- it is still a pig. events such as hurricanes, rainfall et. So now we can really see that re- I said at the time when this rule was measured by the foot, not by the inch, newables are a complete win except for introduced that the only thing that has and drought-fueled wildfires, as I said the greed manifested through our polit- changed from the proposal to the final earlier, the size of my State. ical campaigns to keep burning fossil rule is maybe a little more lipstick. The more I hear about these extreme fuels. The Trump EPA rule promotes nei- weather events, the more I am re- It means more dollars in a few cor- ther affordable energy nor clean en- minded of the story in the Old Testa- porations’ pockets, pockets of a few ergy. What it actually does is it at- ment. I think it is in the book of Exo- really rich people who say that their tempts to scam the American people dus, where you may recall that Moses generational need for wealth—which into believing that the EPA is doing gets a call from on high to lead the they can’t take with them to the grave something to stem the tide of climate people of Israel out of Egypt where anyway—that generational need, they change. they are in bondage. are willing to sacrifice our planet for I think this poster probably speaks He tells God: God, I am not a very all. well to that thought, but this proposal, good public speaker, and I don’t think Now, they are not willing to bear the I think, is a failure of vision, and I you have the right guy to do this. costs. They are not willing to pay for think it is an abdication of leadership The Lord said to him: You have a the damage to all the homes destroyed in our fight against climate change. We brother, Aaron, who is a real good by those more powerful hurricanes. need to fight this problem head-on. speaker, a real good talker. Why don’t They are not willing to pay for all the The fact that our climate is warm- the two of you sort of lead this effort forests destroyed by the forest fires in ing, the fact that we have this extreme together? Oregon. They are not willing to pay for weather, whether it happens to be in So, urged by the Almighty, the two the structures destroyed by those fires. the Midwest with floods, the Northwest brothers visited the pharaoh who was They are not willing to pay the farmers with wildfires the size of my State, running the show in Egypt. They called whose crop is going to produce less be- whether it happens to be in the number on him and said: We are here to ask cause they had to plant so late. In of category 5 hurricanes that we are you to let our people go. Set us free. other words, they want the private seeing, extreme weather—literally Pharaoh was stubborn. He rejected profit while planet Earth and the rest within an hour or so of here, Ellicott their plea, and there were consequences of us bear the consequences of their City, where they have had two 1,000- to that rejection. I think there were greed. year floods in 18 months. about 10 different plagues that were So we need a strong plan, and we My wife and I were out in Palo Alto, brought to bear on Egypt in an effort need it now. We need to have a clear, CA, last weekend for the graduation of to try to convince the pharaoh to let robust response to transition to renew- our oldest son from business school, the people go, like the hordes of locusts able energy quickly. So let’s build on and the week before we arrived there, that covered the land. the foundation of the Clean Power he told us that the temperature in the Moses and Aaron would go back to Plan. 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But even though utilities out and appear everywhere, all over the Even though the Clean Power Plan are on track to meet carbon reduction land. was never fully implemented, States targets and scientists are warning us They would go back and see the phar- and utilities went ahead and started to keep our foot on the gas pedal, the aoh, and he would say: Get out of here. making investments in order to meet Trump administration, sadly, is hitting Lizards came out of the rivers and the plan’s carbon standards. They the brakes. covered the land, and they went back began acting in a way that said: We be- What this EPA has done fails to heed to see the pharaoh, and he said: Get out lieve this is the way we are actually the warnings of climate scientists by of here. going to go as a country, and we need weakening the Obama-Biden carbon Finally, the river was turned to to get onboard. standards put into place almost 4 years blood, and they went back to see him, As with other clean air regulations, ago. The Clean Power Plan set clear and he said: Get out of here. America’s utilities have been able to targets for States to achieve a 32-per- Finally, after the 10th plague, he find ways to meet the carbon reduction cent reduction in greenhouse gas emis- changed his tune. The 10th plague, as targets faster and much cheaper than sions from the power sector by 2030. you may recall, if you remember the originally estimated. When George Let me say that again. The Clean Old Testament—the 10th plague was Herbert Walker Bush was President, he Power Plan set clear targets for States the firstborn sons of every Egyptian pushed for a cap-and-trade approach to to achieve an almost one-third reduc- family died. reducing acid rain in the northeastern tion in greenhouse gas emissions from That time when Moses and Aaron part of our country. It was killing all the power sector by 2030. showed up to see the pharaoh, he said: of our forests, and he came up with a In comparison, the Trump proposal Why don’t you leave. Take all your plan to reduce acid rain cap and trade. fails to set any real carbon emission people and your stuff and just leave, People said: It is going to cost too standards for the power sector. It fails and they left—and they left. much; it is going to take too long. At to set any real carbon emission stand- Our President’s dismissal of the ex- the end of the day, it cost less than ards for the power sector. treme weather that is associated with half of what it was supposed to cost, This new proposed rule provides the unrelenting worsening reality of and I think it was accomplished in States with a menu of options for mak- climate change reminds me of the about one-third of the time. ing coal-fired powerplants operate pharaoh’s dismissal of the plagues un- Today, our Nation’s utilities are al- more efficiently, allowing States to de- leashed on the people of Israel 2,000 ready on track to meet and surpass the cide whether to make coal plants im- years ago. goals set by the Clean Power Plan way plement those options. This means The pharaoh was dismissive. This ahead of schedule—not on schedule but States could do nothing to clean up President is dismissive. We have seen way ahead of schedule—because even their powerplant emissions—nothing. this movie before. In this movie though the Clean Power Plan was held Add it up, and the dirty power scam version of it, our President is playing up in court, it sent clear signals to the fails to drive down powerplant carbon the role of pharaoh, and we need to utility industry of this country. emissions. According to EPA’s own All the while, the vast majority of make sure we don’t succumb to that. analysis, this rule is, at best, going to The Obama-Biden administration fi- Americans are now enjoying lower util- keep powerplant carbon emissions at ities—let me say that again. They are nalized the Clean Power Plan to reduce status quo levels. At worst, there are enjoying lower utility bills, not higher, carbon pollution and try to stem the credible reports that show the scam and more than 3 million Americans are tide of climate change. may well result in an increase in car- now going to work in the clean energy The Clean Power Plan established bon emissions. sector every day, which includes jobs the very first Federal targets to reduce Like all climate change policies by in renewable energy generation and en- carbon emissions from our Nation’s President Trump, the dirty power scam ergy efficiency. also fails to advance the American electric powerplants, which at the time Despite the revolutionary changes in clean energy economy. Instead, this were the largest source of carbon pollu- our energy sector, leading climate sci- tion in our country not that long ago. entists are now telling us that we need rule tries to take our country back to The rule was not developed on a to do even more to protect American a decade ago, when this country relied whim. The Clean Power Plan was final- lives and our economy from the threats much more heavily on dirty coal gen- ized after a lengthy rulemaking proc- of climate change. eration. EPA Administrator Wheeler ess, which was 2 years or longer in the In the past year alone, the UN Inter- even touted the dirty power scam as a making. They considered over 3.5 mil- governmental Panel on Climate way to support more coal energy pro- lion public comments, and I am told Change issued an alarming report that duction in the United States. But ask they responded to every one of them. concluded that if the global commu- any utility CEO or investor. America’s The Clean Power Plan set real carbon nity does not enact ‘‘rapid and far- future is not in dirty coal; it is in clean reduction targets for each State but reaching’’ carbon reduction policies in energy. gave flexibility and time for States to the next decade, we could face irrevers- As a native of West Virginia whose meet these individualized standards. ible damage to our planet as soon as family members once worked in coal EPA estimated the Clean Power Plan 2040. mines, let me say this. There are 50,000 would have achieved over $54 billion— Just 6 months ago, 13 Federal agen- people who work in coal mines in this that is billion with a ‘‘b’’—in health cies under the Trump administration country today, and those jobs are going and climate benefits if fully imple- concluded unanimously that if this down. Today, there are 3 million people mented. The Clean Power Plan pro- country does not take more drastic ac- who work in sustainable energy and vided long-term certainty for U.S. busi- tions to address climate change, every clean energy and conservation busi- nesses, helping American companies major sector of our economy could be nesses, and for each of those 50,000 min- make smart investments at home and negatively affected by climate change ers, we have an obligation to them and compete in the global energy market by the turn of the century—every one. their families. If they lose their em- around the world. Some sectors are expected to see hun- ployment opportunities because we are When finalized, critics of the Clean dreds of billions of dollars of loss every moving to cleaner, carbon-free air, we Power Plan—and there were plenty of year. My recollection is, in the last have an obligation to help them in them—argued the plan’s carbon targets year alone, we have suffered damages terms of transitioning and training for were too ambitious. That is only about from extreme weather in our country other jobs that are available. We have 4 or 5 years ago. Critics swore that that add up to hundreds of billions of 3 million jobs today in this country every American consumer who relies dollars in 1 year alone. that nobody showed up to do because on electricity to keep the lights on What a science-based agency like they don’t have the skills, the edu- would soon be in dire straits. Adminis- EPA should be doing is building off of cation, or the desire to do those jobs.

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They could build hy- aisle with the wisdom of our viewpoint. against Iran. Well, we have had often drogen fueling stations. They can do That is a tradition; that is a practice; no love lost between our two nations all kinds of stuff. that is what this Chamber is all over this period of time. Today, our utilities are making in- about—to take on the issues that we I mention these few points of history vestments that will last 40 to 60 years, face as a Nation, wrestle with them, to say that each side nurtures its if not longer. We should be providing explore the pros and cons, find their grievances against the other, but some- the right market signals today for a strengths or weaknesses, sometimes thing remarkable happened under the clean energy economy tomorrow. come to compromises that take several last administration. They worked to The dirty power scam doesn’t do viewpoints, and merge them together coordinate pressure from the entire that. What it does is create business into an even stronger point of view. world to strike a deal with Iran, to end uncertainty for our Nation’s utilities But I am deeply disturbed that the U.S. their nuclear program, end the risk of and States grappling with the effects of Senate is quickly losing the ability to Iran becoming a nuclear power. This climate change. consider the issues facing our Nation. agreement was something bought into To recap, if I could, the dirty power My colleague just spoke about the by Russia and China, the European scam does three things, regrettably: It challenge of climate pollution, and I powers, and the United States. They fails to heed the warnings of climate appreciate his doing so. But we have did many concrete things, things that scientists; it fails to drive down power- had few determined efforts to address their rightwing did not like: disman- plant carbon emissions; and it fails to the ideas different Members have for tling their plutonium reactor, shipping advance a clean energy economy. taking on that challenge, despite its enriched uranium out of their country, Referring again to the failure of vi- devastation to so many ways and dif- shutting down their centrifuges, allow- sion and leadership, that is why the ferent parts of our country. ing a massive amount of inspectors dirty power scam is a failure of vision When it comes to the security of our into their country to watch everything and an abdication of leadership in our country, no issue is more important that they were doing. fight against climate change. Repeal- than the question of going to war. Our In return, the deal was we would help ing the Clean Power Plan and replacing Founders realized this is a decision them economically find a better stand- it with a rule as ill-conceived as the that should never be vested in a single ard of living. This is a moment of po- dirty power scam will have serious con- person, not even the President. They tential turning point in the relation- sequences for the health of the public, knew that a single individual might ship—this long animosity between the our economy, and our planet. It is also find political cause or corrupt purposes two countries—potentially a win-win, a clear retreat from the EPA’s respon- to make the decision to go to combat but then comes in a new administra- sibility to tackle the greatest environ- against a force and that such a decision tion, the Trump administration, and mental crises we face on our planet should be debated in a Chamber like they don’t like this possibility, this today, and those are climate change this and a Chamber like the House. deal. The President says it is the worst and the extreme weather that flows That is why the Constitution gives to deal ever struck. We, the United from it. this body, the legislature of the United States, pulled out of the deal on May 8, The people of this country deserve a States of America, the power to go to 2018—just over a year ago. Since then, strong economy. They deserve more job war. we have heard the drumbeats of war creation. They deserve cleaner air. It is a question that came up early in echoing on Capitol Hill. They deserve better environmental our history. There was a challenge that The administration designated the quality. The American people and our we had off the Barbary Coast with cor- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as neighbors around the world deserve a sairs, who are often referred to as pi- a terrorist organization and then pro- healthy planet that we can call home. rates, taking charge of American brigs ceeded to tighten the economic sanc- The American people deserve better and holding them hostage. tions in order to pressure the economy than the dirty power scam, plain and Jefferson embraced the idea of going of Iran. simple. to war. He became President in 1801. So we had the end of the Uighurs, My colleagues and I are going to do Alexander Hamilton wanted to remind who are partners of ours, to be able to everything in our power to make sure him what the Constitution said. As he buy Iranian oil, greatly starving the that the people of this country ulti- said, ‘‘It belongs to Congress only to go economy of that nation. Then we de- mately get the climate protection they to war.’’ Any one of us should be able ployed, in recent weeks, the Abraham deserve. to pull out our pocket Constitutions, Lincoln carrier strike force to the Gulf. The last thing I would say before read article I, section 8—that delib- Then we deployed a B–52 squadron to yielding back to Senator MERKLEY is erate delegation to this Chamber and the Gulf. Then we heard the advocates that the issue of climate change is not the House to make that decision. in the administration saying: If any- something that should divide us. Ulti- Well, right now we are in the drum- thing happens with a connection with mately, this is something that should beat of war with Iran. There has been a Iran, we will show them the ferocity of unite us, not just within this body, not lot of animosity between our two coun- our forces. We will respond and show just within this country, but around tries for a long period of time. The them not to mess with the United the world. That is my hope and prayer United States mounted a campaign States of America. because, at the end of the day, we can through the Central Intelligence Agen- Different officials cited different ex- clean our air, we can clean our water, cy to take out the directly elected amples, but one was: If an Iranian mili- we can combat climate change, and we leadership of Iran in 1953—a CIA-staged tia in Iraq should happen to harm an can create a lot of jobs—a lot more coup—and to install a leader, the Shah American, that could be a trigger or if than the 3 million jobs we have already of Iran, who operated with great, shall Iran were to disrupt the movement of seen created. I say, violence against the people. He oil from the Gulf, that could be a trig- I yield the floor. had a secret police that was as feared ger. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- as any in the world. When you deploy forces and then ator from Oregon. There were other points of animosity start looking for triggers, you can find NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT when the people of Iran rose up against one for war, if you want, but I stand Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, each that Shah and took hostage Ameri- here today to quote the Constitution of year we have a debate on the National cans. They kept them hostage for a the United States of America, and that Defense Authorization Act. In the past, great length of time during the Carter Constitution says the power of war

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The administration is colleagues will all stand with the Con- would be the Commander in Chief to pretty sure, they say, that Iran did stitution in this Chamber. Thank you. prosecute a war if declared, but there this. Well, I always exercise some cau- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- should be no shortcut and no substitute tion. We all remember the Iraq war. We ator from Virginia. for the debate in this body before the remember that the administration Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I also rise initiation of war. then—the Bush administration—built today with my colleagues to talk about The amendment that will be on the what they said was a powerful case of the rumors of war we have been hear- table—and then hopefully we will re- weapons of mass destruction being cul- ing in this body and in the news. I want ceive a vote on—that is bipartisan in tivated by Saddam Hussein and the to advocate for a very simple amend- nature would prevent funding for a war Iraq Government. We went to war on ment whose timing is, I think, pro- against Iran unless there is a vote of that evidence, and we were wrong. pitious as we discuss the National De- Congress to authorize such a war. Here we are at this moment and an fense Authorization Act. Why wouldn’t The amendment does make clear that administration that has predeployed we discuss what we are hearing from no previous congressional act—for ex- forces, is squeezing the Iranian people the White House and others? Why ample, the 2001 authorization—can be as powerfully as possible. What hap- wouldn’t we discuss the events that are tortured and twisted and stretched and pens in this situation? What is the happening on the ground in the Strait bootstrapped into a declaration of war goal? Some in the administration say of Hormuz in the Middle East? against Iran. The administration has the goal is negotiations. Now, let me The amendment Senator UDALL has sort of been trying to lay that as a get this straight. The United States prepared that is a bipartisan amend- predicate, suggesting that an author- broke the deal, strengthening the far ment that is before the body—and we ization that passed in 2001 that did not right in Iran which said don’t trust the hope for a vote early next week—is a mention Iran would authorize war Americans. We strengthened the Revo- straightforward one. No funds would be against Iran, when not a single person lutionary Guard because the Revolu- used to prosecute a war against Iran who voted for it in 2001 ever thought it tionary Guard did not like the deal to unless this Congress has a vote to au- was to be used in justification for war begin with. Then we economically thorize it, to authorize such a war. As against Iran. The administration would squeezed the people of Iran, creating my colleague from Oregon mentioned, like to try to use that as a justifica- great hardship throughout the land— that is what the Constitution suggests, tion, they have said, in testimony here meaning we have moved the entire pop- and that is the debate we should be on the Hill. ulation in the direction of supporting having. Think about this: If they are so the far right in that country. Part of the reason I feel so strongly afraid to come to Congress and ask for Now, take these two things. We have about this is because I am a Virginian. an authorization that they want to try strengthened not the moderates who We are the most connected State to the to use something from 18 years ago, want to see the nation on a different military mission of the United States. what does it tell us about their con- course but the far right. Then we have All States are connected and all States fidence that they have a good justifica- alienated much of the country and in- are Patriotic, but if you just add up the tion that we need to be in a war? creased their support for the far right, kind of per capita in Virginia—our Ac- The amendment we have does not and we have shown that when we sign tive Duty, our Guard, our Reserve, our prevent the United States from defend- a deal, we don’t stand behind the deal DOD civilians, like the nurses who ing itself from attack against Iran. The because this administration broke the work at the Fort Belvoir Hospital, the President has the power as Commander deal. How is that a foundation for ne- DOD contractors like the shipbuilders in Chief under Article II, and the War gotiation? We are saying to Iran: We in Newport News, our military fami- Powers Resolution specifies that power negotiated. You agreed, but we are lies—we are the most connected to the and doesn’t codify it. It doesn’t need to breaking the deal, and now we want to Nation’s military mission. I am person- be codified, but it makes clear that negotiate again. ally connected to this with a son in the power is always inherent in the Office People don’t tend to want to nego- U.S. Marines. So as a Virginian I feel of the President. tiate with folks who have broken the very strongly about this, and I also feel Our amendment doesn’t suggest that previous deal. So we here see that we strongly about it because we are proud Iran’s behavior is acceptable or con- have a challenge in which we stand on of the Virginians, Madison, Jefferson, sistent with international norms. I the precipice of potential war. and others, who are among the Found- have been part of many efforts over the My colleague from New Mexico has ers who crafted the Constitution. They course of my time in the Senate to im- an amendment that restates the fun- tried to do some things that were pret- pose sanctions on Iran if they violated, damentals of our Constitution, and he ty revolutionary then, and they are for example, ballistic missile protocols, has teamed up with my colleague from still revolutionary. Some of our Con- U.N. sanctions, or rules, and if they en- Virginia who is here on the floor as stitution was a great borrowing exer- gaged in human rights abuses. The pur- well, and I am certainly completely cise—taking wonderful ideas from pose here is not to stand up and defend supportive of their effort. They are other constitutions and laws and as- Iranian behavior, but it is to stand for saying that while we are on this bill, sembling them together in a wonderful the proposition that we shouldn’t be on security, on Defense authorization, document they put together in 1787, committed to a war without a vote of this is a moment we should be debating but there were a couple of ideas in the Congress. whether the President has the author- Constitution of 1787 that were not cho- I will say that this administration’s ity to go to war, and their amendment sen from elsewhere, that were really actions and rhetoric have been unnec- says: No, he does not. He must follow unique to our country and are still essarily provocative. It was the United the Constitution, and he must come to unique. One of the unique ideas is this: States that pulled out of a diplomatic this body for authorization. That is an War is not a matter for the Executive, deal that was working, not Iran. When important message for us to send. We the King, the Emperor, the Monarch, President Trump pulled out of the dip- must not leave the debate on Defense the Sultan, the Pope. No, war is a mat- lomatic deal at the time he did, his authorization without debating the ter that needs to be declared by the then-Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson; Udall-King amendment. people’s elected legislative body. his then-Secretary of Defense, James My colleagues are here to speak to it That was revolutionary in 1787, and it Mattis; his then-National Security Ad- in greater detail. I so much appreciate is revolutionary today. The balance of visor, General McMaster; his then and their work. This is a moment that this power that was struck was that Con- current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

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States to tear up a diplomatic deal and sistent about raising the issues of au- The President pulled out of the diplo- then look our troops in the face and thorizations of force and relying on au- matic deal nevertheless and in the year say ‘‘Because we tore up a diplomatic thorizations of force from 2001 and since has reimposed sanctions and deal, you have to now go fight another 2002—what we consider very outdated taken a number of steps that are pro- war’’ when we have been in the Middle in terms of looking at the facts on the vocative toward Iran—diplomatic prov- East for 18 years. I think it would rep- ground. I know he has been working ocation, rhetorical provocation, eco- resent just about as catastrophic a fail- hard—Senator KAINE has—in the nomic provocation, and military provo- ure of American foreign policy as you Armed Services Committee. Both of us cation. could imagine. have been working in the Foreign Rela- We have been having a set of brief- I think it would also have the dis- tions Committee to try to address this ings—some classified—from the admin- advantage of taking our eye off the constitutional issue that is really be- istration on this. I am not going to get ball. I have always been taught to keep fore us. into classified material, but one thing I the main thing the main thing. I think I came to the floor of the Senate 4 will acknowledge—and I am impressed the main thing right now in national weeks ago warning that this adminis- by this—is the administration’s intel security for the United States is to tration’s reckless escalation of ten- experts, when they brief us on the situ- keep our eye on our principal compet- sions with Iran was blindly leading us ation—even yesterday—they will state itor, which is China. When we take our to the brink of war. I urged this body that Iran’s activities are—and this is eye off our principal competitor and we to assert its constitutional authority pretty much a direct quote—in re- engage in wars we needn’t be in, China and pass my bipartisan legislation, the sponse to the ‘‘U.S. Maximum Pres- will be the victor in that. That is a Prevention of Unconstitutional War sure’’ campaign. very dangerous thing for us. with Iran Act. I called on all of us, Re- The ‘‘U.S. Maximum Pressure’’ cam- So I think it would be catastrophic publicans and Democrats, to make it paign that started with the United for the United States to be engaged in clear that the President alone cannot States backing out of the diplomatic another war in the Middle East, par- wage war against Iran without author- deal is leading to Iran taking other ac- ticularly a war against Iran right now. ization from Congress. tions that we don’t like, but they are But if the President feels differently Well, here we are, 1 month later, and not taking those actions unprovoked. about that; if some of his advisers tensions with Iran have only increased. Their actions need to be understood as think we ought to be about regime The threat of conflict has only drawn a response to the ‘‘U.S. Maximum Pres- change in Iran, as they have said; if closer. Today, we woke up to the news sure’’ campaign. some of them think it would be easy to that Iranian forces shot down a U.S. drone. That comes on the heels of 1,000 Senator MERKLEY talked about it. We beat Iran in a war, as they have said; if American troops being sent to the Mid- pulled out of the deal. We reimposed some colleagues here on the floor think dle East. Yet the Senate does nothing— sanctions. We designated part of the we should be in a war with Iran, as nothing to assert Congress’s constitu- Iranian Government as a foreign ter- some have publicly urged, let them tional authority and nothing to assume rorist organization. We misrepresented come to the floor of the Senate, in full the responsibility that the Founders routine military operations in the re- view of the American people, and make clearly placed on our shoulders, the gion. We moved more troops and Pa- that argument. triot missiles and aircraft carriers and people’s representatives. Let’s have that argument right here The Republican leadership should not other military material into Iran’s re- in the greatest deliberative body in the duck all debate on the military con- gion. This is not their moving material world with the American public watch- flict with Iran. We need to vote. We into our region; it is our moving mate- ing, and I will make my argument owe it to our men and women in uni- rial into their neighborhood. about why a new war in the Middle form, whose lives would be put on the Just this week, the administration East would be catastrophic and see who line, to have this debate, to make the announced the deployment of an addi- wants to stand up and make the argu- hard choices, and to take the tough tional 1,000 troops to the Middle East ment that a new war in the Middle votes. to counter Iran, and that is what this East is something this great Nation Today, we are calling for a vote on an administration is doing—a ‘‘U.S. Max- should do. And if we then have that ar- amendment to the 2020 National De- imum Pressure’’ campaign that tears gument and cast a vote and I lose, I am fense Authorization Act. The amend- up diplomacy and thus raises the risk going to be disappointed, but we will ment prohibits funding for military op- of unnecessary war. have done what the Constitution sug- erations against Iran without explicit I will also point out that it is not gests that we must do. authorization from Congress. I am just U.S. activity that is provoking Our failure to have that debate is so joined in this amendment by Senators Iran. When the United States allows unfair to our troops. It is unfair to our KAINE, DURBIN, PAUL, MERKLEY, and Saudi Arabia to get missiles they troops to put them in harm’s way with MURPHY. My related bill has 25 cospon- shouldn’t have and when the United Congress hiding under their desk, not sors and still counting. States observes the Saudis building a being willing to state yea or nay on Article I, section 8, of the Constitu- missile program—by public reports, whether we should be engaged in hos- tion couldn’t be clearer. It is Congress possibly with the support of China— tilities. and Congress alone that has the au- that is viewed as very dangerous by Let’s honor the troops and the sac- thority to declare war. This amend- Iran. When the United States transfers rifice we would ask them to make, fol- ment recognizing Congress’s clear-cut nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia— low the Constitution, and have this de- authority should have broad bipartisan not even briefing Congress about it— bate before the American public. That support. Whether you support armed and the Saudis say they would try to is what the amendment would essen- conflict with Iran or believe that the build up a nuclear arsenal to counter tially guarantee that this body would war would be a disaster, you should Iran, it is a provocation. So the max- do, and that is why I so strongly sup- have the courage to cast a vote when imum pressure by the United States port it. the Constitution says it is your job. and nations like Saudi Arabia are lead- I yield the floor. Let’s be clear. This bill does not tie ing to an unnecessary escalation of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- our Armed Forces’ hands. Our military tension in the region. ator from New Mexico. is highly capable, and we have an in- I want to conclude because my col- Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I thank herent right of self-defense, which this league from New Mexico, who is the au- you for the recognition, and let me amendment clearly underscores. But thor of this, also wants to speak about thank the two Senators that preceded we need to step up. The situation is why we need to take it up, but let me me here. Senator MERKLEY spoke on more urgent day by day. just say this. I am going to state my this issue of whether we should be The President and Secretary of State position for the record. going to another war in the Middle have accused Iran of being responsible

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I do not know whether Iran, its sure strategy is supposedly intended to tive on us to debate this issue and to surrogates, or another party is respon- bring Iran to the negotiating table, but make clear to the President and his ad- sible for this heinous action, but this this strategy has predictably failed to ministration that any decision to go to administration’s itch to go to war is all produce any negotiations or make any war with Iran must be made by Con- too reminiscent of how we got em- diplomatic inroads. Instead, it is gress. broiled in Iraq in 2003 and how the dis- emboldening the hardliners in Tehran I yield the floor. astrous tanker war of the 1980s began. who also want confrontation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- We must not make the same terrible The administration’s pulling out of ator from Maine. mistakes again. We do need to find out the Iran nuclear agreement was a co- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise precisely what happened and who is re- lossal strategic blunder. It was sup- today to express my support for the sponsible, but the response need not be posedly intended to get the U.S. a bet- National Defense Authorization Act another endless war in the Middle East. ter deal, but violating our obligations and to highlight amendments that I We need a thorough and objective in- has only produced saber-rattling, have sponsored or cosponsored to en- vestigation of this incident, as has brinksmanship, and the very real risk hance opportunities for servicemem- been called for by a number of nations, that a miscalculation or mistake will bers and their families. The NDAA represents one of the Sen- and the Senators need a real intel- result in an all-out war. ate’s most important responsibilities. ligence briefing that covers sources and The United States and the world It authorizes funding to support our evidence and not just a statement of were safer with the Iran nuclear agree- servicemembers, including those who opinions from administration officials. ment. It included strict verification re- are serving in harm’s way. It sets pol- If the Trump administration is enter- quirements. The International Atomic icy for our Nation’s military and au- ing our forces into hostilities, then this Energy Agency and the President’s thorizes critical national defense prior- Congress should demand that a report own intelligence and defense teams ities. It is vitally important to ensure be submitted to Congress in accordance agreed that Iran was complying. that our men and women in uniform, as with the War Powers Act. Those who The unilateral withdrawal only un- well as our Department of Defense ci- wrote that act made it clear: ‘‘Hos- dermined relations with our allies, sig- naled that the United States will not vilians, have the training, ships, tilities also encompasses a state of planes, vehicles, and other equipment confrontation in which no shots have keep its word, and destabilized the Middle East even more. This was a pre- they need to help defend our Nation been fired, but denotes a situation in and its interests. dictable result and many warned the which there is a clear potential either I commend Chairman INHOFE and Trump administration about this out- for such a state of confrontation or for Ranking Member REED and the other actual armed conflict.’’ We may have come. Members of the Armed Services Com- Iran threatens to exceed the agree- already crossed this threshold. Some mittee for their leadership and bipar- ment’s limits on nuclear fuel within have said we have. tisan work on this important legisla- days. While I hope Iran holds to its end The Reagan administration failed to tion. They have done an excellent job. submit such a report to Congress dur- of the bargain, the United States pull- This bill contains many provisions ing the tanker wars, and the Congress ing out of the agreement and reimpos- that are important to the State of failed to hold that administration ac- ing sanctions has opened the door for Maine and to our Nation. To cite just a countable, despite the overwhelming Iran to walk away as well. few items, I am pleased that the NDAA evidence of hostilities. Now we must do all we can over the includes authorization for three Now, the current administration has next 17 months to make sure this Arleigh Burke destroyers, 94 fifth-gen- hinted that it does not need to go to President does not precipitously start eration Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, Congress for approval for hostilities a war with Iran, a country of 80 million and six CH–53K King Stallion heli- against Iran. They seem to believe that people, about four times the size of copters. These essential ships and air- the 9/11 AUMF gives them legal author- Iraq, and with proxy forces throughout craft will help to ensure that our mili- ity for war. Many of us in Congress the region. A war would cost trillions tary maintains its superiority in both today voted for that AUMF, including of dollars and undoubtedly American the seas and skies. I also strongly sup- myself, and let me be clear—no one lives. With each passing day and with port the 3.1 percent pay increase that who voted for it thought it would be each incident, the risk of a cata- members of the Armed Forces will re- used to justify a war against Iran 18 strophic war grows closer. ceive when this bill is signed into law. years later. Congress needs to make I realize some of my colleagues have In addition, the NDAA expresses our that clear before it is too late. a different view of the situation. Some commitment to key international part- Yes, the Strait of Hormuz, the Per- talk about how all options must be on ners and allies. For example, the bill sian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman should the table or say that the Iranian re- includes a full $500 million authoriza- be safe from navigation. Vital interests gime must be overthrown. I hope they tion to continue the cooperative mis- are at stake. But I agree with the reconsider and change their minds. sile defense programs with Israel, statement issued by the U.S. Central If they don’t, they should at least which are becoming increasingly vital Command in the aftermath of this re- have the courage of their convictions. in that volatile region. It also provides cent attack: If you want to empower this President additional security assistance for We have no interest in engaging in a new to fight a war with Iran, let’s vote on Ukraine to help check continued Rus- conflict in the Middle East. We will defend that question. The American people sian aggression on its eastern and our interests, but a war with Iran is not in and our men and women in uniform de- southern borders. our strategic interest, nor in the best inter- serve to know that their representa- To build on the impressive work done est of the international community. tives will debate, discuss, and vote on by Chairman INHOFE and the rest of the A war with Iran is not in our stra- these most difficult of decisions. That committee, I have introduced amend- tegic interest, and a majority of Amer- is why all of us in this body must de- ments to improve benefits for military icans agree. The American people are mand that this amendment be heard, widows, increased access to and aware- tired of forever wars in the Middle East debated, and voted on. Senate gridlock ness of Department of Defense and VA that take our resources, produce no cannot be an excuse. apprenticeship programs, and improved strategic gains, and, most tragically, The Constitution puts this decision temporary duty travel lodging for DOD endanger the lives of American men squarely in our court. It is long past employees, such as those serving at the and women. time for Congress to reassert its war Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, In any war with Iran, we will have powers authority. Our oath demands ME. few allies to back us. The international that we make any decision to go to The first amendment, which I am community is not behind the National war. The real possibility that this ad- pleased to join my colleague Senator

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In a recent report the night to the sounds of loud shouts to be an offset between the two pro- to Congress, the Department of Defense while staying at required government grams, is commonly known as the mili- recommended that we expand this au- lodging, as well as more serious tary widow’s tax. This unfair offset is thority to allow for inclusion of Fed- incidences of robberies and shootings currently preventing as many as 65,000 eral Agencies as well as the private nearby. In other cases, travelers de- surviving spouses—more than 260 of sector as participants. scribe staying in remote lodging on them in Maine—from receiving the full I am very grateful to Chairman military installations without security benefits that they deserve. INHOFE and to Senator REED for re- or desk attendants nearby to resolve The Department of Defense’s Sur- cently accepting this amendment and standard issues that are ordinarily ad- vivor Benefits Plan, or SBP, is pri- including it as part of the NDAA man- dressed quickly at commercial hotels— marily an insurance benefit that mili- agers’ amendment. That will ensure basic things like dealing with room tary families purchase, usually in their that these provisions are included in keys that don’t work or addressing retirement, and it provides cash bene- the Senate bill. This is a win-win for other problems in the hotel rooms. both servicemembers as well as Federal fits to a surviving spouse or other eligi- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in fact, Agencies, as this simple expansion will ble recipients when the military re- has directed its travel office to no create new opportunities for individual tiree passes away. On the other hand, longer use the Integrated Lodging members of the military and allow the the Department of Veterans Affairs De- Pilot Program for travel to at least one Federal Government to benefit from pendency and Indemnity Compensation installation due to repeated problems Program, known as DIC, is a monthly the talents that our highly trained sol- diers, sailors, airmen, and marines with personnel who were promised tax-free payment to survivors and de- bring to their careers subsequent to lodging only to find that it was not pendents of servicemembers who pass their military service. It is a common- even available when they arrived, leav- away from service-related conditions. ing these workers scrambling to find For example, if a military retiree sense reform that will expand access to apprenticeships to our servicemembers an alternative place to stay. pays premiums into the insurance pro- This was a pilot project that simply gram, then, their spouse ought to be and ease their transition. Third is an amendment that I intro- did not work. It is for these reasons able to receive those benefits when the duced with Senator CANTWELL. It that I have joined my colleagues from retiree passes away. However, what we would require the Department of De- Maine and New Hampshire in intro- find instead is that if the surviving fense, in coordination with the Depart- ducing an amendment that simply al- spouse receiving SPB insurance pay- ments of Veterans Affairs and Labor, lows this pilot program to end in De- ment is also eligible for the separate to report on their efforts to promote cember of this year as currently sched- payment from the VA, there is a dol- the utilization of apprenticeships and uled. This program may be something lar-for-dollar offset. In some cases this on-the-job training by servicemembers worth revisiting after we straighten leads to the total elimination of the transitioning out of the military. So, out the problems with it—certainly, Service Benefit Plan. In other cases, obviously, this report is very much re- after Congress reviews the still the offset greatly reduces the amount lated to the earlier amendment that I uncompleted DOD report on the pilot. that is received. In either case, it is out just described. But for the time being, it clearly has and out unfair, and it harms survivors The dramatic underutilization of ap- not worked well for the workers at the of our servicemembers and military re- prenticeship and on-the-job training Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and other tirees. under the GI bill demonstrates the DOD employees, and it should be al- I am often reminded by our military need to promote these vital programs. lowed to expire at the end of this year. commanders that you recruit the sol- In fiscal year 2018, fewer than 1,500 vet- I am very proud of the role that the dier, but you retain the family. We erans participated in apprenticeships State of Maine plays in our national have an obligation to make sure that and fewer than 1,400 participated in the defense. From the accounting center in we are taking care of our military fam- other kinds of on-the-job training, and northern Maine to the Air National ilies, who have sacrificed so much. that is out of a universe of over a mil- Guard base in Bangor that refuels so This problem goes back decades, but lion beneficiaries of the VA’s edu- many military aircraft, to contractors this year can be the time that we fi- cational programs. like Bath Iron Works, where we will nally solve it. With more than 75 Sen- One obvious benefit of apprenticeship christen a ship on Saturday in honor of ators—three-quarters of the Senate— programs is that graduates learn our former colleague Senator Daniel and 340 Members of the House of Rep- hands-on skills for jobs that will imme- Inouye, to the Portsmouth Naval Ship- resentatives supporting this effort as diately be available to them, and there yard in Kittery, to countless other cosponsors of the stand-alone bill, this are many of these kinds of good-paying smaller suppliers, the State of Maine is is the year. It is our time to do our jobs available in the State of Maine essential to our national security. duty, not only to support the brave and elsewhere today. Enactment of this bill is vitally im- men and women of our military but Finally, there is an amendment that portant to the security of our Nation. I also to honor our commitment to their I have introduced with Senators SHA- would encourage my colleagues to sup- families. HEEN, KING, and HASSAN. This would port the underlying bill, as well as I would urge all of my colleagues to address significant problems that the these commonsense amendments. join in this effort and to support the Department of Defense workers at the I yield the floor. repeal of the military widow’s tax as Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- part of the National Defense Author- ME, and elsewhere in the country have ator from New Hampshire. ization Act, and, indeed, Senator JONES encountered with the Department’s In- and I have introduced an amendment tegrated Lodging Pilot Program, which GUN SAFETY to do just that. was initially authorized in the 2015 Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I rise Mr. President, the second amend- NDAA. The intent of the pilot program today to join my colleagues who have ment I wish to discuss is one that I was to save money by assigning TDY come to the floor this week to call for have introduced with Senator KLO- lodging first at government facilities action to prevent gun violence. BUCHAR. It would authorize service- and then at specific commercial lodg- On Tuesday we marked the 4-year an- members transitioning to civilian life ing at prenegotiated rates. However, niversary of the horrific shooting at to carry out skills training, apprentice- what we have seen with employees at the Mother Emanuel Church in ships, and internship programs at other our shipyard is that they are often Charleston, where a White supremacist Federal Agencies, in addition to the being forced to stay in subpar or incon- killed nine people during Bible study. private sector. Currently, the military venient lodging—sometimes, in areas Last week was the 3-year anniversary services are permitted to authorize that simply are not safe. of the massacre at Pulse nightclub in

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The discussion the American people overwhelmingly sition themselves to be productive citi- fades into the background until an- support. zens. other tragedy occurs, then this same Unfortunately, Republican leadership Today, recipients of the gold medal cycle is repeated. in the Senate is more focused on put- will be presented with their Congres- It is unacceptable that Congress has ting the priorities of the gun lobby sional Award at a ceremony here in our still yet to take meaningful action to ahead of the will of the American peo- Nation’s Capital. On behalf of the U.S. address this epidemic. The victims who ple. It is outrageous that some in this Senate, I would like to congratulate all have been lost, their families, and body suggest that there is simply noth- of the winners for their accomplish- those who have experienced life-chang- ing that we can do to stop the gun vio- ments and for the example they set for ing injuries and trauma deserve ac- lence that has plagued our country. others. Among this impressive group, tion—as do all of our communities, be- The refusal to even bring up gun safety my State of Kentucky is home to eight cause nearly every aspect of American legislation for consideration is uncon- gold medalists. Through their efforts, life has been afflicted by gun violence. scionable. That must change. the recipients of the 2019 Congressional Nowhere is the impact of gun vio- I come from a State with a long tra- Awards are strengthening their com- lence and the way it has changed our dition of responsible gun ownership. munities and our Nation. lives more clear than in our Nation’s People across New Hampshire own guns Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- schools. Just this year, a friend of for hunting, sports, and protection. I sent that a list of this year’s recipients mine’s son started kindergarten. respect the tradition, and I am com- of the Congressional Award Gold Medal Shortly after the school year started, mitted to upholding it, but I know that be printed in the RECORD. There being no objection, the mate- he and his other kindergarten peers the people in New Hampshire don’t rial was ordered to be printed in the had to participate in a drill—what to want dangerous weapons in the wrong RECORD, as follows: do if there is an active shooter or dan- hands. They are also deeply frustrated ger in your school. Alabama: Warren Griggs. that Congress has refused to address Arizona: Chantel Abdulai, Morgan Cryder, At about the same time that my the heartbreaking acts of violence that Ryan Jiang, Baya Laimeche, Alexis Massie, friend received information from the have become far too common in our Rosemary Richards. school that her son would be partici- country. Granite Staters, particularly Arkansas: Sarah Douglass. pating in a lockdown of sorts—a our young people, are speaking out to California: Flora Ahn, Yuna Baek, Logan lockdown for 5-year-olds—she read an voice these frustrations. Bhamidipaty, Pooja Bhatnagar, Madeline article by a teacher who had partici- Brown, Abigail Brown, Amanda Cai, Andrew Last year, I was proud to march with Chang, Casey Chang, Ann Chen, Yujin Choe, pated with her young students in such students in Nashua who organized their Jiseon Choi, Jung-yoon, Choi, David Choung, an active shooter drill. When the own March For Our Lives rally, and Joshua Yoon-Ho Chung, Evelyn Chung, Wes- teacher got the kids still and turned off students across our State have engaged ley Dale, Harmeen Dhariwal, Julia the lights in the room so they could in everything from writing to public of- Dillenbeck, Joseph Dong, Claire Fernandez, practice staying safe, she noticed the ficials to staging school walkouts. Teresa Fundter, Andrew Funk, Scott Funk, little lights in the soles of their sneak- They are demanding that we take ac- Trenton Gin, Jeseung Han, Ye-Eun Han, Jen- ers. You know those little light-up nifer Ho, Andrew Hong, Mirabel Zixin Hu, tion, and Congress needs to listen to Jacqueline Huff, Priscilla Hui, Dayeon shoes that children have? The teacher them. Hwang, Seung Hyun Hwang, Justin Hyon, wrote that she realized that if those I am going to keep pushing to pass Carmina Inguito, Andrew Jockelle, Mindy children came to school with those commonsense gun safety laws, and it is Jun, Sky Jung, David Jung, Rachel Kang, shoes on a day when there was a shoot- long past time that the Senate finally Maisha Khanum, Ami Kim, Andrew Kim, er, even with the lights down, they take this issue up for debate. AnneClare Kim, Calvin Kim, Elissa Kim, would be targets. Well, needless to say, I yield the floor. Evan Kim, Grace Goeun Kim, Grant Kim, Jo- my friend’s son no longer has light-up The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- sephine Kim, Junhee Kim, Renny Kim, sneakers. Stephanie Kim, Steve Kim, Sungmin Kim, jority leader. Tiffany Kim, Faith Kim, Alex Kim-Man It is time to finally meet words with f Klassen, Erin Kwak, Yohan Kwak, Chaerin action. It is time to finally take steps MORNING BUSINESS Chloe Lee, Claire Lee, David Lee, Ethan Lee, to keep the American people safe. It is Ethan Lee, Jiin Lee, Jisung Lee, Justin Lee, time to finally pass commonsense gun Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Kendra Lee, Seohyeong Lee, Suhwoo Lee, laws. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Sunghee Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Jay Lee, Jeong A good start to address this public ate be in a period of morning business, Eun Lee, Kelly Li, Tina Xiaotian Li, Daniel safety issue would be to improve our with Senators permitted to speak Lim, Nicole Jiayi Liu, Mackenzie Lo, Megan background check system. According Loh, Vinit Majmudar, Kenichi Matsuo, Kevin therein for up to 10 minutes each. Mok, Evan Morgan, William Mun, Paris to the Department of Justice, since The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Nguyen, Hyerin Noh, Laura Noronha, Yuna 1994 background checks have stopped objection, it is so ordered. Oh, Anthony O’Leary, Sena Oten, Aylen over 3 million dangerous individuals f Park, Brian Park, Chelsie Park, Elisa Park, from obtaining guns, including people Esther Park, Hailey Park, Heejae Park, with violent criminal records, domestic TRIBUTE TO RECIPIENTS OF THE Hyoungjin Park, Julie Park, Noah Park, Ra- abusers, and those with mental health CONGRESSIONAL AWARD chel Park, Rachel Gia Park, Steven Park, issues. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, Sung Yun Park, Weena Park, Eric Park, today I wish to congratulate this Akshat Patwardhan, Grace Pecheck, Isha But we know that there continue to Pema, Cris Plunkett, Nathan Pollon, Ethan be loopholes in that system. Research year’s winners of the Congressional Posard, Archit Raichura, Rene Servin, So- indicates that millions of guns are sold Award. Established by Congress in 1979, phia Shi, Jaeyong Shim, Katherine Simic, each year to individuals without back- the award recognizes the achievements Helen Sohn, Joshua Son, Annette Son, Ken- ground checks. We need to extend of young Americans between the ages neth Song, Margaret Sugarman, Albert Sun, background checks to all gun sales and of 14 and 23 years old and celebrates Colman Sun, Seraphine Sun, Loyalty ensure that people who are legally their accomplishment in four program Traster-Lee, Kenneth Jr. Um, Colin Wang, barred from owning guns cannot easily areas: voluntary public service, per- Jiahui Wang, Johnny Young Wang, Chuhan sonal development, physical fitness, Wen, Samantha Wong, Richard Wu, Jack access them. Xiao, Zifeng Xie, Qixiang Xiong, Andre I have joined with Senator MURPHY, and expedition/exploration. Yeung, Aaron Yi, Danniel Yi, David who has been a passionate, dedicated The award challenges participants to Dongwon Yi, Brian Yoon, Na Won Yoon, Pat- leader on this issue, on legislation to set goals in an area that interests rick Yu, Emily Yuan, Peter Ze, Tiffany Zha, do just that. Earlier this year, the them, encouraging them to pursue new Lin Yue Zhang, Yixuan Zhu.

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These insidious, inher- Ellis, Michael LaShon Everhart, Katherine Grace Cousens, Rohan Desarapu, Paul Hager, ently indiscriminate weapons often re- Gates, Alexander Goetschius, Keelie Hanley, Genevieve Hager van Carlowitz, Shravan main active for years or even decades Rileigh Hanley, Royce Howley, Cassandra Kalahasthy, lshita Kode, Manaswini after the fighting has ended and the James, Hannah Komroff, Ruhika Nedunuri, Varshini Odayar, Bailey Quitter, soldiers have left, lying in wait for the Lankalapalli, Mark Lee, Connor Murphy, Pavan Raghupathy, Anjali Raju, Neha Maura Null, Harrison O’Donnell, Ali Jean Rokkam, Emmanuel Augustin Scaria, unsuspecting footstep of a child on her Paksima, Mariah Perez, Christian Petrisko, Chatura Tamirisakandala, Samith way to school, or a farmer working in Derek Petrisko, Lillian Pinkham, Matthew Venkatesh, Heema Vyas. a field. Powers, Michael Powers, John R. Robinson, Oklahoma: Ted Bigler, Pat Kane, Olivia In 1997, the Yemeni Government Tanner Smith, Taylor Stevens, Lindsey Stump. signed the Mine Ban Treaty which out- Suncine, Sierra Tagman, Lillian Tougas, Oregon: Patrick Townsend. laws the production, stockpiling, ex- Shravya Vasireddy. Pennsylvania: Victoria Jawork, Josef port, and use of anti-personnel mines. Georgia: Ridhi Choragudi, David Edenfield, Mueller, Juan Aleman IV, Ruby Chen, Re- With the help of international donors, bekah Fodale, William Huang, Julia Jones, Sophia Emmoth, Baird Kazazian, Justin Lee, they made great strides in humani- Manas Mudunuri, Cutler Shiver, Albert Ayush Sharma, Allison Yang, Alec Yarnoff. Zhang. Rhode Island: Grace Sowa. tarian demining, to the point that, by Hawaii: Emily De Wulf. South Carolina: Gunnar Hensley, Bella 2012, they were on the cusp of declaring Idaho: Aila Carr-Chellman, Asher Carr- Kissell, Garrett May, Micah McKnight, Noah the country landmine free. Unfortu- Chellman, Jules Carr-Chellman, Sydney McKnight, Harrison Miller, Lucas Mayon. nately, the civil war between the Davis, Kyler Liscinski, Quincey Lochard, Tennessee: Andrew Engebretsen, Christine Houthi rebels supported by Iran, and Jasmine Willis. Li, Mitchell Morrison. the Yemeni Government supported by Illinois: Ajay Balaraman, Max Bowman, Texas: Smriti Ahuja, Siddhant Ahuja, Hun- ter Beaton, Todd Christian, Paige Cromley, the Saudi-led coalition, changed every- Julia Canellis, Robert Daniel Claud, Amanda thing. The use of landmines made a re- Dynak, Jacob Furfine, Cole Goggio, Michael Connor Crowe, Saachi Dalal, Daniel Garza, Miller, Audrey Pack, Katherine Pack, Tris- Ashley Gibson, Sachi Kalvakaalva, Mamoon surgence, due to Iranian mines that the tan Taylor. Khalid, Weronika Konwent, Shikha Lakhi, Houthis have planted by the thousands Indiana: Thaddaeus Broussard, Sai Jimmy Liu, Rehman Memon, Raheem throughout the country. More than Chalasani, Amanda Feagans, Agrayan Gupta, Memon, Fernando Miranda-Fred, Matthew 9,000 Yemenis have reportedly been Aryaman Gupta, Vahin Vuppalanchi. Mitchell, Elias Mosby, Samuel Mosby, Emily killed or injured by landmines, the Iowa: Amy Ryan. Kate Mosley, Rhea Mudnal, Grace Nemec, overwhelming majority of them inno- Vishreshta Pathak, Nevedita Ramachandran, Kansas: Jillian Gillen, Aasim Hawa, Lucas cent civilians. Lopatofsky, Aditi Malay, John Tomlinson. Nikita Ramachandran, Cristian Roma, Ben Kentucky: Tierra Beard, Cammeron Dur- Romero, Jana Sabri, Wilson Sands, Allison Children are especially vulnerable to ham, Benjamin Ferguson, Lucas Sharer, Ashley Sharer, Ashley Turnage, mine accidents. They run and play; Fortwengler, Demetrius Gunn, Nathanael David Wang. they explore open fields; they are curi- Sangster, Alex Satterwhite, Alderic Senecal. Utah: Dua Azhar, Daimion Davis, Katelin ous about strange objects. Most chil- Maryland: Candace Anderson, Joseph Drennan, Kimberly Drennan, Fatima Faizi, dren who step on a landmine will die Farroha, Orion Gangopadhyay, Alex Jin, Nihal Kariparduc, Thomas Klingonsmith, from loss of blood before they can ob- Bridgette Kim, William Longsworth, Thomas Sarah Shwani. tain medical attention, and the sur- Vermont: Freedom Scott Guildford River Pallan, Elizabeth Rice, Jonathan Simak, vivors often do not have access to the Benjamin Smith, Robin Mia Tian. Tansley. Massachusetts: Michael Akerson, Virginia: Isaac Beasey, Annika Jenkins, specialized care and support they need. McAllister Bianchi, Justin Chang, Harsh Sarni Kandil, Anne Kickert, Varun Kota, Even children who do not become vic- Choudhary, Jean-Pierre De Jesus-De La Madeleine LeBeau, Samantha Lee, Kasey tims are affected by landmines in their Cruz, Yanxin Ma, Dwyn McNeil, Connor Mize, Manvi Punukollu, Timothy Rah, Kayla communities. They cannot play or go Ryan. Rothstein, Melina Seng, Ciara Smith, Sarah to school without fearing for their Michigan: Marvin Jiang. Valley. lives, and they suffer from malnutri- Washington: Hailey Farrington, Trevor Minnesota: Avery Lehr. tion when militants turn farmland into Mississippi: Jerry Clark, Jessi Davis, Tay- McArthur, Arya Selvam, Sarah Stewart, lor Fields, Jessica Gates, Jonah Holland, Phillip Wang, Rose Wittenmyer. minefields. Jacob Lindsey, Morgan Lyons, Teiryne Mil- Washington, DC: Lee Clyne. As I have said many times before, the ler, Cammie Moore, Kacilyn Pegues, Callie Wisconsin: Olivia McClain. use of landmines is an affront to civ- Philips, Mikayla Shelton, Maurissa Wyoming: Alice Attebery, Mercedes ilized societies. Regardless of who uses Shumpert, CJ Weddle, T’ajahlon White. Bartels, Alyssa Bedard, Sydney Bell, them, they are an illegitimate weapon, Missouri: Bree Baker, Andrew Harrison Makaylah Berkovitz, Madison Bindl, Abigael triggered by the victim, and are often Fruend, Robert Trey Fruend III, Abbey Bylow, Elijah Cole, Mykenzie Dean, used to terrorize and brutalize the in- Samantha Dijohn, Noah Dreiling, Abigail Grooms, Yijin Huang, Olivia Johanns, nocent. They impede development for Nathanial Marsters, Vivian Marsters, Trevor Fearneyhough, Emma Geringer, Andrew Rey, Caitlin Souers, Divya Srihari. Gronning, Logan Grosz, James Hayes, Syd- decades, even generations. In Vietnam Nebraska: Mary Aumen, Ambrose Terneus. ney Holies, Isabelle Houseman, Lane today, for example, landmines continue Nevada: Zachary Hammer, Ritvik Hutchison, Caroline Johnson, Jayla Johnson, to kill and injure civilians 44 years Janamsetty, Salomee Levy, Zane Pasha. Katie Johnson, Makala Johnson, Lorin after the war ended. The Houthis’ use New Hampshire: Sydney Richardson. Jones, Michaiah Jones, Samantha of landmines cannot be justified any New Jersey: Zachary Asselta, Eunice Bae, Jurkowski, Maeve Knepper, Kamry more than their use of child soldiers Tanvi Bekal, Andre Biehl, Robert Cuff, Ciara Knotwell, Selena Landa, Megan Leavitt, and other violations of the laws of war, Araceli Ledesma, Carmen Leon, Arianna DiMaiolo, Evan Doliszny, Caitlin D’Souza, and should stop immediately. James Foran, Anushka Iyer, Julia Jeong, Lewis, Taylor Maese, Jazy Manoukian, Zoey Kunal Kanwar, Alexandra Kukal, James Jo- Mares, Mackenzie Marler, Alyssa Miller, Similarly, the United States should seph Laberee, Shannon Leahy, Krishna Claudia Miller, Audrey Mitchell, Junuenth stop supporting Saudi Arabia’s indis- Parikh, Khushi Patel, Krishant Putrevu, Morales, Abby Morillon, Quentin Moter, Jo- criminate bombing in Yemen which has David Takacs, Vicky Trieu. hanna Moter, Tommy Neal, Thanh Nguyen, caused thousands of civilian casualties. New York: Kristen Brennan, Muhammed Adelle Ostrom, Kendra Ostrom, Tiffany This war will not be won militarily, Colak, Madison Gorman, Blake Guzy, Becky Passehl, Cody Perkins, Julianna Pizzato, and the longer it drags on the more in- Han, Joseph Hong, Tasneem Ibrahim, Ruth Potter, Emily Purifoy, Haley Purifoy, nocent people will pay the price, with Saiomkar Iyer, Baird Johnson, Henry Lin, Chloe Rankin, Dylan Raymond, Nicole their limbs, their livelihoods, and their Jacqueline McCabe, Hannah Nyquist, Sophia Reyes-Aguilar, Grace Ritschard, Lauren Pao, Katherine Prior, Darshi Shah, Noah Salsgiver, Kathryn Sauerwein, Camden lives. Stiles, Jacqueline Sutera, Olivia Zhou. Schmidt, Abigail Shameklis, Jakob Shuey, The Department of State is sup- North Carolina: Abigail Amato, Lillian Colby Stockton, Nicole Talkington, Amelia porting efforts to help locate and de- Amato, Angelina Bayrak, Kamin Bond, Car- Van Winkle, Cassidy Weibel, Eleccia Wells, stroy landmines in Yemen, but far son Cook, Rucheer Dave, William David, Micayla Whitfield, Taylor Wilson. more needs to be done. Even though

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Fernanda spoke to ministered by the U.S. Agency for life-threatening injury, only to later this—you feel caught between two worlds. International Development, has pro- discover that the medical professionals But where do they go after being natural- vided artificial limbs, wheelchairs, re- who helped save his life were the very ized? There have been over 12,000 new citi- habilitation, and vocational assistance same immigrants he had sworn in as zens sworn in since I have been a judge. to landmine survivors in many coun- American citizens years earlier. That’s a very significant portion of our whole community. Yet I never understood tries, and could be used in Yemen. I for one, am most grateful that they were here in America to save his life. where they go. How do they integrate into Yemen was an impoverished country our Western culture? Just what were they before Iran and Saudi Arabia decided to I ask unanimous consent that Judge doing here that impacts all of us? Now I have go to war there, which has caused im- Sessions’ statement be printed in the a much greater understanding of what they mense suffering among the Yemeni CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. contribute for all of us. people. War crimes have been com- There being no objection, the mate- Now to my story. In late February, Abi and mitted by both sides, and by providing rial was ordered to be printed in the I were skating on the frozen fields of Blue weapons to the Saudis, we also are im- RECORD, as follows: Ledge farm, our daughter’s and son-in-law’s STATEMENT OF U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE property. I took a fall backwards, striking plicated. Every effort should be made my head on the ice. The sound could be to pressure the Houthis to stop using WILLIAM K. SESSIONS III, VERMONT STATE HOUSE NATURALIZATION CEREMONY—SEPT. heard throughout the county. I gathered my- landmines and child soldiers, and the 11, 2018 self. I seemed to have a headache, but not Saudis to stop their bombing of civil- I am going to tell you my story. Of course more. We skated back to the car. I of course ian areas. The Department of State I’m not going to tell you my whole life story, did nothing. Over the next two months I occasionally should increase its support for humani- just that part which relates to my injury and had minor headaches. It seemed like nothing tarian demining in Yemen, and the illness a number of months ago. So on one more than a distraction. Things changed on level I will share with you my story, my ex- U.S. Agency for International Develop- a Sunday night in May. I had trouble speak- perience. But it really isn’t about me. It’s ment should increase its support for or- ing. Abi wanted to take me to the nearby about all those who came to my aid. It’s ganizations that help mine victims re- ER, I said I’d visit a doctor the next day. build their lives. about wonderful people who have recently moved here to this country to pursue their John Barstow called. He in his own blunt f dreams, and it’s about what these folks do way ordered I go to the ER. Two vs. one, so we went Sunday night. A CT scan was done WORLD REFUGEE DAY for all of us. I’ve been a federal judge since 1995, about and sent to the University of Vermont Med- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, tomor- 24 years. One of my favorite parts of the job ical Center. A neurosurgeon reviewed it and row, I will be back home in Burlington, is to preside at naturalization ceremonies. sent back the following message: I had mas- VT, to take part in a joyous occasion. Over the years, I’ve had ceremonies, in sive bleeding in the brain, I was to be trans- courtrooms, schools, museums, on boats and ported to Burlington, and he had scheduled In an afternoon ceremony at the Ethan brain surgery for 4 that morning. Allen Homestead, I will attend a natu- in legislative halls. Currently, there are 24 such ceremonies performed each year in So I remember very well meeting the neu- ralization ceremony in which 14 new Vermont, and between 700 and 800 people are rosurgeon outside of the operating room. He Americans from 11 countries will be ad- sworn in as American citizens. I do two a explained the presence of blood and the ministered the Oath of Allegiance. The year, aboard the Ticonderoga at Shelburne movement of the brain from the pressure. He participants will be surrounded by fam- Museum and in the State House on Sep- then waited for my response, but I couldn’t ily and friends as they stand proudly tember 11th of each year. The State House answer him. I could not speak, I couldn’t ceremony is very special. Patrick Leahy and make a sound. He was an older man, almost next to the American flag and formally a contemporary of mine. He put his hand on became U.S. citizens. It will be an I organized the first such ceremony on the first anniversary of the September 11th at- mine and said in a very kind way: ‘‘We’re honor to stand with them. tack as a statement that we cherish what going to make you all better.’’ I could only As we celebrate these immigrants immigrants bring to this country, that our nod. who will join our ranks as American welcome to new citizens will not be dimin- I spent close to a month in the hospital, ro- citizens, today, on World Refugee Day, ished by the acts of terrorists. It’s a large tating between UVM Medical Center and we must not forget the plight of mil- group of between 60 and 80 applicants for Fanny Allen. One of my first observations lions of refugees who have not been as citizenship. We have held ceremonies on Sep- was that people who took care of me were from all over the world. Those included fortunate. Right now, there are over 70 tember 11th of each year ever since. Naturalization ceremonies are joyous cele- nurses, medical technicians, and support million people across the globe who brations. The new citizens are from all over staff. I just loved talking with them about have been forcibly displaced from their the world. In fact these ceremonies often their stories. They all had such pride in their home countries by the horrors of perse- evolve into celebrations of their own cul- cultural heritage. And they had such hope cution, war, famine, and chaos. In 2018 tural traditions. Many come in their native for their life here in the United States. alone, nearly 13.8 million people were dress, and all of their families share in their One day one of my favorite nurses said to newly displaced, meaning that 25 peo- celebration. They come up after the cere- me: ‘‘You probably don’t remember me, but you swore me in as an American citizen.’’ I ple were forced to flee their homes mony for pictures with me. My photo must rest on hundreds of mantles. didn’t remember her, but I felt an immediate every single minute of 2018. Nearly half There are a couple of themes that seem connection. The ceremonies were special to of all refugees are children under the universal. First, they are all very happy. For both of us, and I felt a joy and a level of com- age of 18, many of them just infants many, this day is the culmination of a long fort that she was taking care of me. Also and toddlers. struggle. Many have come from refugee there was such a sense of small world. On World Refugee Day, we must re- camps in Bhutan or Nepal or war-torn areas, During my hospitalization I had a number commit ourselves to the hallowed such as Somalia or Bosnia. Some were raised of setbacks that are common with this type of operation. Those setbacks took away my American tradition of being a refuge in Communist countries, including Russia, China and the Eastern Bloc countries. Some strength. They also impacted my ability to for the persecuted and the oppressed. were from Central and South America, hav- walk and to speak. I began occupational and Welcoming refugees with dignity is not ing come here to escape violence at home, physical therapy and speech pathology to re- a Democratic or a Republican priority; and others were from Europe or Canada. learn those skills. On the second day of it is the American way. We are a better They speak about their dreams of America. meeting my occupational therapist, she told country for it. No single administra- The American dream is so inspirational for me that I had sworn her in as a citizen on tion will ever be able to erase that so many new citizens: hope, freedom, edu- September 11th at a State House ceremony. from our DNA as a nation of refugees cation, employment. It is inspirational for us She brought the program for the ceremony who have lived here all of our lives to be re- the next day. Yes indeed, I was the judge who and immigrants. minded that so many look to this country as performed her ceremony. And in the course I couldn’t think of a better way to a beacon of hope. And we are a multi-cul- of my rehabilitation, I met a number of highlight the indelible contributions of tural community. We take pride in our diver- therapists, many of whom were either natu- immigrants and refugees to our society sity. The infusion of rich cultural traditions ralized citizens or were married to natural- than to share a personal story that my is in many ways our lifeblood. ized citizens. So the answer to my original

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:23 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.029 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 20, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4165 question: Where do immigrants go to inte- In another era, that would have in- ficials of both parties took seriously grate into the community? Many go in to cluded my family, who fled Nazi perse- the Presidential determination and the health care community. cution in the 1930s, seeking sanctuary worked to maintain a resettlement But then how about the neurosurgeon? He rate on par with it. had reviewed the CT scan, ordered that I be in this country. I would have never had transported to Burlington. He scheduled sur- the honor of representing my State of At nearly every juncture in history gery at 4 a.m., and waited all night to per- Oregon here in this body had America since its founding, America has been form the operation. And he was so kind to sent my parents away. called upon to be a leader in welcoming me before the operation. Now, Edith and Peter Wyden aren’t the persecuted. More often than not, My follow-up appointment with him was exactly household names, but here are we have answered that call and today, one month after the operation. Abi and I a few that should be: Madeleine it sounds to us louder than ever. With went to his office. A CT scan was done, Albright, Albert Einstein, Gloria more than 24 million refugees around which he showed us. The bleeding had Estefan, Mila Kunis, and Elie Wiesel. the globe, America must step into our stopped, the blood was all gone, and the historic leadership role, not away from brain had moved back to where it was sup- America is so much the richer for posed to be, about 2.2 cm. He then said to their contributions to diplomacy, phys- it. both of us: ‘‘You will make a full recovery.’’ ics, music, film and television, lit- Now is the time to increase the ref- As he was leaving the room, I said to him: erature, and more. ugee admissions ceiling, not cut it. ‘‘Doctor, thank you for saving my life.’’ He So there is a practical reason for ac- Now is the time to build up our reset- stopped, looked directly at me and said: cepting refugees: Doing so makes tlement infrastructure, not decimate ‘‘You’re welcome. And thank you, Judge.’’ I America better. it. Now is the time to open our door, had no idea why he would thank me and There is also a moral reason for ac- not close it. But the Trump adminis- asked for what. His response: ‘‘On September cepting refugees. Faith traditions tration betrayed the foundational val- 11th, 2006, on the fifth anniversary of the at- ues of this Nation by slashing our an- tack on New York and Washington, at a speak of it as a duty to repair the ceremony at the State House in Montpelier, world or to welcome the stranger. In nual refugee admissions ceiling to a you swore me in as an American citizen. It Oregon, we just call it the right thing dismal 30,000 refugees. This was an un- was a very special day for me.’’ to do. precedented low, both in number and So what have I learned from my experi- America is better than the adminis- humanity. That is why I introduced the ence? Immigrants bring to us their stories, tration’s cruel and callous policies. I GRACE Act. This bill prohibits any the richness of their cultural traditions. This remain committed to challenging Don- U.S. President from setting an admis- makes our community so much more diverse ald Trump’s exclusionary, anti-refugee sion ceiling below 95,000 refugees each and interesting. We all benefit so much by year and requires administration offi- their presence. policies on all fronts, and I challenge But now I look at the group being sworn in my colleagues to do the same. cials to treat that figure as a goal. as citizens in a different light. Among the Folks are looking to the Senate for We must not be silent. We must con- group may be nurses, medical technicians strong, principled leaders. They want tinue to meet the global crisis of dis- and aides who care for us when we are our more than rhetoric; they want results. placed persons head on, and like our most vulnerable; there may be therapists So I urge my colleagues in the forefathers, we must extend a hand to and speech pathologists who work to restore strongest terms to honor this World those fleeing persecution around the us who have been injured to our previous word. Thank you. health; there may be doctors and surgeons Refugee Day by rolling up their sleeves f who make life-altering decisions that may and working to revive America’s his- save our lives; there may be teachers and toric, bipartisan commitment to the ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS principals who care for and educate our chil- plight of refugees around the world. dren; there may be civil rights lawyers who Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, it has defend our liberties, and police officers who been said many times before, but it TRIBUTE TO DYLAN WICHMAN protect us in the community. With the ex- bears repeating today more than ever, ∑ Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, this ception of native Americans we or our ances- on World Refugee Day—ours is a coun- week I have the honor of recognizing tors made that same voyage, often with try built by immigrants. We have a those same dreams. We are them and they Dylan Wichman, of Billings, for his im- are us. We need to welcome them, but we proud tradition of welcoming for- pact on the Yellowstone community also should thank them for all they do to eigners to our shores. and surrounding areas. make our community a safer, healthier and The first European settlers in North Dylan, only a rising senior at Bil- richer place in which to live. America—those who founded our origi- lings Central High School, earned sec- Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I want to nal Thirteen Colonies—were fleeing re- ond place at the State Science Fair and take the opportunity to join commu- ligious oppression and persecution. took first at Montana State Univer- nities across the country and around Over the following decades, America sity-Billings’ regional fair for his wild- the globe to commemorate the 19th ob- became, in the words of Thomas Paine, fire predictive and preventative algo- servance of World Refugee Day. ‘‘the asylum for the persecuted.’’ We rithm, FASTCAT. Dylan also partici- Let me start with two sobering sta- welcomed Irish Catholics fleeing star- pated in the International Science Fair tistics from the UN agency charged vation and British rule, Germans flee- in Phoenix, AZ alongside 1,800 other with protecting refugees. The first is ing political turmoil, Eastern Euro- students from 80 countries. Dylan that 25 people were forced to flee their pean Jews fleeing the pogroms, and earned third place in his category. homes every minute of last year. The countless others. Over the generations, Inspired by the tragic Paradise Fire second is that more than 70 million America welcomed Europeans dis- in 2018, Dylan put in countless hours to people have now been forcibly dis- placed by war, and later, millions of develop FASTCAT. FASTCAT is an al- placed by conflict and persecution, the refugees seeking political asylum from gorithm used to predict the size of highest number the UN refugee agency Communism during the Cold War. wildfires before they even occur, to en- has ever seen. So suffice it to say that In 1980, we passed landmark legisla- sure Montanans will be safer and more the global need is real. tion—the Refugee Act—which provided prepared during fire season. Dylan’s ar- Which is why it is so heartbreaking a permanent and systemized procedure tificial intelligence algorithm utilizes to see Donald Trump’s repeated efforts for admitting refugees. This law estab- a neutral network model, ensuring the to try and slam America’s doors shut lished the concept of a Presidential de- algorithms ability to problem solve as to the world’s most vulnerable. termination on refuge admissions, by more data is input and analyzed. His It is particularly outrageous that the which the President can set the num- innovative creation is an impressive Trump folks aren’t even on track to ber of refugees that the United States improvement in Montana’s existing admit their own historically low cap of may admit in a given year. For the fire safety and prevention programs. 30,000 refugees this year. past 40 years, both Democratic and Re- Dylan hopes to see his system imple- Let’s be clear: Turning away refugees publican administrations demonstrated mented State and nationwide and glob- isn’t some cornerstone of conserv- a commitment to robust resettlement. ally in the future. Dylan will continue atism. Ronald Reagan admitted tens of Prior to the Trump administration, the to work on his program alongside a thousands of refugees, so did George W. average annual refugee admissions cap professor at University of Montana Bush. was 95,000 refugees. Administration of- next year.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:23 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.031 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S4166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 20, 2019 I congratulate Dylan on his out- and public administration, a master’s the chief information security officer standing achievements and willingness degree in human resources manage- at one of the largest U.S. utilities, to give back to his community. I look ment, and a master’s degree in stra- American Electric Power. Mike contin- forward to seeing his success in his fu- tegic studies. ued to work in the private sector in the ture endeavors.∑ Brigadier General Anderson’s leader- field of cyber security before he joined f ship provided direct and tangible bene- Idaho National Laboratory, INL, as a fits to the Army, government and con- critical infrastructure protection spe- TRIBUTE TO BRIGADIER GENERAL tracted civilians, citizen soldiers, and cialist. At INL, Michael Assante as- DOUGLAS ANDERSON their family members. His outstanding sembled a unique team of computer ex- ∑ Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, today I service and contributions, coupled with perts, power engineers, control systems wish to honor BG Douglas Anderson, a tireless devotion to duty, a strong technicians, grid operators, infrastruc- who has distinguished himself during love for this country and the soldiers ture designers, law enforcement offi- his more than 37 years of service to the and civilians who protect it, will have cials, and U.S. military special forces U.S. Army and this Nation. Through- an enduring impact. officers to tackle the most challenging out the duration of his career, Briga- Brigadier General Anderson is mar- cyber threats to critical infrastructure. dier General Anderson has served in po- ried and has three children. He calls This team has an impressive list of suc- sitions of increased responsibility and Atlanta, GA, home. Our Nation thanks cesses and its work continues to this trust, culminating as the commanding him and his family for their dedicated day. general of the 9th Mission Support service.∑ As Mike’s accomplishments and rec- Command at Fort Shafter, HI. f ognition grew, he left INL and assumed As the commanding general of the senior positions at the North American 9th Mission Support Command in the TRIBUTE TO PEG SEMINARIO Electric Reliability Corporation, the Pacific, Brigadier General Anderson ∑ Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, as Council on CyberSecurity, the Center has commanded the missions of 31 di- ranking member of the Senate Com- for Internet Security, NexDefense, the verse units, encompassing more than mittee on Health, Education, Labor, SANS Institute, and the Center for 3,400 soldiers and civilians in three and Pensions, I rise to pay tribute to Strategic and International Studies. In countries, five States and Territories, Peg Seminario, a fierce advocate for all of these capacities, Michael Assante and crossing seven time zones. In this working people with more than 40 brought unique insights and strategies role, he rapidly increased the organiza- years leading the AFL–CIO and the to the effort to protect our critical in- tion’s readiness level to the highest labor movement in fighting for strong- frastructure from cyberattack. It was levels the organization had seen in dec- er protections and safer worker condi- during this time that Mike became a ades. tions for workers. resource to me and my staff, and he During his tenure, Brigadier General Peg has led the AFL–CIO’s safety and helped us better understand the mag- Anderson served in leadership, staff, health program since 1990 and through- nitude of the cyber threat to our grid and command assignments in light, out her career has played a leading role and opportunities for engineered solu- ranger, airborne, and mechanized in- in the fight to promulgate strong tions to interrupt the kill chain and fantry units; commanded a Logistics health and safety standards pertaining mitigate the threat. Support Battalion; was the senior ad- to major hazards facing workers, in- As a result of more than two decades viser to an Infantry Brigade of the cluding asbestos, lead, silica, noise, and of dedication, hard work, and impact, Iraqi Army; the division director of ergonomics. In fact, she has had a hand Michael Assante has a long list of note- human resources; commanded a per- in every major health and safety rule worthy publications, collaborations, sonnel services brigade; was the direc- adopted since 1977—almost all of which recognitions, and awards, but perhaps tor of the 80th Training; Command Op- were adopted since the inception of the his greatest legacy is the thousands of erations/Planning/Training; com- Occupational Safety and Health Act, professionals he trained to help protect manded the 97th Training Brigade; OSHA. our Nation’s critical infrastructure. commanded the Great Lakes Training She has pushed Congress to protect Most Americans, including Mike’s Division; served as the deputy com- and enhance the provisions of the OSH family and friends, will never know manding general for the 63rd Regional Act; to increase Federal funding for how much he did to protect U.S. na- Support Command; and was the direc- critical worker protection Agencies, tional security interests. As a member tor of the Army Reserve Engagement including the Occupational Safety and of the Senate Select Committee on In- Cell, and deputy commanding general Health Administration, the Mine Safe- telligence, I can tell you that he is a of the U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Army ty and Health Administration, and the giant in his field, and our country is Pacific. He has also served in numerous National Institute for Occupational safer because of his efforts. We are joint and overseas deployments and as- Safety and Health; and worked tire- grateful for his many contributions.∑ signments in Iraq and Republic of lessly to see that first responders who f Korea. responded after the 9/11 attack and suf- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER Brigadier General Anderson was com- fered illnesses as a result received the COMMUNICATIONS missioned in May 1988 as a distin- necessary medical care they need and guished military graduate of the Re- deserve. The following communications were serve Officer Training Corps program I hope my colleagues will join me in laid before the Senate, together with at Washington State University. He is recognizing Mrs. Seminario’s distin- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- a graduate of numerous military guished career and thanking her for uments, and were referred as indicated: courses, including Infantry Officer her efforts to protect the health and EC–1719. A communication from the Ad- Basic Course, Armor Officer Advanced safety of workers in America.∑ ministrator, Agricultural Marketing Serv- ice, Department of Agriculture, transmit- Course, Engineer Officer Advanced f Course (Tactics), U.S. Marine Corps ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- titled ‘‘Irish Potatoes Grown in Colorado; Amphibious Warfare School, Combined TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL ASSANTE ∑ Modification of the Handling Regulations for Arms and Services Staff School, U.S. Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, today I Area No. 2’’ ((7 CFR Part 948) (Docket No. Army Command and General Staff Col- wish to recognize Michael Assante, a AMS–SC–18–0067)) received in the Office of lege, U.S. Army War College, Advanced leader, a visionary, and a patriot who the President of the Senate on June 19, 2019; Joint Professional Military Education has contributed so much to protect our to the Committee on Agriculture , Nutrition, Course, Canadian Security Studies Pro- Nation’s critical infrastructure and our and Forestry. gram, and United Nations Senior Mis- interests around the world. EC–1720. A communication from the Direc- Michael Assante began his impres- tor of the Regulatory Management Division, sion Leader’s Course. He is an Army Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- joint planner and joint qualified offi- sive career as an intelligence officer in ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- cer. the U.S. Navy where he learned the in- titled ‘‘Melamine Formaldehyde Brigadier General Anderson holds a tricacies of cyber security defenses. Polycondensate Resin; Tolerance Exemp- bachelor’s degree in political science After leaving the Navy, Mike became tion’’ (FRL 9994–34–OCSPP) received in the

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A communication from the Assist- ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, Bu- Plants; Final Rulemaking to Designate Crit- titled ‘‘Trifloxystrobin; Pesticide Toler- reau of Industry and Security, Department ical Habitat for the Main Hawaiian Islands ances’’ (FRL 9994–67–OCSPP) received in the of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, Insular False Killer Whale Distinct Popu- Office of the President of the Senate on June the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Implementa- lation Segment’’ (RIN0648–BC45) received in 19, 2019; to the Committee on Agriculture, tion of New Commerce Section 232 Exclu- the Office of the President of the Senate on Nutrition, and Forestry. sions Portal’’ (RIN0694–AH55) received in the June 19, 2019; to the Committee on Com- EC–1722. A communication from the Assist- Office of the President of the Senate on June merce, Science, and Transportation. ant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Re- 13, 2019; to the Committee on Finance. EC–1739. A communication from the Dep- serve Affairs) performing the duties of the EC–1731. A communication from the Sec- uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and retary of Housing and Urban Development, Programs, National Marine Fisheries Serv- Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to law, a transmitting, pursuant to law, the Depart- ice, Department of Commerce, transmitting, report entitled, ‘‘Pilot Program to Establish ment of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled the Government Lodging Program; Depart- Semiannual Report of the Inspector General ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and ment of Defense Report on the Integrated for the period from October 1, 2018 through Plants; Endangered Status of the Gulf of Lodging Pilot Program (ILPP)’’ ; to the March 31, 2019; to the Committee on Home- Mexico Bryde’s Whale’’ (RIN0648–XD669) re- Committees on Armed Services; Appropria- land Security and Governmental Affairs. ceived in the Office of the President of the EC–1732. A communication from the In- tions; and Homeland Security and Govern- Senate on June 19, 2019; to the Committee on spector General, Department of Health and mental Affairs. Commerce, Science, and Transportation. EC–1723. A communication from the Alter- Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to f nate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office law, a report entitled ‘‘U.S.. Department of of the Secretary, Department of Defense, Health and Human Services Met Many Re- PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of quirements for the Improper Payments In- a rule entitled ‘‘Wildfire Suppression Air- formation Act of 2002 but Did Not Fully The following petitions and memo- craft Transfer Act of 1996’’ (RIN0790–AK42) Comply for Fiscal Year 2018’’ ; to the Com- rials were laid before the Senate and received in the Office of the President of the mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- were referred or ordered to lie on the Senate on June 19, 2019; to the Committee on mental Affairs. table as indicated: EC–1733. A communication from the Asso- Armed Services. POM–95. A concurrent resolution adopted EC–1724. A communication from the Assist- ciate General Counsel for General Law, De- partment of Homeland Security, transmit- by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana ant Secretary for Export Administration, urging the United States Congress to provide Bureau of Industry and Security, Depart- ting, pursuant to law, three (3) reports rel- ative to a vacancy in the position of Direc- adequate funding to the United States Army ment of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant tor, United States Citizenship and Immigra- Corps of Engineers for the completion of the to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Re- tion Services, Department of Homeland Se- proposed project to deepen the Mississippi stricting the Temporary Sojourn of Aircraft curity, received in the Office of the Presi- River Ship Channel to fifty feet; to the Com- and Vessels to Cuba’’ (RIN0694–AH87) re- dent of the Senate on June 19, 2019; to the mittee on Environment and Public Works. ceived in the Office of the President of the Committee on the Judiciary. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 131 Senate on June 12, 2019; to the Committee on EC–1734. A communication from the Assist- Whereas, deepening of the Mississippi Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ant Administrator of the Diversion Control EC–1725. A communication from the Assist- River Ship Channel to fifty feet is a historic Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, ant Director for Regulatory Affairs, Office of infrastructure project that is vital to our na- Department of Justice, transmitting, pursu- Foreign Assets Control, Department of the tion’s economic prosperity; and ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Whereas, the expansion of the Panama Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the ‘‘Schedules of Controlled Substances: Place- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Inflation Adjust- Canal has made it imperative to improve ac- ment of MAB–CHMINACA in Schedule I’’ ((21 cess on the Mississippi River for larger Post- ment of Civil Monetary Penalties’’ (31 CFR CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA–421)) re- Parts 501, 510 , 535, 536, 539, 541, 542, 544, 546, Panamax ships for export and import of ceived in the Office of the President of the goods; and 547, 548, 549, 560, 561, 566, 576, 583, 584, 588, 592, Senate on June 18, 2019; to the Committee on 594, 595, 597, and 598) received in the Office of Whereas, the United States Army Corps of the Judiciary. Engineers and the state of Louisiana desire the President of the Senate on June 19, 2019; EC–1735. A communication from the Assist- deepening the Mississippi River Ship Chan- to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and ant Administrator of the Diversion Control nel to fifty feet; and Urban Affairs. Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Whereas. the project is approved and EC–1726. A communication from the Acting Department of Justice, transmitting, pursu- awaiting federal funding; and Director, Office of Management and Budget, ant to law, the report of a rule entitled Whereas. thirty-one states will receive eco- Executive Office of the President, transmit- ‘‘Schedules of Controlled Substances: Place- nomic benefits by the enhanced water car- ting, pursuant to law, a report on appropria- ment of Furanyl Fentanyl, 4- tions legislation within seven days of enact- Fluoroisobutyryl Fentanyl, Acryl Fentanyl, rying capacity of the Mississippi River Ship ment; to the Committee on the Budget. Tetrahydrofuranyl, and Ocfentanil in Sched- Channel, also known as the gateway to EC–1727. A communication from the Dep- ule I’’ ((21 CFR Part 1308) (Docket No. DEA– America’s Heartland; and uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory 490)) received in the Office of the President Whereas, the Mississippi River Ship Chan- Programs, National Marine Fisheries Serv- of the Senate on June 18, 2019; to the Com- nel and tributaries currently account for ice, Department of Commerce, transmitting, mittee on the Judiciary. seven hundred fifty billion dollars of the na- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled EC–1736. A communication from the Dep- tion’s economy and two million four hundred ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory thousand jobs; and Plants; Final Rule to List the Chambered Programs, National Marine Fisheries Serv- Whereas, each new additional foot of water Nautilus as Threatened Under the Endan- ice, Department of Commerce, transmitting, draft will account for an additional one mil- gered Species Act’’ (RIN0648–XE685) received pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled lion dollars in cargo on a vessel. Therefore, in the Office of the President of the Senate ‘‘2018 Annual Determination To Implement be it on June 19, 2019; to the Committee on Envi- the Sea Turtle Observer Requirement’’ Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana ronment and Public Works. (RIN0648–BG90) received in the Office of the memorializes the Congress of the United EC–1728. A communication from the Direc- President of the Senate on June 19, 2019; to States to provide adequate funding to the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and United States Army Corps of Engineers for Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Transportation. the completion of the proposed project to ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- EC–1737. A communication from the Dep- deepen the Mississippi River Ship Channel to titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; Massachusetts; uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory fifty feet. Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Programs, National Marine Fisheries Serv- Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS’’ ice, Department of Commerce, transmitting, shall be transmitted to the secretary of the (FRL No. 9995–41–Region 1) received in the pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled United States Senate and the clerk of the Office of the President of the Senate on June ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and United States House of Representatives, to 19, 2019; to the Committee on Environment Plants; Final Rule to List the Taiwanese each member of the Louisiana delegation to and Public Works. Humpback Dolphin as Endangered Under the the United States Congress, the assistant EC–1729. A communication from the Direc- Endangered Species Act’’ (RIN0648–XE571) re- secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ceived in the Office of the President of the commander of the United States Army Corps Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- Senate on June 19, 2019; to the Committee on of Engineers New Orleans District, and the ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. governor.

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By Mr. HAWLEY: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. *Robert Wallace, of Wyoming, to be Assist- S. 1916. A bill to amend title 18, United ant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife. States Code, to prohibit companies that host SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 130 By Mr. GRAHAM for the Committee on the videos from enabling child predators, and for Whereas. a spontaneous miscarriage is the Judiciary. other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- unavoidable and untreatable process of natu- Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be diciary. rally ending a pregnancy before the twen- United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. tieth week of gestation; and Circuit. VAN HOLLEN): Mary S. McElroy, of Rhode Island, to be S. 1917. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Whereas, according to national estimates, enue Code of 1986 to reform the system of approximately fifteen to twenty percent of United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island. public financing for Presidential elections, all pregnancies in the United States end in and for other purposes; to the Committee on miscarriage; and Jason K. Pulliam, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western Dis- Finance. Whereas, according to the American Col- trict of Texas. By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. lege of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Stephanie A. Gallagher, of Maryland, to be LEAHY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. BROWN, roughly sixty percent of miscarriages occur United States District Judge for the District Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. BENNET, and when an embryo has an abnormal number of of Maryland. Mr. HOEVEN): S. 1918. A bill to amend the Richard B. Rus- chromosomes during fertilization, a problem Eric Ross Komitee, of New York, to be sell National School Lunch Act to require al- that happens by chance, not as a result of United States District Judge for the Eastern ternative options for summer food service anything the parents did: and District of New York. program delivery; to the Committee on Agri- Rachel P. Kovner, of New York, to be Whereas, the devastation and grief associ- culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. United States District Judge for the Eastern ated with a miscarriage leave women to feel By Mr. YOUNG: as though they had done something wrong to District of New York. S. 1919. A bill to require certain grantees cause it; and Lewis J. Liman, of New York, to be United under title I of the Housing and Community Whereas, the trauma is compounded by States District Judge for the Southern Dis- Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to physicians, hospitals, clinics, health insur- trict of New York. track discriminatory land use policies, and Martha Maria Pacold, of Illinois, to be ers, and other healthcare providers inter- for other purposes; to the Committee on United States District Judge for the North- changeably using medical terminology such Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. ern District of Illinois. as abortion, spontaneous abortion, missed By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mary M. Rowland, of Illinois, to be United abortion, inevitable abortion, incomplete Mr. WYDEN): States District Judge for the Northern Dis- abortion, or septic abortion with sponta- S. 1920. A bill to establish jobs programs trict of Illinois. neous miscarriage; and for long-term unemployed workers, and for Steven C. Seeger, of Illinois, to be United other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Whereas, towards the end of the last cen- States District Judge for the Northern Dis- Education, Labor, and Pensions. tury, medical journals and healthcare profes- trict of Illinois. By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. sionals consciously began using the term John L. Sinatra, Jr., of New York, to be MURKOWSKI): spontaneous miscarriage instead of abortion United States District Judge for the Western S. 1921. A bill to provide that primary care as both an intuitive empathetic response to District of New York. services provided by the National Health the stigma of abortion and as a reflection of Mary Kay Vyskocil, of New York, to be Service Corps may include palliative care legal, technological, professional, and social United States District Judge for the South- services; to the Committee on Health, Edu- developments relative to women who experi- ern District of New York. cation, Labor, and Pensions. ence miscarriage: and David Austin Tapp, of Kentucky, to be a By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Whereas, despite the evolution and clinical Judge of the United States Court of Federal MERKLEY, Mr. CARPER, Mrs. FEIN- clarity of the use of the term spontaneous Claims for a term of fifteen years. STEIN, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr. MARKEY): miscarriage, many women are horrified to Gary Richard Brown, of New York, to be S. 1922. A bill to authorize Federal agencies find that the medical diagnosis or condition United States District Judge for the Eastern to establish prize competitions for innova- listed in their patient medical record indi- District of New York. tion or adaptation management development cates abortion; and Stephanie Dawkins Davis, of Michigan, to relating to coral reef ecosystems, and for be United States District Judge for the East- Whereas, although not technically incor- other purposes; to the Committee on Com- ern District of Michigan. merce, Science, and Transportation. rect based on customary and acceptable med- Diane Gujarati, of New York, to be United By Mr. WHITEHOUSE: ical terminology, the use of the term abor- States District Judge for the Eastern Dis- S. 1923. A bill to require the establishment tion has a widely recognized modern day im- trict of New York. of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Con- plication of intentionally causing the death Frank William Volk, of West Virginia, to sumers to compute cost-of-living increases of an unborn child; and be United States District Judge for the for Social Security benefits under title II of Whereas, charting, coding, and billing sys- Southern District of West Virginia. the Social Security Act and to provide, in tems include Current Procedures Termi- Edward W. Felten, of New Jersey, to be a the case of elderly beneficiaries under such nology (CPT) codes, International Statis- Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties title, for an annual cost-of-living increase tical Classification of Diseases and Related Oversight Board for a term expiring January which is not less than 3 percent; to the Com- Health Problems, 9th revision (ICD–9), diag- 29, 2025. mittee on Finance. nosis-related group (DRG) codes, and other *Nomination was reported with rec- By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and diagnosis and procedure codes utilized in the Mr. MURPHY): United States healthcare system; and ommendation that it be confirmed sub- S. 1924. A bill to prevent the purchase of ject to the nominee’s commitment to Whereas, a conscious and collective assess- ammunition by prohibited purchasers; to the ment needs to be done at the highest level of respond to requests to appear and tes- Committee on the Judiciary. regulatory authority in the United States to tify before any duly constituted com- By Mr. PORTMAN: S. 1925. A bill to authorize State opioid re- provide for definitive and distinctive use of mittee of the Senate. sponse grants, and for other purposes; to the the terms spontaneous miscarriage versus (Nominations without an asterisk Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and abortion: Therefore, be it Resolved, That the were reported with the recommenda- Pensions . Legislature of Louisiana memorializes the tion that they be confirmed.) By Ms. HARRIS: Congress of the United States to review the f S. 1926. A bill to increase access to pre-ex- definition of abortion and the use of the posure prophylaxis to reduce the trans- term abortion for purposes of medical INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND mission of HIV; to the Committee on Health, records when a woman has a spontaneous JOINT RESOLUTIONS Education, Labor, and Pensions. miscarriage; and be it further The following bills and joint resolu- By Mr. KENNEDY: Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution tions were introduced, read the first S. 1927. A bill to amend the Employee Re- shall be transmitted to the secretary of the tirement Income Security Act of 1974 with United States Senate, the clerk of the and second times by unanimous con- respect to association retirement plans and United States House of Representatives, and sent, and referred as indicated: other multiple employer pension benefit to each member of the Louisiana delegation By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. plans; to the Committee on Health, Edu- to the United States Congress. BLUMENTHAL, and Ms. HARRIS): cation, Labor, and Pensions.

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By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. antitrust enforcement resources; to the Com- By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. ISAK- CASEY): mittee on the Judiciary. SON, and Mr. TESTER): S. 1928. A bill to amend title XVIII of the By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mrs. S. Res. 256. A resolution expressing support Social Security Act to improve the enroll- GILLIBRAND, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. for the designation of the week of June 16 ment of retiring individuals in the Medicare HIRONO, Ms. HARRIS, and Mr. MAR- through June 23, 2019, as ‘‘National GI Bill program; to the Committee on Finance. KEY): Commemoration Week’’ and celebrating the By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. S. 1938. A bill to provide for grants for 75th anniversary of the Servicemen’s Read- CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BOOK- States that require fair and impartial police justment Act of 1944; to the Committee on ER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. training for law enforcement officers of that Veterans’ Affairs. DUCKWORTH, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. State and to incentivize States to enact laws By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HARRIS, requiring the independent investigation and DURBIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. BLACK- and Mrs. GILLIBRAND): prosecution of the use of deadly force by law BURN, Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. S. 1929. A bill to prohibit the Department enforcement officers, and for other purposes; COLLINS, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. FEIN- of Housing and Urban Development from to the Committee on the Judiciary. STEIN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. JONES, Mr. limiting the eligibility of DACA recipients By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, MANCHIN, Mr. UDALL, and Mr. for certain assistance, and for other pur- Mr. BURR, Mr. GARDNER, and Ms. CARDIN): poses; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- SINEMA): S. Res. 257. A resolution designating June ing, and Urban Affairs. S. 1939. A bill to direct the Secretary of 20, 2019, as ‘‘American Eagle Day’’ and cele- By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Transportation to establish the Strength- brating the recovery and restoration of the Mr. MARKEY, and Ms. DUCKWORTH): ening Mobility and Revolutionizing Trans- bald eagle, the national symbol of the United S. 1930. A bill to amend title 14, United portation (SMART) Challenge Grant Pro- States; considered and agreed to. States Code, to direct the Commandant of gram to promote technological innovation in By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. MAR- the Coast Guard to report to Congress on ef- our Nation’s communities; to the Committee KEY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, forts to increase gender diversity in the on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. and Ms. WARREN): Coast Guard, and for other purposes; to the By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. S. Res. 258. A resolution expressing support Committee on Commerce, Science, and SCHUMER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CAR- for the designation of May 2019 as ‘‘National Transportation. PER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HIRONO, Brain Tumor Awareness Month’’ ; considered By Ms. MCSALLY (for herself and Ms. Ms. SMITH, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. SHA- and agreed to. SINEMA): HEEN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. S. 1931. A bill to require the Administrator MARKEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BOOKER, ROBERTS): of the Western Area Power Administration Ms. HARRIS, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. HASSAN, S. Con. Res. 20. A concurrent resolution ex- to establish a pilot project to provide in- Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. REED, Mr. pressing the sense of Congress that the creased transparency for customers, and for COONS, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. CORTEZ President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. other purposes; to the Committee on Energy MASTO, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MENEN- Colmery; to the Committee on the Judiciary. and Natural Resources. DEZ, Mr. BROWN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mrs. Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, f FEINSTEIN, Ms. MCSALLY, and Ms. Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. KAINE, ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS SINEMA): Mr. WARNER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. HEIN- S. 1932. A bill to support water infrastruc- RICH, Mr. UDALL, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. S. 16 ture in Reclamation States, and for other CASEY, Mr. BENNET, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the purposes; to the Committee on Energy and LEAHY, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. STABENOW, name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Natural Resources. and Mr. TESTER): SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. By Ms. MCSALLY: S. 1940. A bill to permit legally married 16, a bill to amend title VII of the Tar- S. 1933. A bill to amend the Homeland Se- same-sex couples to amend their filing sta- curity Act of 2002 to establish the Biometric tus for tax returns outside the statute of iff Act of 1930 to provide for the treat- Identification Transnational Migration Alert limitations; to the Committee on Finance. ment of core seasonal industries af- Program in the Department of Homeland Se- By Mrs. MURRAY: fected by antidumping or counter- curity, and for other purposes; to the Com- S. 1941. A bill to amend the Richard B. Rus- vailing duty investigations, and for mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- sell National School Lunch Act to establish other purposes. mental Affairs. a permanent, nationwide summer electronic S. 20 By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. benefits transfer for children program; to the At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the MURRAY, and Mr. BROWN): Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and S. 1934. A bill to amend title 38, United Forestry. name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- States Code, to provide benefits from the De- f partment of Veterans Affairs for persons dis- sponsor of S. 20, a bill to amend the abled by treatment under the Veterans Com- SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to re- munity Care Program, and for other pur- SENATE RESOLUTIONS quire the disclosure of certain tax re- poses; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- The following concurrent resolutions turns by Presidents and certain can- fairs. and Senate resolutions were read, and didates for the office of the President, By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. COR- TEZ MASTO, Mr. CASEY, Ms. SMITH, referred (or acted upon), as indicated: and for other purposes. Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. S. 27 BOOKER, Mr. COONS, Mr. HEINRICH, LEAHY, Mr. CARPER, Ms. CANTWELL, At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. COONS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. name of the Senator from New York Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- MERKLEY, Mr. REED, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. HIRONO, Mr. CASEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. sponsor of S. 27, a bill to amend the SANDERS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. STABE- WYDEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. MURRAY, Surface Mining Control and Reclama- NOW, and Mr. UDALL): Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLO- tion Act of 1977 to transfer certain S. 1935. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- BUCHAR, Mr. REED, Ms. SMITH, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to ensure that working DURBIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers families have access to affordable health in- DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. of America Pension Plan, and for other surance coverage; to the Committee on Fi- BROWN, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mrs. SHA- purposes. nance. HEEN): S. 178 By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mrs. S. Res. 254. A resolution commemorating At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the FEINSTEIN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. SHA- June 20, 2019, as ‘‘World Refugee Day’’ ; to name of the Senator from Washington HEEN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. GILLI- the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- BRAND, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. WARREN, Ms. KLO- BENNET, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HARRIS, sor of S. 178, a bill to condemn gross BUCHAR, and Ms. STABENOW): Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MUR- human rights violations of ethnic S. 1936. A bill to amend title XVIII of the RAY, and Ms. SMITH): Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and call- Social Security Act to protect coverage for S. Res. 255. A resolution recognizing June ing for an end to arbitrary detention, screening mammography, and for other pur- 2019 as ‘‘Immigrant Heritage Month’’ , a cele- torture, and harassment of these com- poses; to the Committee on Finance. bration of the accomplishments and con- munities inside and outside China. By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and tributions immigrants and their children S. 193 Mr. GRASSLEY): have made in shaping the history, strength- S. 1937. A bill to promote merger enforce- ening the economy, and enriching the cul- At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, ment and protect competition through ad- ture of the United States; to the Committee the name of the Senator from Massa- justing premerger filing fees, and increasing on the Judiciary. chusetts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a

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At the request of Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, At the request of Mr. HEINRICH, the S. 638 her name was added as a cosponsor of names of the Senator from Maryland At the request of Mr. CARPER, the S. 1243, a bill to provide standards for (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the Senator name of the Senator from Minnesota facilities at which aliens in the custody from Mississippi (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- of the Department of Homeland Secu- were added as cosponsors of S. 261, a sponsor of S. 638, a bill to require the rity are detained, and for other pur- bill to extend the authorization of ap- Administrator of the Environmental poses. propriations for allocation to carry out Protection Agency to designate per- S. 1349 approved wetlands conservation and polyfluoroalkyl substances as haz- At the request of Mr. THUNE, the projects under the North American ardous substances under the Com- name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Wetlands Conservation Act through fis- prehensive Environmental Response, DUCKWORTH) was added as a cosponsor cal year 2024, and for other purposes. Compensation, Liability Act of 1980, of S. 1349, a bill to expand enrollment S. 286 and for other purposes. in TSA PreCheck to expedite commer- At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the S. 695 cial travel screening and improve air- name of the Senator from Vermont At the request of Mr. SASSE, the port security. (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. S. 1394 sor of S. 286, a bill to amend title XVIII BRAUN) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the of the Social Security Act to provide 695, a bill to amend the Elementary name of the Senator from Rhode Island for the coverage of marriage and fam- and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a co- ily therapist services and mental allow parents of eligible military de- sponsor of S. 1394, a bill to provide col- health counselor services under part B pendent children to establish Military lective bargaining rights for public of the Medicare program, and for other Education Savings Accounts, and for safety officers employed by States or purposes. other purposes. their political subdivisions. S. 1469 S. 296 S. 880 At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the name of the Senator from New Mexico name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. names of the Senator from Massachu- setts (Mr. MARKEY) and the Senator (Mr. HEINRICH) was added as a cospon- MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of sor of S. 296, a bill to amend XVIII of S. 880, a bill to provide outreach and from Minnesota (Ms. SMITH) were added the Social Security Act to ensure more reporting on comprehensive Alz- as cosponsors of S. 1469, a bill to amend timely access to home health services heimer’s disease care planning services title 18, United States Code, to prohibit for Medicare beneficiaries under the furnished under the Medicare program. interfering in elections with agents of a foreign government. Medicare program. S. 931 S. 1764 S. 496 At the request of Mr. CASEY, the At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, At the request of Mr. SULLIVAN, the name of the Senator from New Jersey the name of the Senator from Massa- name of the Senator from Massachu- (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor chusetts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co- of S. 931, a bill to amend the Internal cosponsor of S. 1764, a bill to amend the sponsor of S. 496, a bill to preserve Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the Communications Act of 1934 to require United States fishing heritage through Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit the Federal Communications Commis- a national program dedicated to train- and make the credit fully refundable. sion to ensure just and reasonable ing and assisting the next generation S. 1071 charges for telephone and advanced of commercial fishermen, and for other At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the communications services in the correc- purposes. name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. tional and detention facilities. S. 510 YOUNG) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 1779 At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the 1071, a bill to support empowerment, At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, name of the Senator from New Mexico economic security, and educational op- the names of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. UDALL) was added as a cosponsor portunities for adolescent girls around (Mr. KAINE) and the Senator from Dela- of S. 510, a bill to amend the Commu- the world, and for other purposes. ware (Mr. CARPER) were added as co- nications Act of 1934 to provide for cer- S. 1083 sponsors of S. 1779, a bill to repeal the tain requirements relating to charges At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in for internet, television, and voice serv- name of the Senator from Washington Arms Act. ices, and for other purposes. (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- S. 1822 S. 528 sor of S. 1083, a bill to address the fun- At the request of Mr. WICKER, the At the request of Mr. DAINES, the damental injustice, cruelty, brutality, names of the Senator from West Vir- name of the Senator from Montana and inhumanity of slavery in the ginia (Mrs. CAPITO), the Senator from (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor United States and the 13 American Colorado (Mr. GARDNER) and the Sen- of S. 528, a bill to amend title 40, colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to ator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) were United States Code, to provide a lacta- establish a commission to study and added as cosponsors of S. 1822, a bill to tion room in public buildings, and for consider a national apology and pro- require the Federal Communications other purposes. posal for reparations for the institu- Commission to issue rules relating to S. 546 tion of slavery, its subsequent de jure the collection of data with respect to At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and de facto racial and economic dis- the availability of broadband services, the name of the Senator from Montana crimination against African-Ameri- and for other purposes. (Mr. DAINES) was added as a cosponsor cans, and the impact of these forces on S. 1830 of S. 546, a bill to extend authorization living African-Americans, to make rec- At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the for the September 11th Victim Com- ommendations to the Congress on ap- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. pensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal propriate remedies, and for other pur- SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. year 2090, and for other purposes. poses. 1830, a bill to enhance the security of S. 632 S. 1207 the United States and its allies, and for At the request of Mr. LANKFORD, the At the request of Mr. ROMNEY, the other purposes. name of the Senator from Alabama name of the Senator from Massachu- S. 1863 (Mr. JONES) was added as a cosponsor setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the of S. 632, a bill to amend the Internal sponsor of S. 1207, a bill to approve the name of the Senator from Maryland

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(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- to prescribe military personnel S. 1906 sponsor of amendment No. 388 intended strengths for such fiscal year, and for At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the to be proposed to S. 1790, an original other purposes. names of the Senator from Tennessee bill to authorize appropriations for fis- AMENDMENT NO. 569 (Mrs. BLACKBURN) and the Senator cal year 2020 for military activities of At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the from Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) the Department of Defense, for mili- names of the Senator from Montana were added as cosponsors of S. 1906, a tary construction, and for defense ac- (Mr. TESTER), the Senator from Kansas bill to require the Secretary of Vet- tivities of the Department of Energy, (Mr. MORAN), the Senator from West erans Affairs to provide financial as- to prescribe military personnel Virginia (Mr. MANCHIN), the Senator sistance to eligible entities to provide strengths for such fiscal year, and for from West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO) and and coordinate the provision of suicide other purposes. the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. prevention services for veterans at risk AMENDMENT NO. 417 BLUMENTHAL) were added as cosponsors of suicide and veteran families through At the request of Mr. CARPER, the of amendment No. 569 intended to be the award of grants to such entities, names of the Senator from New Jersey proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to and for other purposes. (Mr. BOOKER) and the Senator from Illi- authorize appropriations for fiscal year S. RES. 112 nois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) were added as 2020 for military activities of the De- At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the cosponsors of amendment No. 417 in- partment of Defense, for military con- name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. tended to be proposed to S. 1790, an struction, and for defense activities of KING) was added as a cosponsor of S. original bill to authorize appropria- the Department of Energy, to prescribe Res. 112, a resolution expressing the tions for fiscal year 2020 for military military personnel strengths for such sense of the Senate that the United activities of the Department of De- fiscal year, and for other purposes. States condemns all forms of violence fense, for military construction, and AMENDMENT NO. 576 against children globally and recog- for defense activities of the Depart- At the request of Mr. UDALL, the nizes the harmful impacts of violence ment of Energy, to prescribe military names of the Senator from California against children. personnel strengths for such fiscal (Ms. HARRIS) and the Senator from AMENDMENT NO. 301 year, and for other purposes. Utah (Mr. LEE) were added as cospon- At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the AMENDMENT NO. 421 sors of amendment No. 576 intended to names of the Senator from New York At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Senator from name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. to authorize appropriations for fiscal New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN), the CORNYN) was added as a cosponsor of year 2020 for military activities of the Senator from Montana (Mr. TESTER), amendment No. 421 intended to be pro- Department of Defense, for military the Senator from Delaware (Mr. CAR- posed to S. 1790, an original bill to au- construction, and for defense activities PER), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. thorize appropriations for fiscal year of the Department of Energy, to pre- BENNET), the Senator from New Mexico 2020 for military activities of the De- scribe military personnel strengths for (Mr. UDALL), the Senator from Dela- partment of Defense, for military con- such fiscal year, and for other pur- ware (Mr. COONS), the Senator from struction, and for defense activities of poses. Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) and the Senator the Department of Energy, to prescribe AMENDMENT NO. 592 from Nevada (Ms. ROSEN) were added as military personnel strengths for such At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the cosponsors of amendment No. 301 in- fiscal year, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from West Vir- tended to be proposed to S. 1790, an AMENDMENT NO. 556 ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- original bill to authorize appropria- At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the sponsor of amendment No. 592 intended tions for fiscal year 2020 for military name of the Senator from New York to be proposed to S. 1790, an original activities of the Department of De- (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- bill to authorize appropriations for fis- fense, for military construction, and sponsor of amendment No. 556 intended cal year 2020 for military activities of for defense activities of the Depart- to be proposed to S. 1790, an original the Department of Defense, for mili- ment of Energy, to prescribe military bill to authorize appropriations for fis- tary construction, and for defense ac- personnel strengths for such fiscal cal year 2020 for military activities of tivities of the Department of Energy, year, and for other purposes. the Department of Defense, for mili- to prescribe military personnel AMENDMENT NO. 348 tary construction, and for defense ac- strengths for such fiscal year, and for At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the tivities of the Department of Energy, other purposes. name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. to prescribe military personnel AMENDMENT NO. 593 RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of strengths for such fiscal year, and for At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the amendment No. 348 intended to be pro- other purposes. name of the Senator from West Vir- posed to S. 1790, an original bill to au- AMENDMENT NO. 563 ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- thorize appropriations for fiscal year At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name sponsor of amendment No. 593 intended 2020 for military activities of the De- of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. to be proposed to S. 1790, an original partment of Defense, for military con- KENNEDY) was added as a cosponsor of bill to authorize appropriations for fis- struction, and for defense activities of amendment No. 563 intended to be pro- cal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe posed to S. 1790, an original bill to au- the Department of Defense, for mili- military personnel strengths for such thorize appropriations for fiscal year tary construction, and for defense ac- fiscal year, and for other purposes. 2020 for military activities of the De- tivities of the Department of Energy, AMENDMENT NO. 357 partment of Defense, for military con- to prescribe military personnel At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the struction, and for defense activities of strengths for such fiscal year, and for name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. the Department of Energy, to prescribe other purposes. CORNYN) was added as a cosponsor of military personnel strengths for such AMENDMENT NO. 654 amendment No. 357 intended to be pro- fiscal year, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the posed to S. 1790, an original bill to au- AMENDMENT NO. 568 name of the Senator from North Da- thorize appropriations for fiscal year At the request of Mr. CASEY, the kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- 2020 for military activities of the De- name of the Senator from Massachu- sponsor of amendment No. 654 intended

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A lot of peo- tivities of the Department of Energy, LEE) was added as a cosponsor of ple were falling between the cracks. to prescribe military personnel amendment No. 792 intended to be pro- Closing those gaps has a made a big dif- strengths for such fiscal year, and for posed to S. 1790, an original bill to au- ference in my State. We also equipped other purposes. thorize appropriations for fiscal year our first responders with what they AMENDMENT NO. 694 2020 for military activities of the De- need and the training they need to help At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the partment of Defense, for military con- push back. names of the Senator from Pennsyl- struction, and for defense activities of The good news is, these programs are vania (Mr. CASEY) and the Senator the Department of Energy, to prescribe starting to work. Drug overdose deaths from Michigan (Mr. PETERS) were military personnel strengths for such are still way too high, but for the first added as cosponsors of amendment No. fiscal year, and for other purposes. time in 8 years—8 years of increased overdose deaths every year—we are 694 intended to be proposed to S. 1790, AMENDMENT NO. 797 an original bill to authorize appropria- seeing a reduction in overdose deaths. At the request of Mr. LEE, the name In my own State of Ohio, we have tions for fiscal year 2020 for military of the Senator from Montana (Mr. activities of the Department of De- seen significant progress. We have had DAINES) was added as a cosponsor of a 21-percent drop in our overdose fense, for military construction, and amendment No. 797 intended to be pro- for defense activities of the Depart- deaths finally after 8 years of in- posed to S. 1790, an original bill to au- creases. This was the biggest drop in ment of Energy, to prescribe military thorize appropriations for fiscal year personnel strengths for such fiscal the Nation from July 2017 to June of 2020 for military activities of the De- 2018, according to the Centers for Dis- year, and for other purposes. partment of Defense, for military con- AMENDMENT NO. 702 ease Control National Center of Health struction, and for defense activities of Statistics. Nationally, again after 8 At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the the Department of Energy, to prescribe name of the Senator from South Caro- years of annual increased deaths, we military personnel strengths for such have seen a leveling out—in fact, a lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon- fiscal year, and for other purposes. sor of amendment No. 702 intended to very modest downturn. Between 2017 f be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill and 2018, overdose deaths fell from to authorize appropriations for fiscal STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED 73,000 to 71,000. In all, the overdose rate year 2020 for military activities of the BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS dropped in 21 States. Overall, there has been only about a 1-percent drop, so it Department of Defense, for military By Mr. PORTMAN: construction, and for defense activities is very modest but a lot better than S. 1925. A bill to authorize State the alternative we have seen for 8 of the Department of Energy, to pre- opioid response grants, and for other scribe military personnel strengths for years, which is increased deaths. purposes; to the Committee on Health, As we begin to turn the tide on the such fiscal year, and for other pur- Education, Labor, and Pensions. opioid epidemic, I am convinced that poses. Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today we would be doing even better if not for AMENDMENT NO. 706 I am here to continue the important the influx of fentanyl. About 4 or 5 At the request of Mr. ROMNEY, the conversation we had on this floor about years ago, fentanyl came to our coun- name of the Senator from Massachu- the ongoing addiction crisis we face in try in a big way—almost entirely from setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- this country. Over the past 2 years, I China and almost always through our sponsor of amendment No. 706 intended have come to the floor 57 times to talk own U.S. Postal Service, believe it or to be proposed to S. 1790, an original about addiction, and usually it has not—and it has caused all kinds of bill to authorize appropriations for fis- been about opioids and the impact havoc. It is the deadliest of all the cal year 2020 for military activities of opioids are having—tearing our fami- drugs. When you look at overdose the Department of Defense, for mili- lies apart, devastating our commu- deaths, the primary cause now is tary construction, and for defense ac- nities. There is certainly an opioid epi- fentanyl. It is a synthetic drug that is tivities of the Department of Energy, demic in this country with prescription 50 times more powerful than heroin. to prescribe military personnel drugs, fentanyl, heroin—it is true—but We are beginning to push back again, strengths for such fiscal year, and for we also have to focus on the fact that including with our STOP Act, which other purposes. we have a broader problem. That is has now been passed, which requires AMENDMENT NO. 739 what I am going to talk about today, the post office to begin screening and At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the along with what we can do about it. stopping some of these packages from name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Congress has done a lot in the last coming in. We will do a better job in SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of several years. When looking at what working with China. We have commit- amendment No. 739 intended to be pro- was proposed and what was passed, we ments from them, and we hope they posed to S. 1790, an original bill to au- put new policies in place at the Federal will follow through on them. thorize appropriations for fiscal year level to promote better prevention, Even as this limited progress is being 2020 for military activities of the De- better treatment programs, and better made on the opioid front, we have a partment of Defense, for military con- long-term recovery. We passed legisla- new, growing danger. I have heard this struction, and for defense activities of tion to stop some of these deadly drugs over the past few years from law en- the Department of Energy, to prescribe from coming into our country. That forcement and from providers—from military personnel strengths for such has helped somewhat. Those legislative people on the frontlines of the drug epi- fiscal year, and for other purposes. initiatives, such as the CARA Act, the demic. They are seeing a resurgence of AMENDMENT NO. 789 21st Century Cures Act, and the STOP what are called psychostimulants. At the request of Mr. MURPHY, the Act, are starting to work. Mostly it is pure, powerful meth- name of the Senator from West Vir- Over $3 billion of additional funds has amphetamine from Mexico—crystal ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) was added as a co- been appropriated by this Congress just meth. sponsor of amendment No. 789 intended in the last 3 years alone to ensure that In the last couple of months, I have to be proposed to S. 1790, an original we have the ability to push back heard about this from the people in the bill to authorize appropriations for fis- against this epidemic. In my home trenches all over Ohio. I have talked to cal year 2020 for military activities of State of Ohio—one of the States hard- community leaders in Knox County; the Department of Defense, for mili- est hit by this epidemic—we received treatment providers in Southeast Ohio; tary construction, and for defense ac- nearly $140 million from the CARA and service providers in Columbus; the tivities of the Department of Energy, Cures grants. It is going toward stuff ADAMHS Board in Adams, Lawrence, to prescribe military personnel that is working—evidence-based pre- and Scioto Counties; the leadership of

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We are making limited progress but, frankly, we need research on bet- for opioids. on keeping the fentanyl out. But we ter technology, and we need to provide For all the good they have done, are spinning our wheels on combating more funding to ensure we can stop these grants can’t be used effectively particularly crystal meth, and they are this deadly substance by identifying it to combat the drug crisis beyond also seeing a resurgence of cocaine— at the border to keep it from coming opioids, which ignores the new on-the- both of which are stimulants, and both in. ground reality of addiction in my State of which are causing havoc in these According to U.S. Customs and Bor- and many others. So the legislation I communities, in part because, as a der Protection, the amount of meth- am introducing today will make a sim- psychostimulant, it leads to more vio- amphetamine at our ports of entry has ple change to existing law. It will allow lent behavior. soared from about 14,000 pounds in 2012 the State opioid response grants to be They are having a devastating im- to 56,000 pounds in 2018. We have also more flexible so they can be used for pact in my State. According to a 2018 seen a 38-percent increase in meth- whatever the drug addiction problem is report from Ohio University, these amphetamine trafficking along the on the ground, which will be a little psychostimulants—including meth— southern border just in the 1 year from different for every State and, for that were found in just nine overdose deaths 2017 to 2018. One troubling measure- matter, every community. In par- in 2010. That number rose to 556 over- ment is that the number of crystal ticular, dollars would be able to be dose deaths in 2017, which is the most meth submissions to the Ohio Bureau used in programs focused on meth- recent data we have. That is an in- of Criminal Investigation lab rose from amphetamine and cocaine treatment crease of 6,000 percent. That same year, 2,000 in 2015 to over 12,000 in 2018. That and recovery. Ohio had more than 1,500 people die of is a 500-percent increase in my home We know these existing funds are cocaine overdose, which is an almost State. This is an indication of how making a difference. We have to be 140-percent increase from the year be- much of this is being detained, being sure and keep this program going. That fore. found by law enforcement and taken to is why my legislation will also reau- This problem isn’t isolated to Ohio. these labs. thorize the State opioid response According to the Centers for Disease As I heard from folks all across Ohio, grants program with this flexibility Control and Prevention, deaths involv- we are also seeing meth laced with but reauthorize it for 5 years, providing ing cocaine, crystal meth, and other other drugs, including fentanyl, heroin, $500 million annually to ensure there is psychostimulants have increased na- and sometimes cocaine. I am told that stable funding. A stable funding stream to these tionwide. In the more than 70,000 drug sometimes the cartels mix these drugs States is absolutely essential to having overdose deaths in 2017, more than into methamphetamine to lower the the predictability and the certainty we 23,000 or nearly one-third involved co- cost of the final product, meaning that need to continue to make progress and caine, meth, or both. Just from 2016 to the users may be consuming dangerous to avoid these new drugs coming in and 2017, in that 1 year, death rates involv- opioids without realizing it. Other traf- creating more devastation in our com- ing cocaine and crystal meth increased fickers do so because they know that munities. It is a simple, commonsense by approximately 33 percent. Increases fentanyl is incredibly addictive. You change that will allow State and local occurred across all demographic groups may think it is one thing, but it is organizations the flexibility they need and in all ZIP Codes. really another. Any street drug you use to fight what is quickly becoming a In the case of meth in particular, is potentially deadly—remember that. two-front war on addiction. usage rates have gone up as opioid We still don’t have the full picture of The fact that we are continuing to rates have gone down. I am told by ex- how these drugs are being mixed to- see these new types of drugs pop up in perts that this is for a few reasons. gether and sold for consumption. Over Ohio and around the country high- Some meth users initially turned to the past 2 years, I have seen more re- lights the reality that this is a fight this drug to manage the heavy crashes ports of individuals in Ohio who used against addiction. Addiction is a dis- that followed prolonged usage of cocaine that, unknown to them, had ease. Again, this Congress has done an opioids—heroin, fentanyl, and other been mixed with fentanyl. In the last unprecedented amount of work in this opioids—and then they became just as month alone, at least 49 Ohioans in my area in the last few years, and I com- addicted to meth as they had been to hometown of Cincinnati, OH, were mend us for that, but we have to do opioids. Others turns to meth because killed by that deadly combination. It more. We have to provide this flexi- the drug is stronger and cheaper than has been hitting our African-American bility. We have to be sure we are focus- other options. communities particularly hard. ing on the fight against addiction, not By the way, the days of home chem- Again, this highlights how the drug just on individual drugs. ists and one-pot meth labs in America cartels sometimes try to hook users by While I am encouraged by the wel- are largely gone. You probably can re- cutting stimulants with addictive, comed progress in preventing opioid member, 5, 10, 15 years ago, the meth deadly fentanyl, often with lethal out- overdose deaths, we cannot rest on our labs in your community. You are not comes. laurels. The cartels continue to pump hearing about those now. That is the The bottom line is, we have to ad- new combinations of opioids and stimu- good thing, but the bad thing is that dress the broader issue of addiction, lants into vulnerable communities, you are not hearing about them be- not just the issue of individual drugs. hooking individuals on yet another cause the stuff coming from Mexico is We know that crystal meth and co- toxic drug and perpetrating this cycle more powerful and less expensive. The caine are increasing pretty dramati- of addiction. Let’s keep our unprece- super-labs in Mexico run by the drug cally. That is why we have to continue dented bipartisan efforts going in this cartels are mass-producing this meth. our fight against opioid use but also body. Let’s continue to partner with It is powerful, deadly, and low cost. I provide more flexibility to our commu- allies, local government and State gov- am told by law enforcement in Colum- nities. As a result, today I am intro- ernments, and with our nonprofits. bus, OH, that crystal meth now costs ducing new legislation designed to ad- Let’s make sure the resources are there less than marijuana on the streets of dress the resurgence of crystal meth to continue to save lives and restore Columbus. and cocaine into our communities. communities. Most of this pure crystal meth enters To date, the grants provided by the the United States from Mexico in bulk 21st Century Cures Act—these are By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, at ports of entry along our southwest grants that go directly back to the Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. MCSALLY, border, often hidden in cars and trucks. States, and the States determine how and Ms. SINEMA):

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Only 4 in a thousand ment Act, which Senator CORY GARD- of the water supply for 19 million peo- water infrastructure projects default, NER (R–CO) introduced today. I am the ple in southern California, but that based on a study conducted by the lead Democratic sponsor on the bill, water supply is diminishing. Already in Fitch credit rating agency. and Senators MARTHA MCSALLY (R–AZ) 2019 the water demands on the Colo- Given OMB’s experience that Federal and KYRSTEN SINEMA (D–AZ) are also rado River exceed average inflows to outlays need only cover 1% of the loan original cosponsors. the river by 1.2 million to 1.5 million cost for water projects, the $125 million Drought—increasingly severe and acre feet each year. in authorized Federal spending in the prolonged drought—is a stark reality That is a huge gap, and the Drought draft bill likely could support $12.5 bil- for California and the West. Climate Contingency Plan that was just nego- lion in water project lending authority. change presents a triple threat to our tiated among the 7 Colorado River Needless to say, $12.5 billion is a water supply: Basin states represents just the begin- meaningful amount of Federal low-in- Higher temperatures causing a dwin- ning of efforts needed to close even the terest lending assistance for new water dling snowpack, increased evaporation existing gap. With climate change, far supply projects. And, because RIFIA is and other effects that will reduce our more needs to be done, especially with limited to no more than 49 percent of natural storage and runoff. This could warmer temperatures and greatly in- total project costs, that same $125 mil- decrease flow in the Colorado River by creased evaporation in the Basin and lion in RIFIA budget authority will 20% or more by mid-century and as with the considerable odds of a support no less than $25.5 billion in new much as 40% by the end of the century. megadrought of 20 to 50 years’ dura- water infrastructure investments Longer and more severe droughts, in- tion. throughout the west. cluding perhaps as much as an 80% The bill we are introducing today Need to Improve Reclamation’s chance of a megadrought of 20 to 50 provides the Colorado River Basin Project Delivery System: The bill not years’ duration in the Colorado Basin States with the tools to begin invest- only increases funding for drought re- during this century. ing in a wide range of water supply siliency projects, it expedites their ap- Although this is more uncertain, the projects to meet this challenge. I be- provals and assists them more cost-ef- possibility of reduced overall precipita- lieve this bill will be critical for help- fectively, stretching taxpayer dollars tion, perhaps 10–15% less in California’s ing reach agreement in the next round further. Sierra Nevada mountains within the of negotiations for Colorado River The traditional Bureau of Reclama- next 20–30 years. drought contingency plans due to be tion model for approving and funding We must respond to this challenge. completed by 2026. new water supply projects has involved The bill we are introducing today does Funding Authorizations in the Bill: the following: so in three fundamental ways: In response to the water supply chal- Reclamation studies new projects in It significantly increases funding for lenges presented by climate change, detail, which can take a decade or an ‘‘all-of-the above’’ solution to im- the bill we are introducing today sig- more for major projects: prove our water supply, including sur- nificantly increases funding authoriza- Once Reclamation’s studies are com- face and groundwater storage, convey- tions for a wide variety of water supply plete, Congress authorizes projects in- ance, water recycling and desalination; and environmental restoration dividually, which can take another 3–5 It reforms the Bureau of Reclama- projects. tion’s outdated project delivery system The proposed legislation builds on years or more in many cases; and to more quickly approve and more and doubles the 5-year funding author- Congress then funds 100% of the cost-effectively fund new projects; and izations in the 2016 Water Infrastruc- project construction cost over many It significantly invests not only in ture Improvements for the Nation years of incremental appropriations, water supply projects, but also in envi- (WIIN) Act. The bill authorizes the fol- with project sponsors paying back the ronmental restoration to help imper- lowing funding over the next 5 years: federal government over 50 years at lit- iled species adapt to climate change as $670 million for surface and ground- tle to no interest. well. water storage projects, and supporting One can quickly see that this model Climate Change and Drought: I would conveyance; can end up taking decades to construct like to say more about the effects of $100 million for water recycling significant new water supply projects. climate change on two critical areas projects; and This is especially the case given the for California: the Sierra Nevada $60 million for desalination projects. limitations of Federal budgets and the Mountains, and the Colorado River In addition, the bill authorizes $140 increasing cost of major projects in re- Basin. million for environmental restoration cent years. Given the tremendous chal- Lawrence Berkeley National Labora- and compliance projects. These lenge posed by climate change to West- tory scientists project that climate projects include forest, meadow and ern water supply, we need a nimbler change will cause a 54 percent drop in watershed restoration projects with and more responsive model. the Sierras’ snowpack within the next water benefits and projects to help re- Mike Connor, the Deputy Secretary 20 to 40 years and a 79 percent drop by store threatened and endangered spe- of the Interior during the Obama Ad- the end of the century. This change cies affected by Bureau of Reclamation ministration, testified in support of a alone could be devastating for Cali- water projects. new model during an October 8, 2015 fornia, because we absolutely depend Low-Interest Loans for Water Supply hearing before the Senate Committee on this snowpack. The Sierra snowpack Projects: The bill creates a new loan on Energy and Natural Resources. Dep- provides 30% of our water supply and is program at 30-year Treasury rates (cur- uty Secretary Connor stated: our biggest reservoir. We need to start rently about 2.6%) for water supply The traditional Reclamation business now to provide substitute ways for projects known as the Reclamation In- model, in which feasibility studies, con- storing precipitation in the Sierras, frastructure Finance and Innovation sistent with the 1983 Principles and Guide- whether through surface storage, Act (RIFIA). The loans would use exist- lines for Water and Related Resources Devel- groundwater storage, or improved in- ing criteria under the successful WIFIA opment, are first authorized, funded, and frastructure to transport floodwaters program (the Water Infrastructure Fi- submitted to Congress, and then construc- tion is authorized and funded, does not al- to the best recharge areas. nance and Innovation Act). ways address the needs of project sponsors at This enhanced storage in its many The Office of Management and the the State and local levels. Moreover, given forms will be helpful not only for water Budget (OMB) has approved loans of budget limitations and the availability of users but also to maintain enough cold $2.3 billion for WIFIA in fiscal year 2018 other available financing mechanisms, the

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These provisions the bill we are introducing today, dresses study procedures in parallel ensure the taxpayer won’t be harmed building on the WIIN Act, makes five circumstances when the nonfederal en- in any default where the project re- significant changes to the traditional tities are building a project and the tains at least 50% of its value, which is Reclamation model. These changes ex- federal government is only responsible extremely likely for ratepayer backed pedite project approvals and make for a minority of the project cost, no water supply projects. more cost-effective use of available fed- more than 25%. In these circumstances, 5) Federal grants and loans work to- eral funding. the Federal government can and should gether: 1) Congressional authorization no expeditiously approve feasibility and Fifth, the combination of low-inter- longer required: other preliminary studies. There is ex- est loans and Federal grants of up to First, the bill eliminates the need for isting precedent for such projects in 25% of project costs for non-Federal Congress to authorize individual the guidelines adopted by the Bureau projects can allow water users to make projects. It can take 3–5 years for of Reclamation for feasibility studies up the difference where the Federal projects to get legislatively approved for water recycling projects under the government is no longer funding 100% or longer. In fact, zero new water recy- Title XVI program. Like all the non- of project costs up front. Many rural cling projects have been authorized federal projects in this bill, these water communities, and in particular agri- since 2009 due to the Federal earmark recycling projects are built by non-fed- cultural communities, are not able to ban. eral entities with a maximum 25% fed- pay 100% of the cost of new water sup- While Congressional authorizations eral cost-share. ply projects. are no longer required, Congress re- The bill we are introducing today Under the bill we are introducing tains full veto authority over which would direct Reclamation to model its today, these communities will still projects get built through the appro- feasibility study standards for all non- have to provide a significant cost-share priations process. Unless Congress ap- federal projects based on the Title XVI for improving their water supplies, and proves funding for the study and con- example. This will reduce delays in new water projects will have to be cost- struction of individual projects, Rec- project approval and get these projects effective enough to justify that invest- lamation cannot proceed with them. built faster. ment. However, the Federal govern- The advantage of the appropriations 4) The new loan program is cost-ef- ment can help build the best and most process as an alternative mechanism fective: effective projects in increasing drought for Congressional approval is that it Fourth, the low-interest loan pro- resiliency by providing assistance occurs every year. So rather than wait- gram created by the bill is an excep- through both grants and loans. ing 3–5 years or longer for Congres- tionally cost-effective program. As I Environmental Benefits: The longer sional approval under the traditional mentioned above, OMB has validated and more severe droughts coming with model, Congress decides each year that low-interest water project loans climate change will adversely affect whether or not to fund proposed need to be backed by Federal appro- not just farms and cities, but also the projects. priations totaling only 1% of the natural environment. The bill includes 2) Non-Federal funding is required project loan amount. provisions to improve species’ drought upfront: Federal funding of 1% of the loan resiliency as well. Second, the bill no longer requires amount will typically return 10–25% The significant funding authorization 100% federal funding upfront as was savings in the repayment cost of the of $140 million for environmental res- necessary under the traditional Rec- loans for the water districts funding toration can be used to benefit many lamation model. Instead, the bill al- the projects. The total savings can be different species, including fish, migra- lows a maximum of 50% Federal fund- about 10% for AAA rated districts, and tory birds, and forest species. Some of ing for Federally-owned projects, and a 20–25% for AA-rated districts. the authorized uses of this funding in- maximum of 25% federal funding for For example, the water users who are clude: non-federal projects that are built by supporting the proposed Sites Res- Improved habitat for salmon, Delta States, water districts, or Indian ervoir in northern California have esti- smelt and other fish species adversely tribes. mated that the loans authorized by affected by the Bureau of Reclama- Federal dollars can be stretched fur- this bill would allow them to pay only tion’s water projects; ther by the partnerships with States $512/acre-foot for water delivered by Additional water for wildlife refuges and water districts that will be fos- the project instead of $682/acre-foot. hosting migratory birds along the Pa- tered under the bill. For example, the This is a 25% reduction in their costs. cific flyway; proposed expansion of Los Vaqueros Thus, the Federal government can Improved stream gauges, monitoring Reservoir in California would be funded provide a loan at 1% of the loan and science to better understand how 50% by the State of California, which amount and save the project sponsors to restore species and to operate Rec- has already conditionally awarded 10–25% of the project cost. That is an lamation water projects with reduced funding, in addition to potentially 10– exceptionally cost-effective federal in- environmental impacts; 25% by the federal government and the vestment. Assistance in implementing water-re- remaining 25–40% by water users. There are at least three significant lated settlements with State agencies Multi-partner projects like the Los reasons that the loans are so beneficial and state water quality laws; and Vaqueros expansion will frequently for the project sponsors: Forest, meadow and watershed res- have multiple benefits. For example, The sponsors pay about a 2.6% inter- toration efforts that improve the qual- much of the State and Federal funding est rate on their loans based on today’s ity, timing, or other attributes of run- for the Los Vaqueros expansion would rates, versus 4% or greater rates for off to reservoirs or groundwater stor- go to augment the water supply of the alternative of municipal bond fi- age facilities. wildlife refuges that provide essential nancing. I want to say a little more about the water for migratory birds on the Pa- The districts would not need to start new authorization for forest, meadow cific flyway. These benefits would com- loan repayments until 5 years after and watershed restoration projects plement the project’s water supply ben- substantial completion of the project, a with water benefits. Wildfire and efits for many Bay Area water dis- substantial cost saver. drought are two of our biggest chal- tricts. Loans are for 35 rather than 30 years, lenges in California, and we need new 3) Feasibility studies are expedited: lowering annual debt service costs. tools to respond to them. Third, for the non-Federal projects Significantly, the loans include all There are national forest lands and authorized by the bill, the federal the taxpayer protections from the suc- meadows upstream of many reservoirs

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Whereas refugees who are women and chil- stream reservoirs and reduce the risk I hope my Western colleagues will dren are often at greater risk of violence, of large sedimentation dumps into the join me and the others who have intro- human trafficking, exploitation, and gender- reservoirs from catastrophic fires. duced this bill, because drought is a se- based violence; Restoration of these lands may not rious threat for all of our states. Whereas the United States resettlement be a top priority for the Forest Service Thank you, Mr. President, and I yield program is a life-saving solution critical to because that agency’s mission does not the floor. global humanitarian efforts, which serves to strengthen global security, advance United emphasize water benefits. f The bill being introduced today States foreign policy goals, and support re- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS gional host countries, while assisting indi- would authorize the Bureau of Rec- viduals and families in need; lamation to contribute a portion of the Whereas, during the first 6 months of fiscal cost of these projects. The new funding SENATE RESOLUTION 254—COM- year 2019, the United States welcomed 12,155 source will in turn make these multi- MEMORATING JUNE 20, 2019, AS refugees into the country, which is fewer than 50 percent of the administration’s ref- benefit projects more likely to be im- ‘‘WORLD REFUGEE DAY’’ plemented. ugee admissions goal of 30,000 refugees; I believe it is critical that we develop Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Whereas, at this pace, the United States new tools like this one for reducing the LEAHY, Mr. CARPER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. may not meet its fiscal year 2019 refugee ad- COONS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HARRIS, missions goal; risk of catastrophic wildfires, and im- Whereas refugees are the most vetted trav- Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. HIRONO, proving our drought resiliency. eler to enter the United States and are sub- I and the other cosponsors of today’s Mr. CASEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. WYDEN, ject to extensive screening checks, including bill are also looking for additional Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. in person interviews, biometric data checks, ways to increase the natural environ- MERKLEY, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and multiple interagency checks; ment’s resiliency to droughts in our Mr. REED, Ms. SMITH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. Whereas refugees are major contributors to states. We have circulated language for VAN HOLLEN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. local economies, pay an average of $21,000 discussion and potential inclusion in GILLIBRAND, Mr. BROWN, Mr. SCHUMER, more in taxes than they receive in benefits, and revitalize cities and towns by offsetting the bill that would provide additional and Mrs. SHAHEEN) submitted the fol- lowing resolution; which was referred population decline and boosting economic funding for ‘‘natural water storage growth throughout the country by opening projects.’’ to the Committee on Foreign Rela- businesses, paying taxes, and buying homes; These projects would help restore tions: and stream and river channels with natural S. RES. 254 Whereas several industries rely heavily on materials like wetlands. Like many Whereas World Refugee Day is a global day refugee workers to support their economic other projects prioritized by the bill, to acknowledge the courage, strength, and stability, and low rates of arrivals of refu- these projects could have multiple ben- determination of women, men, and children gees, especially in towns that rely on refugee efits, including increased groundwater who are forced to flee their homes due to populations to revitalize their industries, persecution; has had serious impacts on economic growth: recharge, improved flood protection, Now, therefore, be it and increased floodplain habitat to Whereas, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (referred to Resolved, That the Senate— benefit salmon and other species. in this preamble as ‘‘UNHCR’’) and the Ref- (1) reaffirms the bipartisan commitment of We look forward to receiving com- ugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212), a ref- the United States to promote the safety, ments on ways to prioritize multi-ben- ugee is someone who— health, and well-being of the millions of ref- efit projects like natural water storage (1) is outside of the country of his or her ugees, including the education of refugee projects as we move forward with the nationality; and children and displaced persons who flee war, bill. (2) is unable or unwilling to return because persecution, or torture in search of peace, In addition, the bill makes clear that of persecution or a well-founded fear of per- hope, and freedom; it must be implemented consistently secution for reasons of race, religion, nation- (2) recognizes those individuals who have ality, political opinion, or membership in a risked their lives working individually and with all federal environmental laws, particular social group; for nongovernmental organizations and including the Endangered Species Act, Whereas according to the United Nations international agencies, such as UNHCR, to the National Environmental Policy High Commissioner for Refugees— provide life-saving assistance and protection Act, the Clean Water Act and all other (1) there are more than 70,800,000 displaced for people displaced by conflicts around the environmental laws. All applicable people worldwide, the worst displacement world; state laws must also be followed. crisis in global history, including 25,900,000 (3) underscores the importance of the Offsets: Finally, the bill includes two refugees, more than 41,300,000 internally dis- United States refugee resettlement program provisions offsetting the new spending placed people, and 3,500,000 asylum seekers; as a critical tool for United States global authorizations within it: (2) the refugee population under UNHCR’s leadership— mandate has nearly doubled since 2012; (A) to leverage foreign policy; It extends the existing WIIN Act pro- (3) 67 percent of the world’s refugees come (B) to strengthen national and regional se- visions allowing water districts to pre- from just 5 countries: Syria, Afghanistan, curity; and pay their outstanding capital debts and South Sudan, Burma, and Somalia; (C) to demonstrate international support convert to indefinite length water sup- (4) children account for about 1⁄2 of the ref- of refugees; ply contracts. These provisions are ex- ugee population in the world, millions of (4) calls upon the United States Govern- pected to bring in additional revenue whom are unable to access basic services in- ment— within the 10-year scoring window. cluding education; (A) to continue providing robust funding It sets up a process to deauthorize in- (5) 13,600,000 individuals were newly dis- for refugee protection overseas and resettle- placed due to conflict or persecution in 2018, ment in the United States; active water recycling project author- including 10,800,000 internally displaced per- (B) to uphold its international leadership izations. sons and 2,800,000 refugees and asylum seek- role in responding to displacement crises Conclusion: California is home to ers, an average of 37,000 people per day; with humanitarian assistance and protection more than 40 million people, but our (6) more than 1⁄2 of Syrians lived in dis- of the most vulnerable populations; major state-wide water infrastructure placement in 2018, either displaced across (C) to work in partnership with the inter- hasn’t significantly changed in the international borders or within their own national community to find solutions to ex- past 50 years, when we had only 16 mil- country; isting conflicts and prevent new conflicts lion people. (7) for the fourth consecutive year, Leb- from beginning; We must modernize the system or we anon hosted the largest number of refugees (D) to alleviate the burden placed on front- relative to its population, where 1 in 6 people line refugee host countries, such as the risk becoming a desert state. are refugees; Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the People’s I believe that this bill will place Cali- (8) more than 1,400,000 refugees were in Republic of Bangladesh, and the Federal fornia on a long-term path to drought need of resettlement to a third country in Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, that ab- resiliency. Critically, this means put- 2018; and sorb the majority of the world’s refugees

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:23 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.090 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 20, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4177 through humanitarian and development sup- Whereas, between 2006 and 2012, 44 percent fireside chat saying, ‘‘While concentrating port; of new tech startups in Silicon Valley, wide- on military victory, we are not neglecting (E) to meet the challenges of the worst ref- ly known as the international hub for tech- the planning of the things to come . . . . ugee crisis in recorded history by increasing nological development and innovation, had Among many other things we are, today, lay- the number of refugees welcomed to and re- at least 1 immigrant founder; ing plans for the return to civilian life of our settled in the United States to not fewer Whereas immigrants in the United States gallant men and women in the Armed Serv- than 30,000 refugees during fiscal year 2019 plant, cultivate, and harvest the rich diver- ices.’’; and not fewer than 95,000 refugees during fis- sity of agriculture products available today Whereas, on June 22, 1944, in demonstra- cal year 2020; and from the farmlands of the United States; tion of the full support of the United States (F) to reaffirm its long-standing tradition Whereas each immigrant farm employee for the transition of members of the Armed of resettling the most vulnerable refugees, supports 2 to 3 full-time jobs in processing, Forces to civilian life, President Franklin D. regardless of their country of origin or reli- transportation, and retail; Roosevelt signed into law the Servicemen’s gious beliefs; and Whereas immigrants involved in agricul- Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284, chap- (5) reaffirms the goals of World Refugee tural production aid in the food security and ter 268), more commonly known as the ‘‘G.I. Day and reiterates the strong commitment independence of the United States; Bill of Rights’’; to protect the millions of refugees who live Whereas the work of immigrants has di- Whereas the Servicemen’s Readjustment without material, social, or legal protec- rectly enriched the culture of the United Act of 1944 was the culmination of the tire- tions. States by influencing the performing arts less work and advocacy of veteran service or- from Broadway to Hollywood, as well as aca- f ganizations and Members of Congress; demia, art, music, literature, media, fashion, Whereas the Act made immediate financial SENATE RESOLUTION 255—RECOG- cuisine, customs, and cultural celebrations support, transformative educational bene- NIZING JUNE 2019 AS ‘‘IMMI- enjoyed across the United States; fits, and home loan guarantees available to Whereas generations of immigrants have the 16,000,000 veterans who served in the GRANT HERITAGE MONTH’’, A come to the United States from all corners CELEBRATION OF THE ACCOM- Armed Forces during World War II; of the world, and many immigrants tire- Whereas the Act helped approximately PLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBU- lessly fought for the independence of the 7,800,000 veterans enroll in post-secondary TIONS IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR United States, defending the ideals of the education or training, helped to democratize CHILDREN HAVE MADE IN SHAP- country; higher education in the United States, and ING THE HISTORY, STRENGTH- Whereas more than 30,000 lawful perma- caused total post-secondary education en- ENING THE ECONOMY, AND EN- nent residents are serving in the Armed rollment to grow exponentially from 1,676,856 RICHING THE CULTURE OF THE Forces of the United States; in 1945, with veterans accounting for 5.2 per- Whereas, since 2002, more than 102,000 men UNITED STATES cent of total post-secondary education en- and women, including individuals serving in rollment, to 2,338,226 in 1947, with veterans Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, accounting for 49.2 percent of the total; BENNET, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HARRIS, Japan, and elsewhere, have become citizens Whereas the Act contributed approxi- Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MUR- while serving in the Armed Forces; mately 450,000 engineers, 240,000 accountants, Whereas Congress represents a rich diver- RAY, and Ms. SMITH) submitted the fol- 238,000 teachers, 91,000 scientists, 67,000 doc- sity of communities across the United States tors, 122,000 dentists, 17,000 writers and edi- lowing resolution; which was referred and works closely with a variety of diaspora to the Committee on the Judiciary: tors, and thousands of other professionals to leaders from more than 60 ethnic caucuses to the workforce of the United States and ex- S. RES. 255 ensure that the voices of United States citi- panded the middle class more than at any Whereas the United States has always been zens from all backgrounds are heard; and other point in the history of the United a Nation of immigrants, and throughout the Whereas the United States was founded on States; history of the United States, immigrants and the universal promise that we are all created Whereas the Act expressed the duty, re- their children from around the world have equal: Now, therefore, be it sponsibility, and desire of a grateful United kept the workforce in the United States vi- Resolved, That the Senate— States to see to it that those who served on brant and businesses in the United States on (1) recognizes June 2019 as ‘‘Immigrant active duty in the Armed Forces are afforded the cutting edge, and helped to build the Heritage Month’’ in honor of the accomplish- every opportunity to become disciplined greatest economic engine in the world; ments and role of immigrants and their chil- forces for prosperity and progress in the Whereas the entrepreneurial drive and dren in shaping the history and culture of United States through economic opportunity spirit of the United States is built on a di- the United States; and investment; versity of origins; (2) pledges to celebrate immigrant con- Whereas Congress passed subsequent Acts Whereas the American dream first drew tributions to, and immigrant heritage in, to provide educational assistance to new people to the United States and continues to each State; generations of veterans, including the Vet- drive business in the United States; (3) welcomes immigrants and their chil- erans’ Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 Whereas the success of the United States is dren to find their place in the vibrant, multi- (Public Law 89–358), the Post-Vietnam Era a result of the many distinct experiences of ethnic, and integrated society of the United Veterans’ Educational Assistance Act of 1977 the people of the United States, not in spite States; and (title IV of Public Law 94–502), the Veterans’ of it; (4) encourages the people of the United Educational Assistance Act of 1984 (title VII Whereas, as a Nation of immigrants, we States to always remember the immigrant of Public Law 98–525), the Post-9/11 Veterans must remember the generations of pioneers roots of the United States and to commemo- Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (title V of that helped lay the railroads and build cities, rate the immigrant communities that con- Public Law 110–252), and the Harry W. develop new industries, and fuel innovation tinue to move the country forward. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance and the exchange of ideas; f Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48); Whereas immigrants start more than a Whereas, since the signing of the Service- quarter of all new businesses in the United SENATE RESOLUTION 256—EX- men’s Readjustment Act of 1944, the Depart- States, and immigrants and their children PRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE ment of Veterans Affairs has paid approxi- start more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF mately $400,000,000,000 in educational assist- companies; JUNE 16 THROUGH JUNE 23, 2019, ance to approximately 25,000,000 veterans and Whereas these businesses collectively em- AS ‘‘NATIONAL GI BILL COM- their loved ones who continue to excel aca- ploy tens of millions of people in the United MEMORATION WEEK’’ AND CELE- demically in post-secondary education; States and generate more than BRATING THE 75TH ANNIVER- Whereas the Act created the Department $5,500,000,000,000 in annual revenue; SARY OF THE SERVICEMEN’S RE- of Veterans Affairs Home Loan Guarantee Whereas immigrants enhance the produc- program, which, since 1944, has provided a tive capacity of the United States economy ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1944 pathway for approximately 24,000,000 vet- and contribute approximately Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. ISAK- erans to purchase a home guaranteed by the $2,000,000,000,000, or about 10 percent of an- SON, and Mr. TESTER) submitted the Department, the majority of which are pur- nual gross domestic product of the United following resolution; which was re- chased with no down payment; States; ferred to the Committee on Veterans’ Whereas the Act improved health care op- Whereas immigrants in the United States Affairs: portunities for veterans by transferring med- contribute greatly to advances in technology ical facilities from the Army and the Navy and sciences; S. RES. 256 and providing funding for hospitals of the Whereas 16 percent of all employed college Whereas, on July 28, 1943, in seeking a solu- Department of Veterans Affairs; graduates and 54.5 percent of individuals tion to integrate returning members of the Whereas this combination of opportunities with a Ph.D. working in the fields of science, Armed Forces into civilian life, President changed the social and economic fabric of technology, engineering, and math are immi- Franklin D. Roosevelt called for a com- the United States for the better, with a 1988 grants; prehensive set of veterans benefits during a report from the Subcommittee on Education

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Roosevelt signed the Act into law; and (4) the Department of Defense; Whereas Challenger, the trained, edu- (5) the Department of the Treasury; Whereas the week of June 16 through June (6) the Department of Justice; cational bald eagle of the American Eagle 23, 2019, is an appropriate week to designate (7) the Department of State; Foundation in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, was as ‘‘National GI Bill Commemoration (8) the Department of Commerce; invited by the Secretary of the Interior to Week’’: Now, therefore, be it (9) the Department of Homeland Security; perform a free-flight demonstration during Resolved, That the Senate— (10) the Department of Veterans Affairs; the official bald eagle delisting ceremony (1) expresses support for the designation of (11) the Department of Labor; held at the Jefferson Memorial in Wash- the week of June 16 through June 23, 2019, as (12) the Department of Health and Human ington, District of Columbia; ‘‘National GI Bill Commemoration Week’’; Services; Whereas experts and population growth (2) honors the achievements of the Service- (13) the Department of Energy; charts estimate that the bald eagle popu- men’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284, (14) the Department of Housing and Urban lation could reach 15,000 pairs, even though a chapter 268), more commonly known as the Development; physical count has not been conducted by ‘‘G.I. Bill of Rights’’, in democratizing high- (15) the Central Intelligence Agency; and (16) the United States Postal Service; State and Federal wildlife agencies since er education, increasing home ownership, es- Whereas the bald eagle is an inspiring sym- 2007; tablishing greater citizenship through eco- bol of the spirit of freedom and the sov- Whereas caring and concerned agencies, nomic empowerment, and empowering a gen- ereignty of the United States; corporations, organizations, and people of eration that would serve for decades to guide Whereas the image and symbolism of the the United States representing Federal and the transformation of the United States into bald eagle has— State governments and the private sector a global force for good; (1) played a significant role in art, music, passionately and resourcefully banded to- (3) considers the veterans benefitting from literature, architecture, commerce, edu- gether, determined to save and protect the the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 cation, and culture in the United States; and national bird of the United States; on the 75th anniversary of its enactment— (2) appeared on United States stamps, cur- Whereas the recovery of the bald eagle pop- (A) to be equal to the challenge of creating rency, and coinage; ulation in the United States was largely ac- a lasting prosperity for the United States as Whereas the bald eagle was endangered and complished through— their forebears; and facing possible extinction in the lower 48 (1) the dedicated and vigilant efforts of (B) to have the opportunity to become the States but has made a gradual and encour- Federal and State wildlife agencies and non- heirs to the Greatest Generation; aging comeback to the land, waterways, and profit organizations, such as the American (4) affirms the responsibility of Congress to skies of the United States; Eagle Foundation; be faithful stewards of educational assist- Whereas the dramatic recovery of the na- (2) public education; (3) captive breeding and release programs; ance provided under laws administered by tional bird of the United States is an endan- (4) hacking and release programs; and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure gered species success story and an inspira- that such assistance endures as an honorable (5) the translocation of bald eagles from tional example to other environmental, nat- places in the United States with dense bald investment of public dollars; and ural resource, and wildlife conservation ef- (5) encourages all people of the United eagle populations to suitable locations in the forts worldwide; lower 48 States that had suffered a decrease States to celebrate June 22, 2019, as the 75th Whereas, in 1940, noting that the bald eagle anniversary of the signing of the Service- in bald eagle populations; was threatened with extinction, Congress Whereas various nonprofit organizations, men’s Readjustment Act of 1944 by President passed the Act of June 8, 1940 (commonly Franklin D. Roosevelt. such as the Southeastern Raptor Center at known as the ‘‘Bald Eagle Protection Act’’) Auburn University in the State of Alabama, f (16 U.S.C. 668 et seq.), which prohibited kill- contribute to the continuing recovery of the SENATE RESOLUTION 257—DESIG- ing, selling, or possessing the species, and a bald eagle through rehabilitation and edu- 1962 amendment expanded protection to the NATING JUNE 20, 2019, AS ‘‘AMER- cational efforts; golden eagle; Whereas the bald eagle might have been ICAN EAGLE DAY’’ AND CELE- Whereas, by 1963, there were only an esti- BRATING THE RECOVERY AND lost permanently if not for dedicated con- mated 417 nesting pairs of bald eagles re- servation efforts and strict protection laws RESTORATION OF THE BALD maining in the lower 48 States, with loss of such as— EAGLE, THE NATIONAL SYMBOL habitat, poaching, and the use of pesticides (1) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 OF THE UNITED STATES and other environmental contaminants con- U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); tributing to the near demise of the national Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. (2) the Act of June 8, 1940 (commonly bird of the United States; known as the ‘‘Bald and Golden Eagle Pro- DURBIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Whereas, in 1967, the bald eagle was offi- tection Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 668 et seq.); Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. COLLINS, cially declared an endangered species under (3) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. Public Law 89–669 (80 Stat. 926) (commonly U.S.C. 703 et seq.); INHOFE, Mr. JONES, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. known as the ‘‘Endangered Species Preserva- (4) section 42 of title 18, United States Code UDALL, and Mr. CARDIN) submitted the tion Act of 1966’’) in areas in the United (commonly known as the ‘‘Lacey Act’’); and following resolution; which was consid- States south of the 40th parallel due to the (5) the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 ered and agreed to: dramatic decline in the population of the U.S.C. 3371 et seq.); and bald eagle in the lower 48 States; Whereas the sustained recovery of the bald S. RES. 257 Whereas the Endangered Species Act of eagle population will require the continu- Whereas the bald eagle was chosen as the 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) was enacted in ation of recovery, management, education, central image of the Great Seal of the United 1973, and in 1978, the bald eagle was listed as and public awareness programs to ensure States on June 20, 1782, by the Founding Fa- an endangered species throughout the lower that the population numbers and habitat of thers at the Congress of the Confederation; 48 States, except in the States of Michigan, the bald eagle remain healthy and secure for Whereas the bald eagle is widely known as Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Wis- generations to come: Now, therefore, be it the living national symbol of the United consin, in which the bald eagle was listed as Resolved, That the Senate— States and for many generations has rep- a threatened species; (1) designates June 20, 2019, as ‘‘American resented values, such as— Whereas, in July 1995, the United States Eagle Day’’; (1) freedom; Fish and Wildlife Service announced that in (2) applauds the issuance of bald eagle (2) democracy; the lower 48 States, the bald eagle had recov- commemorative coins by the Secretary of (3) courage; (4) strength; ered sufficiently to change the status of the the Treasury to generate critical funds for (5) spirit; species from endangered to threatened; the protection of the bald eagle; and (6) independence; Whereas, by 2007, bald eagles residing in (3) encourages— (7) justice; and the lower 48 States had rebounded to ap- (A) educational entities, organizations, (8) excellence; proximately 11,000 pairs; businesses, conservation groups, and govern- Whereas the bald eagle is unique to North Whereas, on June 28, 2007, the Secretary ment agencies with a shared interest in con- America and cannot be found naturally in the Interior and the Director of the United serving endangered species to collaborate

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Reg. 1759), the President may award PRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE (4) expresses its support for those individ- the Medal of Freedom to any person who has DESIGNATION OF MAY 2019 AS uals who are battling brain tumors, as well made an especially meritorious contribution ‘‘NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR as the families, friends, and caregivers of to— AWARENESS MONTH’’ those individuals; and (1) the security or national interest of the (5) urges a collaborative approach to brain United States; Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. MAR- tumor research, which is a promising means (2) world peace; or KEY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and of advancing understanding of, and treat- (3) other significant public or private en- Ms. WARREN) submitted the following ment for, brain tumors. deavors; and resolution; which was considered and Whereas Harry Colmery, noted for his serv- f agreed to: ice in the military, in the legal sector, and S. RES. 258 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- on behalf of the veterans of the Nation, meets the criteria established for the Presi- Whereas an estimated 86,970 new cases of TION 20—EXPRESSING THE dential Medal of Freedom: Now, therefore, be primary brain tumors are expected to be di- SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE it agnosed in the United States during calendar PRESIDENT SHOULD POST- Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- year 2019; HUMOUSLY AWARD THE PRESI- resentatives concurring), That it is the sense Whereas pediatric brain tumors are the DENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM of Congress that the President should post- leading cause of death from cancer in chil- TO HARRY W. COLMERY humously award the Presidential Medal of dren under the age of 19; Freedom to Harry W. Colmery of Topeka, Whereas the average survival rate in the Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Kansas. United States for all malignant brain tumor ROBERTS) submitted the following con- patients is only 35 percent; current resolution; which was referred f Whereas, in 2019, an estimated 16,830 people to the Committee on the Judiciary: AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND in the United States will die as a result of a PROPOSED malignant brain tumor; S. CON. RES. 20 Whereas brain tumors may be malignant Whereas the life of Harry W. Colmery of SA 803. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an or benign, but can be life-threatening in ei- Topeka, Kansas, was marked by service to amendment intended to be proposed by him ther case; the United States and its citizens; to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- Whereas nearly 700,000 people in the United Whereas in 1916, Harry Colmery earned a tions for fiscal year 2020 for military activi- States are currently living with a brain degree in law from the University of Pitts- ties of the Department of Defense, for mili- tumor; burgh and successfully argued 2 significant tary construction, and for defense activities Whereas treatment of brain tumors is com- cases before the Supreme Court of the United of the Department of Energy, to prescribe plicated by the fact that there are more than States; military personnel strengths for such fiscal 130 different types of brain tumors; Whereas during World War I, Harry year, and for other purposes; which was or- Whereas the treatment and removal of Colmery joined the Army Air Service, serv- dered to lie on the table. brain tumors present significant challenges ing as a first lieutenant during the early SA 804. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. due to the uniquely complex and fragile na- stages of military aviation; JOHNSON) submitted an amendment intended ture of the brain; Whereas after World War I, Harry Colmery to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, Whereas brain tumors affect the primary actively contributed to the growth of the supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. organ in the human body that controls not newly formed American Legion and went on SA 805. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amend- only cognitive ability, but the actions of to hold several offices in the Legion and was ment intended to be proposed by him to the every other organ and limb in the body, lead- elected National Commander in 1936; bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie ing to brain tumors being described as a dis- Whereas in 1943, the United States faced on the table. ease that affects the whole individual; the return from World War II of what was to SA 806. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amend- Whereas brain tumor research is supported become an active duty force of 15,000,000 sol- ment intended to be proposed to amendment by a number of private, nonprofit research diers, sailors, airmen, and Marines; SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended foundations and by Federal medical research Whereas Harry Colmery spearheaded the to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; institutions; efforts of the American Legion to develop which was ordered to lie on the table. Whereas basic research may fuel advance- legislation to ensure that these individuals, SA 807. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and ments and development of new treatments who had fought for the democratic ideals of Ms. COLLINS) submitted an amendment in- for brain tumors; the United States and to preserve freedom, tended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 Whereas obstacles to the development of could fully participate in all of the opportu- submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended to be new treatments for brain tumors remain, nities the United States provided; proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was and there are limited strategies for the Whereas in December 1943, during an emer- ordered to lie on the table. screening or early detection of brain tumors; gency meeting of the American Legion lead- SA 808. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Whereas, despite the high number of indi- ership, Harry Colmery initially drafted the Ms. WARREN) submitted an amendment in- viduals diagnosed with a brain tumor every legislation that became the Servicemen’s tended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 year and the devastating prognoses for such Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended to be individuals, only 5 drugs and 1 medical de- GI Bill of Rights; proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was vice are approved by the Food and Drug Ad- Whereas the GI Bill of Rights is credited ordered to lie on the table. ministration to treat brain tumors; by veterans’ service organizations, econo- SA 809. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amend- Whereas the mortality rates associated mists, and historians as the engine that ment intended to be proposed to amendment with brain tumors have changed little during transformed the postwar United States into SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended the past 30 years; a more egalitarian, prosperous, and enlight- to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; Whereas there is a need for greater public ened Nation poised to lead the world into the which was ordered to lie on the table. awareness of brain tumors, including the dif- 21st century; SA 810. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. ficulties associated with research on these Whereas since its enactment, the GI Bill of CARPER) submitted an amendment intended tumors and the opportunities for advances in Rights has provided education or training for to be proposed to amendment SA 764 sub- brain tumor research and treatment; and approximately 7,800,000 individuals, includ- mitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended to be pro- Whereas May 2019, during which brain ing 2,200,000 in college, 3,400,000 in other posed to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was or- tumor advocates nationwide unite in aware- schools, 1,400,000 in vocational education, dered to lie on the table. ness, outreach, and advocacy activities, is an and 690,000 in farm training; SA 811. Mr. PAUL submitted an amend- appropriate month to recognize as ‘‘National Whereas 2,100,000 World War II veterans ment intended to be proposed to amendment Brain Tumor Awareness Month’’: Now, purchased homes through the GI Bill; SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended therefore, be it Whereas the initial GI Bill has provided to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; Resolved, That the Senate— education and training to over 800,000 profes- which was ordered to lie on the table. (1) supports the designation of May 2019 as sionals that serve the Nation in specific ca- SA 812. Mr. PAUL submitted an amend- ‘‘National Brain Tumor Awareness Month’’; reer fields, including 450,000 engineers, 238,000 ment intended to be proposed by him to the (2) encourages increased public awareness teachers, 91,000 scientists, 67,000 doctors, and bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie of brain tumors to honor those individuals 22,000 dentists; on the table.

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Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an Mr. BLUMENTHAL) submitted an amendment 201 for AF RDT&E is hereby decreased by amendment intended to be proposed to intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. $5,000,000 for Future Advanced Weapon Anal- amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the ysis & Programs (PE 0604200F). and intended to be proposed to the bill S. table. 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the SA 833. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amend- SA 804. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and table. ment intended to be proposed by him to the Mr. JOHNSON) submitted an amendment SA 815. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie intended to be proposed by him to the amendment intended to be proposed to on the table. bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE SA 834. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. for fiscal year 2020 for military activi- and intended to be proposed to the bill S. CORNYN) submitted an amendment intended 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, ties of the Department of Defense, for table. supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. military construction, and for defense SA 816. Mr. MORAN submitted an amend- SA 835. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an activities of the Department of Energy, ment intended to be proposed by him to the amendment intended to be proposed to to prescribe military personnel bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE strengths for such fiscal year, and for on the table. and intended to be proposed to the bill S. SA 817. Mr. MORAN submitted an amend- other purposes; which was ordered to 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the ment intended to be proposed to amendment lie on the table; as follows: table. SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended At the end of title X, add the following: SA 836. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amend- to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; ment intended to be proposed to amendment Subtitle I—Fair Chance Act which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended SA 818. Mr. MORAN submitted an amend- SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE. to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; ment intended to be proposed to amendment This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Fair which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019’’ or SA 837. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; the ‘‘Fair Chance Act’’. JONES, and Mrs. CAPITO) submitted an which was ordered to lie on the table. SEC. 1092. PROHIBITION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY SA 819. Mr. BROWN submitted an amend- amendment intended to be proposed by him INQUIRIES PRIOR TO CONDITIONAL ment intended to be proposed by him to the to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered OFFER FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT. bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie to lie on the table. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart H of part III of on the table. SA 838. Ms. ERNST submitted an amend- title 5, United States Code, is amended by SA 820. Mr. PETERS submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed to amendment adding at the end the following: ment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended ‘‘CHAPTER 92—PROHIBITION ON CRIMI- SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; NAL HISTORY INQUIRIES PRIOR TO to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. CONDITIONAL OFFER SA 839. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. which was ordered to lie on the table. ‘‘Sec. MORAN) submitted an amendment intended SA 821. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an ‘‘9201. Definitions. to be proposed to amendment SA 764 sub- amendment intended to be proposed by him ‘‘9202. Limitations on requests for criminal mitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended to be pro- to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered history record information. to lie on the table. posed to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was or- ‘‘9203. Agency policies; complaint procedures. SA 822. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an dered to lie on the table. ‘‘9204. Adverse action. amendment intended to be proposed to SA 840. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amend- ‘‘9205. Procedures. amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE ment intended to be proposed to amendment ‘‘9206. Rules of construction. and intended to be proposed to the bill S. SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; ‘‘§ 9201. Definitions table. which was ordered to lie on the table. ‘‘In this chapter— SA 823. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an SA 841. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means ‘Executive amendment intended to be proposed to amendment intended to be proposed to agency’ as such term is defined in section 105 amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and includes— and intended to be proposed to the bill S. and intended to be proposed to the bill S. ‘‘(A) the United States Postal Service and 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the 1790, supra; which was ordered to lie on the the Postal Regulatory Commission; and table. table. ‘‘(B) the Executive Office of the President; SA 824. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amend- ‘‘(2) the term ‘appointing authority’ means ment intended to be proposed to amendment f an employee in the executive branch of the SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Government of the United States that has to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; authority to make appointments to positions which was ordered to lie on the table. SA 803. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an in the civil service; SA 825. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. amendment intended to be proposed by ‘‘(3) the term ‘conditional offer’ means an CRUZ) submitted an amendment intended to him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- offer of employment in a position in the civil be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, supra; propriations for fiscal year 2020 for service that is conditioned upon the results which was ordered to lie on the table. military activities of the Department of a criminal history inquiry; SA 826. Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. ‘‘(4) the term ‘criminal history record in- DURBIN) submitted an amendment intended of Defense, for military construction, formation’— to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, and for defense activities of the De- ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraphs supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- (B) and (C), has the meaning given the term SA 827. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amend- tary personnel strengths for such fiscal in section 9101(a); ment intended to be proposed to amendment year, and for other purposes; which was ‘‘(B) includes any information described in SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended ordered to lie on the table; as follows: the first sentence of section 9101(a)(2) that to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; has been sealed or expunged pursuant to law; At the appropriate place, insert the fol- which was ordered to lie on the table. and lowing: SA 828. Ms. MCSALLY submitted an ‘‘(C) includes information collected by a amendment intended to be proposed by her SEC. lll. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR ACQUISI- criminal justice agency, relating to an act or to the bill S. 1790, supra; which was ordered TION OF A TRANSMISSION ELEC- TRON MICROSCOPE. alleged act of juvenile delinquency, that is to lie on the table. analogous to criminal history record infor- SA 829. Mr. SASSE submitted an amend- (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR ACQUISITION OF mation (including such information that has ment intended to be proposed to amendment A TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.—The been sealed or expunged pursuant to law); SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended amount authorized to be appropriated for fis- and to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; cal year 2020 by section 201 for acquisition of ‘‘(5) the term ‘suspension’ has the meaning which was ordered to lie on the table. a Transmission Electron Microscope is here- given the term in section 7501. SA 830. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amend- by increased by $5,000,000, with the amount ment intended to be proposed to amendment of the increase to be available for Defense ‘‘§ 9202. Limitations on requests for criminal SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and intended Research Sciences (PE 0601102A) for trans- history record information to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, supra; mission electron microscopy (TEM) use in ‘‘(a) INQUIRIES PRIOR TO CONDITIONAL which was ordered to lie on the table. advanced analyses of materials for bio- OFFER.—Except as provided in subsections

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(b) and (c), an employee of an agency may ‘‘(1) For a second violation, suspension of ‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS ON CRIMINAL HISTORY IN- not request, in oral or written form (includ- the employee for a period of not more than QUIRIES.— ing through the Declaration for Federal Em- 7 days. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— ployment (Office of Personnel Management ‘‘(2) For a third violation, suspension of ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in Optional Form 306) or any similar successor the employee for a period of more than 7 subparagraph (B), an employee of an employ- form, the USAJOBS internet website, or any days. ing office may not request that an applicant other electronic means) that an applicant for ‘‘(3) For a fourth violation— for employment as a covered employee dis- an appointment to a position in the civil ‘‘(A) suspension of the employee for a pe- close criminal history record information if service disclose criminal history record in- riod of more than 7 days; and the request would be prohibited under sec- formation regarding the applicant before the ‘‘(B) a civil penalty against the employee tion 9202 of title 5, United States Code, if appointing authority extends a conditional in an amount that is not more than $250. made by an employee of an agency. offer to the applicant. ‘‘(4) For a fifth violation— ‘‘(B) CONDITIONAL OFFER.—For purposes of ‘‘(b) OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.—The ‘‘(A) suspension of the employee for a pe- applying that section 9202 under subpara- prohibition under subsection (a) shall not riod of more than 7 days; and graph (A), a reference in that section 9202 to apply with respect to an applicant for a posi- ‘‘(B) a civil penalty against the employee a conditional offer shall be considered to be tion in the civil service if consideration of in an amount that is not more than $500. an offer of employment as a covered em- criminal history record information prior to ‘‘(5) For any subsequent violation— ployee that is conditioned upon the results a conditional offer with respect to the posi- ‘‘(A) suspension of the employee for a pe- of a criminal history inquiry. tion is otherwise required by law. riod of more than 7 days; and ‘‘(2) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—The provi- ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.— sions of section 9206 of title 5, United States ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under ‘‘(B) a civil penalty against the employee in an amount that is not more than $1,000. Code, shall apply to employing offices, con- subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to sistent with regulations issued under sub- an applicant for an appointment to a posi- ‘‘§ 9205. Procedures section (d). tion— ‘‘(a) APPEALS.—The Director of the Office ‘‘(c) REMEDY.— ‘‘(A) that requires a determination of eligi- of Personnel Management shall by rule es- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The remedy for a viola- bility described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of tablish procedures providing for an appeal tion of subsection (b)(1) shall be such remedy section 9101(b)(1)(A); from any adverse action taken under section as would be appropriate if awarded under ‘‘(B) as a Federal law enforcement officer 9204 by not later than 30 days after the date section 9204 of title 5, United States Code, if (as defined in section 115(c) of title 18); or of the action. the violation had been committed by an em- ‘‘(C) identified by the Director of the Office ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—An ployee of an agency, consistent with regula- of Personnel Management in the regulations adverse action taken under section 9204 (in- tions issued under subsection (d), except that issued under paragraph (2). cluding a determination in an appeal from the reference in that section to a suspension ‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.— such an action under subsection (a) of this shall be considered to be a suspension with ‘‘(A) ISSUANCE.—The Director of the Office section) shall not be subject to— the level of compensation provided for a cov- of Personnel Management shall issue regula- ‘‘(1) the procedures under chapter 75; or ered employee who is taking unpaid leave tions identifying additional positions with ‘‘(2) except as provided in subsection (a) of under section 202. respect to which the prohibition under sub- this section, appeal or judicial review. ‘‘(2) PROCESS FOR OBTAINING RELIEF.—An section (a) shall not apply, giving due consid- ‘‘§ 9206. Rules of construction applicant for employment as a covered em- eration to positions that involve interaction ployee who alleges a violation of subsection ‘‘Nothing in this chapter may be construed with minors, access to sensitive information, (b)(1) may rely on the provisions of title IV to— or managing financial transactions. (other than section 407 or 408, or a provision ‘‘(1) authorize any officer or employee of ‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.— of this title that permits a person to obtain The regulations issued under subparagraph an agency to request the disclosure of infor- a civil action or judicial review), consistent (A) shall— mation described under subparagraphs (B) with regulations issued under subsection (d). ‘‘(i) be consistent with, and in no way su- and (C) of section 9201(4); or ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SEC- persede, restrict, or limit the application of ‘‘(2) create a private right of action for any TION.— title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 person.’’. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) or other relevant Fed- (b) REGULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE.— after the date of enactment of the Fair eral civil rights laws; and (1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, the ‘‘(ii) ensure that all hiring activities con- after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall, pursuant to section 304, issue ducted pursuant to the regulations are con- Director of the Office of Personnel Manage- regulations to implement this section. ducted in a manner consistent with relevant ment shall issue such regulations as are nec- ‘‘(2) PARALLEL WITH AGENCY REGULATIONS.— Federal civil rights laws. essary to carry out chapter 92 of title 5, The regulations issued under paragraph (1) ‘‘§ 9203. Agency policies; complaint proce- United States Code (as added by this sub- shall be the same as substantive regulations dures title). issued by the Director of the Office of Per- (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 9202 of title 5, ‘‘The Director of the Office of Personnel sonnel Management under section 1092(b)(1) Management shall— United States Code (as added by this sub- of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act ‘‘(1) develop, implement, and publish a pol- title), shall take effect on the date that is 2 of 2019 to implement the statutory provi- icy to assist employees of agencies in com- years after the date of enactment of this sions referred to in subsections (a) through plying with section 9202 and the regulations Act. (c) except to the extent that the Board may (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- issued pursuant to such section; and determine, for good cause shown and stated MENT.—The table of chapters for part III of ‘‘(2) establish and publish procedures under together with the regulation, that a modi- title 5, United States Code, is amended by in- which an applicant for an appointment to a fication of such regulations would be more serting after the item relating to chapter 91 position in the civil service may submit a effective for the implementation of the the following: complaint, or any other information, relat- rights and protections under this section. ing to compliance by an employee of an ‘‘92. Prohibition on criminal history ‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 102(a)(12) agency with section 9202. inquiries prior to conditional and subsections (a) through (c) shall take ef- fect on the date on which section 9202 of title ‘‘§ 9204. Adverse action offer ...... 9201’’. (d) APPLICATION TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.— 5, United States Code, applies with respect to ‘‘(a) FIRST VIOLATION.—If the Director of (1) IN GENERAL.—The Congressional Ac- agencies.’’. the Office of Personnel Management deter- countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— mines, after notice and an opportunity for a is amended— (A) The table of contents in section 1(b) of hearing on the record, that an employee of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 an agency has violated section 9202, the Di- (A) in section 102(a) (2 U.S.C. 1302(a)), by adding at the end the following: (Public Law 104–1; 109 Stat. 3) is amended— rector shall— (i) by redesignating the item relating to ‘‘(1) issue to the employee a written warn- ‘‘(12) Section 9202 of title 5, United States Code.’’; section 207 as the item relating to section ing that includes a description of the viola- 208; and tion and the additional penalties that may (B) by redesignating section 207 (2 U.S.C. 1317) as section 208; and (ii) by inserting after the item relating to apply for subsequent violations; and section 206 the following new item: ‘‘(2) file such warning in the employee’s of- (C) by inserting after section 206 (2 U.S.C. ficial personnel record file. 1316) the following new section: ‘‘Sec. 207. Rights and protections relating to ‘‘(b) SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.—If the Direc- ‘‘SEC. 207. RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS RELATING criminal history inquiries.’’. tor of the Office of Personnel Management TO CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES. (B) Section 62(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue determines, after notice and an opportunity ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or 207’’ for a hearing on the record, that an em- terms ‘agency’, ‘criminal history record in- and inserting ‘‘207, or 208’’. ployee that was subject to subsection (a) has formation’, and ‘suspension’ have the mean- (e) APPLICATION TO JUDICIAL BRANCH.— committed a subsequent violation of section ings given the terms in section 9201 of title (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 604 of title 28, 9202, the Director may take the following ac- 5, United States Code, except as otherwise United States Code, is amended by adding at tion: modified by this section. the end the following:

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‘‘(i) RESTRICTIONS ON CRIMINAL HISTORY IN- ‘‘(A) may not require that an individual or depending on the severity of the infraction QUIRIES.— sole proprietor who submits a bid for a con- and the contractor’s history of violations, ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— tract to disclose criminal history record in- including— ‘‘(A) the terms ‘agency’ and ‘criminal his- formation regarding that individual or sole ‘‘(A) providing written guidance to the tory record information’ have the meanings proprietor before determining the apparent contractor that the contractor’s eligibility given those terms in section 9201 of title 5; awardee; and for contracts requires compliance with this ‘‘(B) the term ‘covered employee’ means an ‘‘(B) shall require, as a condition of receiv- section; employee of the judicial branch of the ing a Federal contract and receiving pay- ‘‘(B) requiring that the contractor respond United States Government, other than— ments under such contract that the con- within 30 days affirming that the contractor ‘‘(i) any judge or justice who is entitled to tractor may not verbally, or through written is taking steps to comply with this section; hold office during good behavior; form, request the disclosure of criminal his- and ‘‘(ii) a United States magistrate judge; or tory record information regarding an appli- ‘‘(C) suspending payment under the con- ‘‘(iii) a bankruptcy judge; and cant for a position related to work under tract for which the applicant was being con- ‘‘(C) the term ‘employing office’ means any such contract before the contractor extends sidered until the contractor demonstrates office or entity of the judicial branch of the a conditional offer to the applicant. compliance with this section. United States Government that employs cov- ‘‘(2) OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.—The ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ered employees. prohibition under paragraph (1) does not ‘‘(1) CONDITIONAL OFFER.—The term ‘condi- ‘‘(2) RESTRICTION.—A covered employee apply with respect to a contract if consider- tional offer’ means an offer of employment may not request that an applicant for em- ation of criminal history record information for a position related to work under a con- ployment as a covered employee disclose prior to a conditional offer with respect to tract that is conditioned upon the results of criminal history record information if the the position is otherwise required by law. a criminal history inquiry. request would be prohibited under section ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.— ‘‘(2) CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMA- 9202 of title 5 if made by an employee of an ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under TION.—The term ‘criminal history record in- agency. paragraph (1) does not apply with respect formation’ has the meaning given that term ‘‘(3) EMPLOYING OFFICE POLICIES; COMPLAINT to— in section 9201 of title 5.’’. PROCEDURE.—The provisions of sections 9203 ‘‘(i) a contract that requires an individual (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of and 9206 of title 5 shall apply to employing hired under the contract to access classified sections for chapter 47 of title 41, United offices and to applicants for employment as information or to have sensitive law enforce- States Code, is amended by adding at the end covered employees, consistent with regula- ment or national security duties; or the following new item: tions issued by the Director to implement ‘‘(ii) a position that the Administrator of ‘‘4714. Prohibition on criminal history in- this subsection. General Services identifies under the regula- quiries by contractors prior to ‘‘(4) ADVERSE ACTION.— tions issued under subparagraph (B). conditional offer.’’. ‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.— ‘‘(A) ADVERSE ACTION.—The Director may (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 4714 of title take such adverse action with respect to a ‘‘(i) ISSUANCE.—Not later than 16 months 41, United States Code, as added by para- covered employee who violates paragraph (2) after the date of enactment of the Fair graph (1), shall apply with respect to con- as would be appropriate under section 9204 of Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, the tracts awarded pursuant to solicitations title 5 if the violation had been committed Administrator of General Services, in con- issued after the effective date described in by an employee of an agency. sultation with the Secretary of Defense, section 1092(b)(2) of this subtitle. ‘‘(B) APPEALS.—The Director shall by rule shall issue regulations identifying additional (b) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.— establish procedures providing for an appeal positions with respect to which the prohibi- (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 137 of title 10, from any adverse action taken under sub- tion under paragraph (1) shall not apply, giv- United States Code, is amended by inserting paragraph (A) by not later than 30 days after ing due consideration to positions that in- after section 2338 the following new section: volve interaction with minors, access to sen- the date of the action. ‘‘§ 2339. Prohibition on criminal history in- sitive information, or managing financial ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—Ex- quiries by contractors prior to conditional transactions. cept as provided in subparagraph (B), an ad- offer verse action taken under subparagraph (A) ‘‘(ii) COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.— The regulations issued under clause (i) ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY IN- (including a determination in an appeal from QUIRIES.— such an action under subparagraph (B)) shall shall— ‘‘(I) be consistent with, and in no way su- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in not be subject to appeal or judicial review. paragraphs (2) and (3), the head of an agen- ‘‘(5) REGULATIONS TO BE ISSUED.— persede, restrict, or limit the application of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 cy— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 ‘‘(A) may not require that an individual or months after the date of enactment of the U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) or other relevant Fed- eral civil rights laws; and sole proprietor who submits a bid for a con- Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, tract to disclose criminal history record in- the Director shall issue regulations to imple- ‘‘(II) ensure that all hiring activities con- ducted pursuant to the regulations are con- formation regarding that individual or sole ment this subsection. proprietor before determining the apparent ‘‘(B) PARALLEL WITH AGENCY REGULA- ducted in a manner consistent with relevant Federal civil rights laws. awardee; and TIONS.—The regulations issued under sub- ‘‘(B) shall require as a condition of receiv- paragraph (A) shall be the same as sub- ‘‘(b) COMPLAINT PROCEDURES.—The Admin- istrator of General Services shall establish ing a Federal contract and receiving pay- stantive regulations promulgated by the Di- ments under such contract that the con- rector of the Office of Personnel Manage- and publish procedures under which an appli- cant for a position with a Federal contractor tractor may not verbally or through written ment under section 1092(b)(1) of the Fair may submit to the Administrator a com- form request the disclosure of criminal his- Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 ex- plaint, or any other information, relating to tory record information regarding an appli- cept to the extent that the Director of the compliance by the contractor with sub- cant for a position related to work under Administrative Office of the United States section (a)(1)(B). such contract before such contractor extends Courts may determine, for good cause shown ‘‘(c) ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF PROHIBITION a conditional offer to the applicant. and stated together with the regulation, that ON CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES.— ‘‘(2) OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.—The a modification of such regulations would be ‘‘(1) FIRST VIOLATION.—If the head of an ex- prohibition under paragraph (1) does not more effective for the implementation of the ecutive agency determines that a contractor apply with respect to a contract if consider- rights and protections under this subsection. has violated subsection (a)(1)(B), such head ation of criminal history record information ‘‘(6) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraphs (1) shall— prior to a conditional offer with respect to through (4) shall take effect on the date on ‘‘(A) notify the contractor; the position is otherwise required by law. which section 9202 of title 5 applies with re- ‘‘(B) provide 30 days after such notification ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.— spect to agencies.’’. for the contractor to appeal the determina- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under SEC. 1093. PROHIBITION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY tion; and paragraph (1) does not apply with respect INQUIRIES BY CONTRACTORS PRIOR ‘‘(C) issue a written warning to the con- to— TO CONDITIONAL OFFER. tractor that includes a description of the ‘‘(i) a contract that requires an individual (a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.— violation and the additional remedies that hired under the contract to access classified (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 41, may apply for subsequent violations. information or to have sensitive law enforce- United States Code, is amended by adding at ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.—If the head of ment or national security duties; or the end the following new section: an executive agency determines that a con- ‘‘(ii) a position that the Secretary of De- ‘‘§ 4714. Prohibition on criminal history in- tractor that was subject to paragraph (1) has fense identifies under the regulations issued quiries by contractors prior to conditional committed a subsequent violation of sub- under subparagraph (B). offer section (a)(1)(B), such head shall notify the ‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.— ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY IN- contractor, shall provide 30 days after such ‘‘(i) ISSUANCE.—Not later than 16 months QUIRIES.— notification for the contractor to appeal the after the date of enactment of the Fair ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in determination, and, in consultation with the Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, the paragraphs (2) and (3), an executive agency— relevant Federal agencies, may take actions, Secretary of Defense, in consultation with

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(c) REVISIONS TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REG- due consideration to positions that involve (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPANTS WHOSE ULATION.— interaction with minors, access to sensitive SPOUSES RECEIVE PROMOTIONS.—Beginning (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months information, or managing financial trans- on October 1, 2020, a military spouse who is after the date of enactment of this Act, the actions. participating in the My Career Advancement Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council ‘‘(ii) COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.— Account program of the Department of De- shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regula- The regulations issued under clause (i) fense (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Pro- tion to implement section 4714 of title 41, shall— gram’’) may not become ineligible for the United States Code, and section 2339 of title ‘‘(I) be consistent with, and in no way su- Program solely because the member of the 10, United States Code, as added by this sec- persede, restrict, or limit the application of Armed Forces to whom the military spouse tion. title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 is married receives a promotion in grade. (2) CONSISTENCY WITH OFFICE OF PERSONNEL U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) or other relevant Fed- (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS.—The Federal Ac- eral civil rights laws; and (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days quisition Regulatory Council shall revise the ‘‘(II) ensure that all hiring activities con- after the date of the enactment of this Act, Federal Acquisition Regulation under para- ducted pursuant to the regulations are con- the Secretary of Defense shall submit to graph (1) to be consistent with the regula- ducted in a manner consistent with relevant Congress a report on the Program. tions issued by the Director of the Office of Federal civil rights laws. (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by Personnel Management under section paragraph (1) shall include the following: ‘‘(b) COMPLAINT PROCEDURES.—The Sec- 1092(b)(1) to the maximum extent prac- (A) An assessment of employment rates for retary of Defense shall establish and publish ticable. The Council shall include together military spouses that identifies— procedures under which an applicant for a with such revision an explanation of any (i) the career fields most military spouses position with a Department of Defense con- substantive modification of the Office of Per- frequently pursue; and tractor may submit a complaint, or any sonnel Management regulations, including (ii) the extent to which such rates may be other information, relating to compliance by an explanation of how such modification will improved by expanding the Program to in- the contractor with subsection (a)(1)(B). more effectively implement the rights and clude reimbursements for licensing reci- protections under this section. ‘‘(c) ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF PROHIBITION procity. ON CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES.— SEC. 1094. REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVID- (B) An assessment of costs required to ex- ‘‘(1) FIRST VIOLATION.—If the Secretary of UALS FORMERLY INCARCERATED IN pand the Program as described in subpara- Defense determines that a contractor has FEDERAL PRISONS. graph (A)(ii). violated subsection (a)(1)(B), the Secretary (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term (c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized shall— ‘‘covered individual’’— to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 for the ‘‘(A) notify the contractor; (1) means an individual who has completed Department of Defense for operation and ‘‘(B) provide 30 days after such notification a term of imprisonment in a Federal prison maintenance, Defense-wide, not more than for the contractor to appeal the determina- for a Federal criminal offense; and $5,000,000 may be available for the purposes tion; and (2) does not include an alien who is or will of this section. ‘‘(C) issue a written warning to the con- be removed from the United States for a vio- tractor that includes a description of the lation of the immigration laws (as such term SA 806. Mr. YOUNG submitted an violation and the additional remedies that is defined in section 101 of the Immigration amendment intended to be proposed to may apply for subsequent violations. and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.—If the Sec- (b) STUDY AND REPORT REQUIRED.—The Di- INHOFE and intended to be proposed to retary of Defense determines that a con- rector of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in tractor that was subject to paragraph (1) has coordination with the Director of the Bureau the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- committed a subsequent violation of sub- of the Census, shall— tions for fiscal year 2020 for military section (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall notify (1) not later than 180 days after the date of activities of the Department of De- the contractor, shall provide 30 days after enactment of this Act, design and initiate a fense, for military construction, and such notification for the contractor to ap- study on the employment of covered individ- for defense activities of the Depart- peal the determination, and, in consultation uals after their release from Federal prison, ment of Energy, to prescribe military with the relevant Federal agencies, may including by collecting— take actions, depending on the severity of personnel strengths for such fiscal (A) demographic data on covered individ- year, and for other purposes; which was the infraction and the contractor’s history of uals, including race, age, and sex; and violations, including— (B) data on employment and earnings of ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘(A) providing written guidance to the covered individuals who are denied employ- At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the contractor that the contractor’s eligibility ment, including the reasons for the denials; following: for contracts requires compliance with this and SEC. lll. PLAN ON ADVANCEMENT OF FUNDA- section; (2) not later than 2 years after the date of MENTAL HYPERSONIC SCIENCE AND ‘‘(B) requiring that the contractor respond enactment of this Act, and every 5 years TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES. within 30 days affirming that the contractor thereafter, submit a report that does not in- (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than one is taking steps to comply with this section; clude any personally identifiable informa- year after the date of the enactment of this and tion on the study conducted under paragraph Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to ‘‘(C) suspending payment under the con- (1) to— the congressional defense committees a plan tract for which the applicant was being con- (A) the Committee on Homeland Security to advance fundamental hypersonic science sidered until the contractor demonstrates and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and technology activities. compliance with this section. (B) the Committee on Health, Education, (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan submitted under ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; subsection (a) shall include the following: ‘‘(1) CONDITIONAL OFFER.—The term ‘condi- (C) the Committee on Oversight and Re- (1) Identification of high priority tional offer’ means an offer of employment form of the House of Representatives; and hypersonics basic research efforts and funda- for a position related to work under a con- (D) the Committee on Education and Labor mental research challenges of the Depart- tract that is conditioned upon the results of of the House of Representatives. ment of Defense. a criminal history inquiry. (2) Identification of organizations des- ‘‘(2) CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMA- SA 805. Mr. BOOKER submitted an ignated to fund university hypersonic re- TION.—The term ‘criminal history record in- amendment intended to be proposed by search. formation’ has the meaning given that term (3) A plan for partnerships with univer- in section 9201 of title 5.’’. him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- sities on matters relating to the advance- (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2339(a) of propriations for fiscal year 2020 for ment of fundamental hypersonic science and title 10, United States Code, as added by military activities of the Department technology research and development, in- paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to of Defense, for military construction, cluding by establishing a consortium of re- contracts awarded pursuant to solicitations and for defense activities of the De- search universities. issued after the effective date described in partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- (4) Development of a strategy for using section 1092(b)(2) of this subtitle. tary personnel strengths for such fiscal university expertise to support workforce de- (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of year, and for other purposes; which was velopment, acquisition program oversight, sections for chapter 137 of title 10, United and basic research activities. States Code, is amended by inserting after ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (5) Options for university experts to work the item relating to section 2338 the fol- At the end of part II of subtitle F of title in Department labs and test centers on lowing new item: V, add the following: hypersonics.

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Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and and Ms. COLLINS) submitted an amend- ment of Energy, to prescribe military Mr. CARPER) submitted an amendment ment intended to be proposed to personnel strengths for such fiscal intended to be proposed to amendment amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. year, and for other purposes; which was SA 764 submitted by Mr. INHOFE and in- INHOFE and intended to be proposed to ordered to lie on the table; as follows: tended to be proposed to the bill S. the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- At the end of subtitle A of title VIII of the 1790, to authorize appropriations for tions for fiscal year 2020 for military amendment, add the following: fiscal year 2020 for military activities activities of the Department of De- SEC. 811. REPORT ON CONTRACTOR DENIAL OF of the Department of Defense, for mili- fense, for military construction, and COST OR PRICING DATA REQUESTS. tary construction, and for defense ac- Not later than December 31, 2020, and an- tivities of the Department of Energy, for defense activities of the Depart- nually thereafter, the Under Secretary of De- ment of Energy, to prescribe military fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall to prescribe military personnel personnel strengths for such fiscal submit to Congress a report summarizing strengths for such fiscal year, and for year, and for other purposes; which was each case in which a contractor refused a re- other purposes; which was ordered to ordered to lie on the table; as follows: quest from the contracting officer for lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title VIII of the uncertified cost or pricing data. At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add amendment, add the following: the following: SA 809. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an SEC. 811. GUIDANCE ON BUY AMERICAN ACT AND SEC. 1290. EXCLUSION OF IMPOSITION OF DUTIES BERRY AMENDMENT REQUIRE- amendment intended to be proposed to AND IMPORT QUOTAS FROM PRESI- MENTS. amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. DENTIAL AUTHORITIES UNDER INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECO- (a) BUY AMERICAN ACT GUIDANCE.— NHOFE I and intended to be proposed to NOMIC POWERS ACT. (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- Section 203 of the International Emergency after the date of the enactment of this Act, tions for fiscal year 2020 for military Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is the Director of Defense Pricing/Defense Pro- activities of the Department of De- amended— curement Acquisition Policy shall review, fense, for military construction, and (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub- and if necessary update, and issue guidance section (d); and to Department of Defense contracting offi- for defense activities of the Depart- ment of Energy, to prescribe military (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- cials on requirements related to chapter 83 of lowing: title 41, United States Code (commonly re- personnel strengths for such fiscal ‘‘(c)(1) The authority granted to the Presi- ferred to as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). The year, and for other purposes; which was dent by this section does not include the au- guidance shall reflect any Department ac- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: thority to impose duties or tariff-rate quotas tions taken in response to the April 18, 2017, At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add or (subject to paragraph (2)) other quotas on Executive Order No. 13788, ‘‘Buy American the following: articles entering the United States. and Hire American’’ and in response to the SEC. 1262. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO EXPANSION ‘‘(2) The limitation under paragraph (1) recommendations of the Department of De- OF COOPERATION WITH ALLIES AND does not prohibit the President from exclud- fense Inspector General report entitled PARTNERS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC RE- ing all articles, or all of a certain type of ar- ‘‘Summary Report of DoD Compliance With GION AND EUROPE REGARDING THE ticle, imported from a country from entering the Berry Amendment and the Buy Amer- PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. the United States.’’. ican Act’’. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- (2) ELEMENTS.—The guidance issued under lowing findings: SA 811. Mr. PAUL submitted an paragraph (1) shall cover— (1) Congress supports the finding on the amendment intended to be proposed to (A) the requirement to incorporate and en- People’s Republic of China articulated in the amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. force the Buy American Act provisions and 2018 National Defense Strategy and the 2017 INHOFE and intended to be proposed to clauses in applicable solicitations and con- National Security Strategy. the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- tracts; and (2) The People’s Republic of China is leveraging military modernization, influence tions for fiscal year 2020 for military (B) the requirements of the Buy American activities of the Department of De- Act, such as inclusion of clauses, into the operations, and predatory economics to co- electronic contract writing systems used by erce neighboring countries to reorder the fense, for military construction, and the military departments and the Defense Indo-Pacific region to the advantage of the for defense activities of the Depart- Logistics Agency. People’s Republic of China. ment of Energy, to prescribe military (b) BERRY AMENDMENT GUIDANCE.— (3) As the People’s Republic of China con- personnel strengths for such fiscal (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days tinues its economic and military ascendance, year, and for other purposes; which was after the date of the enactment of this Act, asserting power through a whole of govern- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: the Director of Defense Pricing/Defense Pro- ment long-term strategy, the People’s Re- At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add curement Acquisition Policy shall review, public of China will continue to pursue a the following: military modernization program that seeks and if necessary update, and issue guidance SEC. 1290. UNITED STATES PROPORTIONAL FI- to Department of Defense contracting offi- Indo-Pacific regional hegemony in the near- NANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE cials on requirements related to section term and displacement of the United States UNITED NATIONS. 2533a of title 10, United States Code (com- to achieve global preeminence in the future. The financial contributions of the United monly referred to as the ‘‘Berry Amend- (4) The most far-reaching objective of the States to the United Nations shall be propor- ment’’). defense strategy of the United States is to tional to the number of member countries of (2) ELEMENTS.—The guidance issued under set the military relationship between the the United Nations. paragraph (1) shall cover— United States and the People’s Republic of (A) the requirement to incorporate and en- China on a path toward transparency and SA 812. Mr. PAUL submitted an force the Berry Amendment in applicable so- nonaggression. amendment intended to be proposed by licitations and contracts; and (5) The People’s Republic of China uses him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- (B) the requirements of the Berry Amend- economic inducements and penalties, influ- propriations for fiscal year 2020 for ment, such as inclusion of clauses, into the ence operations, and implied military military activities of the Department electronic contract writing systems used by threats to persuade other countries to heed of Defense, for military construction, the political and security agenda of the Peo- the military departments and the Defense and for defense activities of the De- Logistics Agency. ple’s Republic of China. (c) BRIEFING ON ACTIVITIES.—Not later than (6) United States allies and partners are partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- March 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall critical to effective competition with the tary personnel strengths for such fiscal brief the congressional defense committees People’s Republic of China. year, and for other purposes; which was on activities undertaken pursuant to this (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy ordered to lie on the table; as follows: section. of the United States— At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add (1) to expand military, diplomatic, and eco- the following: SA 808. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself nomic alliances and partnerships in the Indo- SEC. 1290. UNITED STATES PROPORTIONAL FI- and Ms. WARREN) submitted an amend- Pacific region and with Europe and like- NANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO. ment intended to be proposed to minded countries around the globe that are The financial contributions of the United amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. critical to effective competition with the States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organi- People’s Republic of China; and INHOFE and intended to be proposed to zation shall be proportional to the number of (2) to develop, in collaboration with such member countries of the North Atlantic the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- allies and partners, a unified approach to ad- Treaty Organization. tions for fiscal year 2020 for military dressing and deterring significant diplo- activities of the Department of De- matic, economic, and military challenges SA 813. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an fense, for military construction, and posed by the People’s Republic of China. amendment intended to be proposed to

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(c) PLAN TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO network-enabled precision weapons. year, and for other purposes; which was WERE ERRONEOUSLY CHARGED FEES.— ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (1) ERRONEOUS CHARGES JANUARY 1, 2012, TO to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the DECEMBER 31, 2017.— made available for fiscal year 2020 for oper- following: (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days ations and maintenance for the Office of the after the date of the enactment of this Act, SEC. 342. REPORT ON UTILIZATION OF 24TH TAC- Secretary of the Air Force, for operations TICAL AIR SUPPORT SQUADRON. the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub- and maintenance for the Office of the Sec- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December mit to Congress a plan to identify veterans retary of the Navy, and for operations and 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Air Force shall described in subsection (c)(1) of section 3729 maintenance for the Office of the Secretary submit to the Committees on Armed Serv- of title 38, United States Code, from whom a ices of the Senate and the House of Rep- of the Army, not more than 75 percent may fee was collected under such section during resentatives a report on the utilization of be obligated or expended until the date that the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron and is 15 days after the date on which the Chief ending on December 31, 2017. of Staff of the Air Force, the Chief of Naval the sortie allocation to training in close air (B) CONTENTS.—The plan submitted under support. Operations, and the Chief of Staff of the paragraph (1) shall include the following: (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Due to limited Army submit the development and acquisi- (i) The number of veterans who may be due fighter and bomber aircraft availability, it is tion strategy required by subsection (a).’’. a refund of the fee. the sense of Congress that the Secretary of (ii) A timeline for the refunding of fees. the Air Force should utilize additional con- SA 815. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an (2) ERRONEOUS CHARGES BEFORE JANUARY 1, tract close air support in fiscal year 2020 to amendment intended to be proposed to 2012.— meet the growing training requirements for amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days Joint Terminal Attack Controllers in the Air INHOFE and intended to be proposed to after the date of the enactment of this Act, Force, including the reserve components. the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub- tions for fiscal year 2020 for military mit to Congress a plan to identify veterans Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an SA 814. activities of the Department of De- described in subsection (c)(1) of section 3729 amendment intended to be proposed to of title 38, United States Code, from whom a fense, for military construction, and amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. fee was collected under such section before for defense activities of the Depart- INHOFE and intended to be proposed to January 1, 2012. ment of Energy, to prescribe military the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- (B) CONTENTS.—The plan submitted under personnel strengths for such fiscal paragraph (1) shall include the following: tions for fiscal year 2020 for military year, and for other purposes; which was (i) The number of veterans who may be due activities of the Department of De- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: a refund of the fee. fense, for military construction, and (ii) A timeline for the refunding of fees. At the appropriate place in title X, insert for defense activities of the Depart- (d) PLAN TO PROCESS REFUNDS.—Not later the following: ment of Energy, to prescribe military than 90 days after the date of the enactment SEC. lll. FEES ERRONEOUSLY COLLECTED BY personnel strengths for such fiscal of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF- plan to process refunds of fees that were col- year, and for other purposes; which was FAIRS FOR HOUSING LOANS. lected under section 3729 of title 38, United ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- States Code, from individuals described in Section 5211 is amended to read as follows: lowing findings: subsection (c)(1) of such section. SEC. 5211. DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs of- (e) ANNUAL REPORT ON REFUNDS.— STRATEGY TO PROCURE SECURE, fers a Department backed home loan for (1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than LOW PROBABILITY OF DETECTION which veterans are generally required to pay once each year, the Secretary shall submit DATA LINK NETWORK CAPABILITY. fees to defray the cost of administering the to Congress an annual report on refunds of The text of subsections (a) through (c) of home loan. fees collected under section 3729 of title 38, section 211 are hereby deemed to read as fol- (2) Veterans are exempt from paying the United States Code. lows: fees if they are entitled to receive disability (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted ‘‘(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than compensation from the Department of Vet- under paragraph (1) shall include, for the pe- April 1, 2020, the Chief of Staff of the Air erans Affairs. riod covered by the report: Force, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the (3) Between January 1, 2012, and December (A) The number of fees collected under Chief of Staff of the Army shall jointly sub- 31, 2017, veterans paid fees of more than such section that were refunded and applied mit to the congressional defense committees $286,000,000 in association with Department to a home loan balance. a joint development and acquisition strategy backed home loans despite being exempt (B) The number of such refunds for which to procure a secure, low probability of detec- from such fees. Fees paid included $65,800,000 the Secretary received documentation of the tion data link network capability, with the in fees that could have been avoided. application of a refund to a home loan bal- ability to effectively operate in hostile jam- (4) Of those erroneously paid fees, ance. ming environments while preserving the low $189,000,000 in fee refunds are still due to vet- (f) ACCURACY OF CERTIFICATES OF ELIGI- observability characteristics of the relevant erans. BILITY.— platforms, including both existing and (5) More than 70,000 veterans may have (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall up- planned platforms. been affected by these erroneously paid fees. date such policies as may be necessary to en- ‘‘(b) NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS.—The data (b) REFUNDS OF ERRONEOUSLY COLLECTED sure that certificates of eligibility are accu- link network capability to be procured pur- FEES.—Section 3729(c) of title 38, United rate at the time they are used for the pur- suant to the development and acquisition States Code, is amended by adding at the end poses of determining eligibility for housing strategy submitted under subsection (a) the following new paragraph: loans guaranteed, insured, or made under shall— ‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall develop a proc- chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, ‘‘(1) ensure that any network made with ess for determining whether a fee has been and for pursues of determining eligibility for such capability will be low risk and afford- collected under this section from a veteran exemption from the collection of fees under able, with minimal impact or change to ex- described in paragraph (1). section 3729 of such title. isting host platforms and minimal overall ‘‘(B) If the Secretary determines that a fee (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after integration costs; was collected under this section from an vet- the date of the enactment of this Act, the ‘‘(2) use a non-proprietary and open sys- eran described in paragraph (1), the Sec- Secretary shall submit to Congress a report tems approach compatible with the Rapid retary pay to such veteran an amount equal on the solution developed under paragraph Capabilities Office Open Mission Systems to the amount of the fee collected. (1). initiative of the Air Force and the Future ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding any other provision (g) AUDIT PLAN.— Airborne Capability Environment initiative of law, a payment under this paragraph shall (1) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall of the Navy; and not be subject to Federal, State, or other tax develop a plan to audit the Department on ‘‘(3) provide for an architecture to connect, liability or reporting requirement. an annual basis to determine the rate at with operationally relevant throughput and ‘‘(D) A payment under subparagraph (B) which fees are erroneously collected under latency— shall be made directly to a veteran, notwith- section 3729 of title 38, United States Code.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:23 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.088 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S4186 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 20, 2019 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after SEC. 1025. SENSE OF SENATE ON TRANSFER OF fense, for military construction, and the completion of any audit conducted pur- INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED for defense activities of the Depart- STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA- suant to the plan developed under paragraph ment of Energy, to prescribe military (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a NAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE UNITED STATES TEMPORARILY FOR EMER- personnel strengths for such fiscal report on the findings of the Secretary with GENCY OR CRITICAL MEDICAL year, and for other purposes; which was respect to the audit. TREATMENT. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of the Sen- SA 816. Mr. MORAN submitted an ate that the Secretary of Defense could tem- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- amendment intended to be proposed by porarily transfer an individual detained at lowing: him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- Guantanamo to a Department of Defense SEC. lll. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE PUB- medical facility in the United States for the LIC-PRIVATE CYBERSECURITY propriations for fiscal year 2020 for OPERATIONAL COLLABORATION. sole purpose of providing the individual med- military activities of the Department (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— of Defense, for military construction, ical treatment if the Secretary determines (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional that— and for defense activities of the De- committees and leadership’’ means— (1) the medical treatment of the individual (A) the Committee on Homeland Security partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- is necessary to prevent death or imminent tary personnel strengths for such fiscal and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the significant injury or harm to the health of Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee year, and for other purposes; which was the individual; on Armed Services, the Select Committee on ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (2) the necessary medical treatment is not Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Re- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- available to be provided at United States lations, the majority leader, and the minor- lowing: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ity leader of the Senate; and without incurring excessive and unreason- llll (B) the Committee on Homeland Security SEC. . DEFINITION OF EMPLOYER UNDER able costs; and NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT. of the House of Representatives, the Com- (3) the Department of Defense has provided Section 2 of the National Labor Relations mittee on the Judiciary, the Committee on for appropriate security measures for the Act (29 U.S.C. 152) is amended— Armed Services, the Permanent Select Com- custody and control of the individual during (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or any mittee on Intelligence, the Committee on any period in which the individual is tempo- Indian Tribe, or any enterprise or institution Foreign Affairs, the Speaker, and the minor- rarily in the United States pursuant to such owned and operated by an Indian Tribe and ity leader of the House of Representatives; transfer. located on its Indian lands,’’ after ‘‘subdivi- (2) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal agen- (b) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO sion thereof,’’; and cies’’ means— DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘indi- (A) the Department of Homeland Security; (2) by adding at the end the following: vidual detained at Guantanamo’’ means an and ‘‘(15) The term ‘Indian Tribe’ means any individual located at United States Naval (B) any other agency, as determined by the Indian Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of Octo- Secretary; organized group or community which is rec- ber 1, 2009, who— (3) the term ‘‘collaboration effort’’ means ognized as eligible for the special programs (1) is not a national of the United States an effort undertaken by the appropriate Fed- and services provided by the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immi- eral agencies and 1 or more non-Federal enti- to Indians because of their status as Indians. gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. ties under the pilot program in order to ‘‘(16) The term ‘Indian’ means any indi- 1101(a)(22)) or a member of the Armed Forces carry out the purpose of the pilot program; vidual who is a member of an Indian Tribe. of the United States; and (4) the term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has ‘‘(17) The term ‘Indian lands’ means— (2) is— the meaning given that term in section ‘‘(A) all lands within the limits of any In- (A) in the custody or under the control of 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. dian reservation; the Department of Defense; or 5195c(e)); ‘‘(B) any lands title to which is either held (B) otherwise detained at United States (5) the term ‘‘cybersecurity provider’’ in trust by the United States for the benefit Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay. of any Indian Tribe or Indian or held by any means a non-Federal entity that provides cy- Indian Tribe or Indian subject to restriction SA 819. Mr. BROWN submitted an bersecurity services to another non-Federal by the United States against alienation; and amendment intended to be proposed by entity; ‘‘(C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma (6) the term ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ means that are within the boundaries of a former him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- a cybersecurity threat, as defined in section reservation (as defined by the Secretary of propriations for fiscal year 2020 for 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian military activities of the Department Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501), that affects— Tribe.’’. of Defense, for military construction, (A) the national security of the United and for defense activities of the De- States; or SA 817. Mr. MORAN submitted an partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- (B) critical infrastructure in the United amendment intended to be proposed to tary personnel strengths for such fiscal States; amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. year, and for other purposes; which was (7) the term ‘‘malicious cyber actor’’ means an entity that poses a cybersecurity INHOFE and intended to be proposed to ordered to lie on the table; as follows: threat; the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the (8) the term ‘‘non-Federal entity’’ has the tions for fiscal year 2020 for military following: meaning given the term in section 102 of the activities of the Department of De- SEC. lll. REDESIGNATION OF THE COM- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of fense, for military construction, and MANDANT OF THE UNITED STATES 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501); and AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECH- (9) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- for defense activities of the Depart- NOLOGY AS THE DIRECTOR AND ment of Energy, to prescribe military CHANCELLOR OF THE UNITED retary of Homeland Security. (b) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.—Not later personnel strengths for such fiscal STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. than 60 days after the date of enactment of year, and for other purposes; which was this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9414b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the heads of the appropriate Federal agen- Strike section 1025. ‘‘Commandant’’ each place it appears and in- cies, may establish a pilot program under serting ‘‘Director and Chancellor’’. which the appropriate Federal agencies, as SA 818. Mr. MORAN submitted an (b) REFERENCES.—Any references in any coordinated and facilitated by the Secretary, amendment intended to be proposed to law, regulations, map, document, paper or may identify and partner with cybersecurity amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. other record of the United States to the organizations capable of enabling informa- tion sharing of cybersecurity threats among INHOFE and intended to be proposed to Commandant of the United States Air Force Institute of Technology shall be deemed to cybersecurity providers in order to coordi- the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- nate and magnify Federal and non-Federal tions for fiscal year 2020 for military be reference to the Director and Chancellor of the United States Air Force Institute of efforts to prevent or disrupt cybersecurity activities of the Department of De- Technology. threats or malicious cyber actors, by, as ap- fense, for military construction, and propriate— for defense activities of the Depart- SA 820. Mr. PETERS submitted an (1) sharing information relating to poten- ment of Energy, to prescribe military amendment intended to be proposed to tial actions by the Federal Government personnel strengths for such fiscal amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. against cybersecurity threats or malicious cyber actors with non-Federal entities; and year, and for other purposes; which was INHOFE and intended to be proposed to (2) facilitating coordination between the ordered to lie on the table; as follows: the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- appropriate Federal agencies and non-Fed- Strike section 1025 and insert the fol- tions for fiscal year 2020 for military eral entities relating to cybersecurity lowing: activities of the Department of De- threats or malicious cyber actors.

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(c) PARTICIPATION.— SEC. lll. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR ACQUISI- ‘‘(E) The total amount of compensation (1) IN GENERAL.—The heads of other Fed- TION OF A TRANSMISSION ELEC- (including fringe benefits) afforded to em- eral departments and agencies may choose to TRON MICROSCOPE. ployees in connection with activities or pur- participate in the pilot program on a vol- (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.— poses for which they were granted official untary basis. (1) IN GENERAL.—The amount authorized to time. (2) IMPACT ON OTHER INFORMATION SHARING be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 by sec- ‘‘(F) The total amount of official time ARRANGEMENTS.—Implementation of the tion 201 for research, development, test, and spent by employees representing Federal em- pilot program shall not adversely impact the evaluation is hereby increased by $5,000,000, ployees who are not union members in mat- operations of the Federal cyber security cen- with the amount of the increase to be avail- ters authorized by this chapter. ters or any other information sharing ar- able for Defense Research Sciences (PE ‘‘(G) A description of any room or space rangements between a Federal department 0601102A). designated at the agency (or its subcompo- or agency and a private sector entity entered (2) AVAILABILITY.—The amount available nent) where official time activities will be into before or after the date of enactment of under paragraph (1) shall be available for conducted, including the square footage of this Act. transmission electron microscopy equipment any such room or space. (d) FEDERAL COORDINATION.—The Secretary and research to support the following: ‘‘(3) All information included in a report by shall facilitate all Federal coordination, (A) Advanced analyses of materials for bio- the Office of Personnel Management under planning, and action relating to the pilot medical research. this subsection with respect to a fiscal program. (B) Micro- and nano-electronics research. year— (e) ANNUAL REPORTS TO APPROPRIATE CON- (C) Advanced manufacturing and materials ‘‘(A) shall be shown both agency-by-agency GRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LEADERSHIP.— research and development. and for all agencies; and (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after (D) Superconductivity research. ‘‘(B) shall be accompanied by the cor- the date of enactment of this Act, and each (E) For such other matters as the Sec- responding information (submitted by the year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit retary of Defense considers appropriate. Office in its report under this subsection) for to the appropriate congressional committees (b) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be the fiscal year before the fiscal year to which and leadership a report on the collaboration appropriated for fiscal year 2020 by section such report pertains, together with appro- efforts carried out during the year for which 201 for research, development, test, and eval- priate comparisons and analyses. the report is submitted, which shall in- uation is hereby decreased by $5,000,000, with ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the clude— the amount of the decrease to be taken from term ‘official time’ means any period of (A) a statement of the total number col- amounts made available for Future Ad- time, regardless of agency nomenclature— laboration efforts carried out during the vanced Weapon Analysis & Programs (PE ‘‘(A) which may be granted to an employee year; 0604200F). under this chapter (including a collective (B) with respect to each collaboration ef- bargaining agreement entered into under fort carried out during the year— SA 822. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an this chapter) to perform representational or (i) a statement of— amendment intended to be proposed to consultative functions; and (I) the identity of any malicious cyber amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. ‘‘(B) during which the employee would oth- actor that, as a result of a cybersecurity INHOFE and intended to be proposed to erwise be in a duty status.’’. threat that the malicious cyber actor en- the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made gaged in or was likely to engage in, was a tions for fiscal year 2020 for military by subsection (a) shall be effective beginning subject of the collaboration effort; with the report which, under the provisions (II) the responsibilities under the collabo- activities of the Department of De- of such amendment, is first required to be ration effort of each appropriate Federal fense, for military construction, and submitted by the Office of Personnel Man- agency and each non-Federal entity that for defense activities of the Depart- agement to each House of Congress by a date participated in the collaboration effort; and ment of Energy, to prescribe military which occurs at least 6 months after the date (III) whether the goal of the collaboration personnel strengths for such fiscal of the enactment of this Act. effort was achieved; and year, and for other purposes; which was (ii) a description of how each appropriate ordered to lie on the table; as follows: SA 823. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an Federal agency and each non-Federal entity amendment intended to be proposed to At the appropriate place, insert the fol- that participated in the collaboration effort amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. collaborated in carrying out the collabora- lowing: INHOFE and intended to be proposed to tion effort; and SEC. lll. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. (C) a description of— (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7131 of title 5, the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- (i) the ways in which the collaboration ef- United States Code, is amended by adding at tions for fiscal year 2020 for military forts carried out during the year— the end the following: activities of the Department of De- (I) were successful; and ‘‘(e)(1)(A) Not later than March 31 of each fense, for military construction, and (II) could have been improved; and calendar year, the Office of Personnel Man- for defense activities of the Depart- (ii) how the Secretary will improve col- agement, in consultation with the Office of ment of Energy, to prescribe military laboration efforts carried out on or after the Management and Budget, shall submit to personnel strengths for such fiscal each House of Congress a report on the oper- date on which the report is submitted. year, and for other purposes; which was (2) FORM.—Any report submitted under ation of this section during the fiscal year paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi- last ending before the start of such calendar ordered to lie on the table; as follows: fied form, but may include a classified year. At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the annex. ‘‘(B) Not later than December 31 of each following: (f) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall calendar year, each agency (as defined by SEC. 1086. AMENDMENTS TO THE SOAR ACT. terminate on the date that is 3 years after section 7103(a)(3)) shall furnish to the Office (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be the date of enactment of this Act. of Personnel Management the information cited as the ‘‘SOAR Reauthorization Act of (g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in which such Office requires, with respect to 2019’’. this section shall be construed to— such agency, for purposes of the report which (b) AMENDMENTS TO SOAR.—The Scholar- (1) authorize a non-Federal entity to en- is next due under subparagraph (A). ships for Opportunity and Results Act (divi- gage in any activity in violation of section ‘‘(2) Each report by the Office of Personnel sion C of Public Law 112–10) is amended— 1030(a) of title 18, United States Code; or Management under this subsection shall in- (1) in section 3007 (sec. 38–1853.07 D.C. Offi- (2) limit an appropriate Federal agency or clude, with respect to the fiscal year de- cial Code)— a non-Federal entity from engaging in a law- scribed in paragraph (1)(A), at least the fol- (A) by striking subsection (c) and redesig- ful activity. lowing information: nating subsection (d) as subsection (c); ‘‘(A) The total amount of official time (B) in subsection (b)— SA 821. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an granted to employees. (i) in the subsection heading, by striking amendment intended to be proposed by ‘‘(B) The average amount of official time ‘‘AND PARENTAL ASSISTANCE’’ and inserting him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- expended per bargaining unit employee. ‘‘, PARENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND STUDENT ACA- propriations for fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘(C) The specific types of activities or pur- DEMIC ASSISTANCE’’; military activities of the Department poses for which official time was granted, (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by of Defense, for military construction, and the impact which the granting of such striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting and for defense activities of the De- official time for such activities or purposes ‘‘$2,200,000’’; and had on agency operations. (iii) by adding at the end the following: partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- ‘‘(D) The total number of employees to ‘‘(3) The expenses of providing tutoring tary personnel strengths for such fiscal whom official time was granted, and, of that service to participating eligible students year, and for other purposes; which was total, the number who were not engaged in that need additional academic assistance. If ordered to lie on the table; as follows: any activities or purposes except activities there are insufficient funds to provide tutor- At the appropriate place, insert the fol- or purposes involving the use of official ing services to all such students in a year, lowing: time. the eligible entity shall give priority in such

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Air Force shall submit to the congressional subparagraph (A)— ‘‘(F) The safety of the schools attended by defense committees a report on the cumu- (i) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘sub- participating eligible students who use an lative effect of wind turbine projects on the sections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- opportunity scholarship compared with the safety, training, and readiness of Air Force section (b)’’; and schools in the District of Columbia attended pilots. (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub- by public school students described in sub- sections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- paragraph (A), to the extent practicable.’’; Mr. TILLIS (for himself and section (b)’’; and SA 826. (2) in section 3008(h) (sec. 38–1853.08 D.C. Of- (4) in section 3014(a) (sec. 38–1853.14, D.C. Mr. DURBIN) submitted an amendment ficial Code)— Official Code), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ intended to be proposed by him to the (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’. bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations 3009(a)(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments for fiscal year 2020 for military activi- 3009(a)’’; made by subsection (b) shall take effect on ties of the Department of Defense, for (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting September 30, 2019. military construction, and for defense the following: ‘‘(2) The Institute of Education Sciences SA 824. Mr. CRUZ submitted an activities of the Department of Energy, may administer assessments to students par- amendment intended to be proposed to to prescribe military personnel ticipating in the evaluation under section amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. strengths for such fiscal year, and for 3009(a) for the purpose of conducting the INHOFE and intended to be proposed to other purposes; which was ordered to evaluation under such section.’’; and the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- lie on the table; as follows: (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the na- tions for fiscal year 2020 for military At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the tionally norm-referenced standardized test following: described in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘a activities of the Department of De- nationally norm-referenced standardized fense, for military construction, and SEC. 1086. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AMER- test’’; for defense activities of the Depart- ICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMIS- (3) in section 3009(a) (sec. 38–1853.09 D.C. Of- ment of Energy, to prescribe military SION AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ficial Code)— personnel strengths for such fiscal BELGIUM BY WHICH THE COMMIS- (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘annu- year, and for other purposes; which was SION WOULD ACQUIRE, RESTORE, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THE ally’’; ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (B) in paragraph (2)— MARDASSON MEMORIAL IN BAS- (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause At the appropriate place, insert the fol- TOGNE, BELGIUM. (i) and inserting the following: lowing: (a) FINDINGS.—Congress make the fol- ‘‘(i) is rigorous; and’’; and SEC. lll. LEVERAGING COMMERCIAL SAT- lowing findings: (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘im- ELLITE REMOTE SENSING. (1) The Battle of the Bulge was the largest pact of the program’’ and all that follows (a) IN GENERAL.—In acquiring geospatial- land battle of World War II in which the through the end of the subparagraph and in- intelligence, the Secretary of Defense shall United States fought, yielded more than serting ‘‘impact of the program on academic leverage, to the maximum extent prac- 75,000 American casualties over the winter of achievement and educational attainment.’’; ticable, the capabilities of United States in- 1944–1945, and stopped the final German of- (C) in paragraph (3)— dustry, including through the use of com- fensive on the Western Front. (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking mercial geospatial-intelligence services and (2) The Battle of the Bulge is the second ‘‘ON EDUCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘OF EDU- acquisition of commercial satellite imagery. largest battle fought in the history of the (b) OBTAINING FUTURE DATA.—The Sec- CATION’’; United States Army. (ii) in subparagraph (A)— retary, as part of an analysis of alternatives (3) Following the war, Belgian groups (I) by inserting ‘‘the academic progress of’’ for the future acquisition of Department of raised funds to construct the Mardasson Me- after ‘‘assess’’; and Defense space systems for geospatial-intel- morial in Bastogne, Belgium, to honor Amer- (II) by striking ‘‘in each of grades 3’’ and ligence, shall— icans killed, wounded, and missing in action all that follows through the end of the sub- (1) consider whether there is a suitable, during the Battle of the Bulge. paragraph and inserting ‘‘; and’’; cost-effective, commercial capability avail- (4) The Mardasson Memorial, inaugurated (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); and able that can meet any or all of the Depart- in 1950, is a five-pointed American star with (iv) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as ment’s requirements; the history of the battle, the names of the subparagraph (B); and (2) if a suitable, cost-effective, commercial units that fought, and the names of the (D) in paragraph (4)— capability is available as described in para- States engraved in gold letters throughout. (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘A graph (1), determine whether it is in the na- (5) The Mardasson Memorial, owned and comparison of the academic achievement of tional interest to develop a governmental maintained by the Government of Belgium, participating eligible students who use an space system; and and the only memorial to the United States opportunity scholarship on the measure- (3) include, as part of the established ac- effort during the Battle of the Bulge, is in ments described in paragraph (3)(B) to the quisition reporting requirements to the ap- need of extensive repair to restore it to a academic achievement’’ and inserting ‘‘The propriate committees of Congress, any deter- condition commensurate to the service and academic progress of participating eligible mination made under paragraphs (1) and (2). sacrifice it honors. students who use an opportunity scholarship (c) DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of compared to the academic progress’’; OF CONGRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap- Congress to support an agreement between (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘in- propriate committees of Congress’’ means— the American Battle Monument Commission creasing the satisfaction of such parents and (1) the congressional defense committees; (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘ABMC’’) and the students with their choice’’ and inserting (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of Government of Belgium— ‘‘those parents’ and students’ satisfaction the Senate; and (1) under the monument maintenance pro- with the program’’; and (3) the Permanent Select Committee on In- gram of the ABMC, and subject to the re- (iii) by striking subparagraph (D) through telligence of the House of Representatives. quirements of such program, by which the ABMC would use its expertise and presence (F) and inserting the following: SA 825. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and ‘‘(D) The high school graduation rates, col- in Europe to oversee restoration of the lege enrollment rates, college persistence Mr. CRUZ) submitted an amendment in- Mardasson Memorial in preparation for the rates, and college graduation rates of par- tended to be proposed by him to the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge; ticipating eligible students who use an op- bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations and portunity scholarship compared with the for fiscal year 2020 for military activi- (2) under the monument trust fund pro- rates of public school students described in ties of the Department of Defense, for gram of the ABMC, and subject to the re- subparagraph (A), to the extent practicable. military construction, and for defense quirements of such program, by which the ‘‘(E) The college enrollment rates, college activities of the Department of Energy, ABMC assumes ownership and responsibility for the Mardasson Memorial, ensuring that persistence rates, and college graduation to prescribe military personnel rates of students who participated in the the Memorial stands for decades to come, program as the result of winning the Oppor- strengths for such fiscal year, and for honoring American service and sacrifice, and tunity Scholarship Program lottery com- other purposes; which was ordered to inspiring future generations. pared to the enrollment, persistence, and lie on the table; as follows: graduation rates for students who entered At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the SA 827. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an but did not win such lottery and who, as a following: amendment intended to be proposed to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:23 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.095 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 20, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4189 amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. (A) has placed an unprecedented strain on lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of INHOFE and intended to be proposed to the resources of the Department of Home- the Department of Labor. the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- land Security, which has responded by di- (e) ELIGIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—Funds depos- recting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol re- ited into an education savings account under tions for fiscal year 2020 for military this section for a school year may be used by activities of the Department of De- sources away from legal ports of entry; and (B) exceeds the capacity of the Department the parent of an eligible military student to fense, for military construction, and of Health and Human Services, which is re- make payments to a qualified educational for defense activities of the Depart- sponsible for the care of unaccompanied chil- service provider that is approved by the Sec- ment of Energy, to prescribe military dren who are apprehended at the border. retary under subsection (f) for— personnel strengths for such fiscal (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense (1) costs of attendance at a private elemen- year, and for other purposes; which was of the Senate that— tary school or secondary school recognized ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (1) the recent surge of illegal border cross- by the State, which may include a private school that has a religious mission; At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add ings— (A) is a national security threat; and (2) private online programs; the following: (3) private tutoring; SEC. 1272. REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO DE- (B) has put significant strain on the de- partments and agencies that are responsible (4) services provided by a public elemen- TERRENCE EFFORTS WITH RESPECT tary school or secondary school attended by TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF for securing the border, implementing our CHINA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERA- Nation’s immigration laws, and providing the child on a less than full-time basis, in- TION. temporary housing for the people who are cluding individual classes and extra- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year awaiting removal proceedings; and curricular activities and programs; after the date of the enactment of this Act, (2) the recent increase in apprehensions (5) textbooks, curriculum programs, or the Secretary of Defense, in consultation along the southern border, coupled with the other instructional materials, including any with Commander of the United States Indo- lack of sufficient resources at the Depart- supplemental materials required by a cur- Pacific Command and the Commander of the ment of Homeland Security and the Depart- riculum program, private school, private on- United States European Command, shall sub- ment of Health and Human Services will fur- line learning program, or a public school, or mit to the congressional defense committees ther exacerbate this humanitarian crisis. any parent directed curriculum associated a report detailing efforts of the Department with kindergarten through grade 12 edu- of Defense to improve the ability of the SA 829. Mr. SASSE submitted an cation; United States Armed Forces to conduct com- amendment intended to be proposed to (6) educational services and therapies, in- cluding occupational, behavioral, physical, bined joint operations— amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. (1) to deny the ability of the People’s Re- speech-language, and audiology therapies; or public of China to execute a fait accompli INHOFE and intended to be proposed to (7) any other educational expenses ap- against Taiwan; and the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- proved by the Secretary. (2) to deny the ability of the Russian Fed- tions for fiscal year 2020 for military (f) REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED EDU- eration to execute a fait accompli against activities of the Department of De- CATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.—The Sec- one or more Baltic allies. fense, for military construction, and retary shall establish and maintain a reg- (b) MATTER TO BE INCLUDED.—The report for defense activities of the Depart- istry of qualified educational service pro- viders that are approved to receive payments under subsection (a) shall identify ment of Energy, to prescribe military prioritized requirements for further improv- from an education savings account estab- ing the ability of the United States Armed personnel strengths for such fiscal lished under this section. The Secretary Forces to conduct combined joint operations year, and for other purposes; which was shall approve a qualified educational service to achieve the objectives described in para- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: provider to receive such payments if the pro- graphs (1) and (2) of that subsection. At the end of part I of subtitle F of title V, vider demonstrates to the Secretary that it (c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) add the following: is licensed in the State in which it operates to provide one or more of the services for shall— ll SEC. 5 . PILOT PROGRAM ON EDUCATION SAV- which funds may be expended under sub- (1) be submitted in classified form; and INGS ACCOUNTS FOR MILITARY DE- (2) include an unclassified summary appro- PENDENT CHILDREN. section (e). (g) PARTICIPATION IN ONLINE MARKET priate for release to the public. (a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made PLACE.—As a condition of receiving funds (d) FAIT ACCOMPLI DEFINED.—In this sec- available under subsection (k), the Secretary from an education savings account, a quali- tion, the term ‘‘fait accompli’’ means a sce- shall carry out a pilot program under which fied educational service provider shall make nario in which the People’s Republic of the Secretary shall establish education sav- its services available for purchase through China or the Russian Federation uses force ings accounts for eligible military students the online marketplace described in sub- to rapidly seize territory and subsequently to enable such students to attend public or threatens further escalation, potentially in- section (h). private elementary schools or secondary (h) ONLINE MARKETPLACE.—The Secretary cluding the use of nuclear weapons, to deter schools selected by the students’ parents. an effective response by the United States shall seek to enter into a contract with a (b) DURATION.—The pilot program under private-sector entity under which the entity Armed Forces through combined joint oper- this section shall begin with the first school ations. shall— year that begins after the date of enactment (1) establish and operate an online market- of this section and shall terminate at the end SA 828. Ms. MCSALLY submitted an place that enables the holder of an education of the fifth school year that begins after savings account to make direct purchases amendment intended to be proposed by such date of enactment. her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- from qualified educational service providers (c) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary using funds from such account; propriations for fiscal year 2020 for shall select one military installation to par- (2) ensure that each qualified educational military activities of the Department ticipate in the pilot program under this sec- service provider on the registry maintained of Defense, for military construction, tion. In making such selection, the Sec- by the Secretary under subsection (f) has and for defense activities of the De- retary shall choose a military installation at made its services available for purchase partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- which eligible military students will derive through the online marketplace; the greatest benefit from expanded edu- tary personnel strengths for such fiscal (3) ensure that all purchases made through cational options, as determined by the Sec- the online marketplace are for services that year, and for other purposes; which was retary. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: are allowable uses of funds under this sec- (d) DEPOSITS.— tion; and At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall de- (4) develop and make available a standard- lowing: posit funds in the amount specified in para- ized expense report form, in electronic and SEC. lll. ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS. graph (2) into each education savings ac- hard copy formats, to be used by parents for (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol- count established on behalf of an eligible reporting expenses. lowing: military student under this section. (i) IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL REQUIRE- (1) During the first 5 months of May 2019, (2) AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT.— MENTS.—No Federal requirements shall apply the United States Border Patrol has appre- (A) IN GENERAL.—The amount deposited to a qualified educational service provider hended more than 593,000 people ilegally into each education savings account awarded other than the requirements specifically set crossing the southern border of the United to an eligible military student shall be $6,000 forth in this section. Nothing in this section States, which represents more apprehension for each school year. shall be construed to require a qualified edu- than in all of 2018. (B) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—For each cational service provider to alter its creed, (2) In May 2019, 132,887 people were appre- school year after the first full school year of practices, admissions policy, or curriculum hended by the United States Border Patrol, the program, the amount specified in sub- in order to be eligible to receive payments of whom more than 96,000 were part of family paragraph (A) shall be adjusted to reflect from an education savings account. units or unaccompanied minors. changes for the 12-month period ending the (j) REPORTS.— (3) This recent surge in illegal border preceding June in the Chained Consumer (1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than July crossings— Price Index for All Urban Consumers pub- 30 of the first year of the pilot program, and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:23 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20JN6.095 S20JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S4190 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 20, 2019 each subsequent year through the year in INHOFE and intended to be proposed to landlord for purposes of section 2874b(1) of which the final report is submitted under the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- this title.’’. paragraph (2), the Secretary shall prepare tions for fiscal year 2020 for military (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter and submit to Congress an interim report on activities of the Department of De- the accounts awarded under the pilot pro- is amended by inserting after the item relat- gram under this section that includes the fense, for military construction, and ing to section 2890 the following new item: content described in paragraph (3) for the ap- for defense activities of the Depart- ‘‘2890a. Investigation of reports of reprisals plicable school year of the report. ment of Energy, to prescribe military and treatment as material (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days personnel strengths for such fiscal breach.’’. after the end of the pilot program under this year, and for other purposes; which was section, the Secretary shall prepare and sub- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: SA 832. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself mit to Congress a report on the accounts and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) submitted an At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add awarded under the pilot program that in- amendment intended to be proposed by the following: cludes the content described in paragraph (3) her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize ap- for each school year of the program. SEC. 729. STUDY ON USE OF ROUTINE NEUROIMAGING MODALITIES IN DI- propriations for fiscal year 2020 for ONTENT (3) C .—Each report under para- AGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PRE- military activities of the Department graphs (1) and (2) shall identify— VENTION OF BRAIN INJURY DUE TO of Defense, for military construction, (A) the number of applicants for education BLAST PRESSURE EXPOSURE DUR- and for defense activities of the De- savings accounts under this section; ING COMBAT AND TRAINING. partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- (B) the number of elementary school stu- (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense dents receiving education savings accounts shall conduct a study on the feasibility and tary personnel strengths for such fiscal under this section and the number of sec- effectiveness of the use of routine year, and for other purposes; which was ondary school students receiving such sav- neuroimaging modalities in the diagnosis, ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ings accounts; treatment, and prevention of brain injury At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (C) the results of a survey, conducted by among members of the Armed Forces due to lowing: the Secretary, regarding parental satisfac- one or more blast pressure exposures during SEC. lllll. JUSTICE FOR SERVICEMEMBERS. tion with the education savings account pro- combat and training. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be gram under this section; and (b) REPORTS.— cited as the ‘‘Justice for Servicemembers (D) any other information the Secretary (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than one Act’’. determines to be necessary to evaluate the year after the date of the enactment of this (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section effectiveness of the program. Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com- are— (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and (1) to prohibit predispute arbitration There are authorized to be appropriated to the House of Representatives an interim re- agreements that force arbitration of disputes carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of port on the methods and action plan for the arising from claims brought under chapter 43 fiscal years 2020 through 2024. study under subsection (a). of title 38, United States Code, and the (l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than two Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘child’’, years after the date on which the Secretary 3901 et seq.); and ‘‘elementary school’’, and ‘‘secondary begins the study under subsection (a), the (2) to prohibit agreements and practices school’’ have the meanings given the terms Secretary shall submit to the Committees on that interfere with the right of persons to in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec- Armed Services of the Senate and the House participate in a joint, class, or collective ac- ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). of Representatives a report on the results of tion related to disputes arising from claims (2) ELIGIBLE MILITARY STUDENT.—The term such study. brought under the provisions of the laws de- ‘‘eligible military student’’ means a child scribed in paragraph (1). who— SA 831. Ms. HARRIS submitted an (c) ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES INVOLVING (A) is a military dependent student; amendment intended to be proposed to THE RIGHTS OF SERVICEMEMBERS AND VET- ERANS.— (B) lives on the military installation se- amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. lected to participate in the program under (1) IN GENERAL.—Title 9, United States INHOFE and intended to be proposed to this section; and Code, is amended by adding at the end the (C) chooses to attend a participating the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- following: school or purchase other approved education tions for fiscal year 2020 for military ‘‘CHAPTER 4—ARBITRATION OF SERVICE- services, rather than attending the school activities of the Department of De- MEMBER AND VETERAN DISPUTES otherwise assigned to the child. fense, for military construction, and ‘‘Sec. (3) MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—The for defense activities of the Depart- ‘‘401. Definitions. term ‘‘military dependent students’’ has the ment of Energy, to prescribe military ‘‘402. No validity or enforceability. meaning given the term in section 572(e) of personnel strengths for such fiscal ‘‘§ 401. Definitions the National Defense Authorization Act for year, and for other purposes; which was ‘‘In this chapter— Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 20 ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘(1) the term ‘predispute arbitration agree- U.S.C. 7703b(e)). ment’ means an agreement to arbitrate a (4) QUALIFIED EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PRO- At the end of subtitle A of title XXX, add dispute that has not yet arisen at the time of VIDER.—The term ‘‘qualified educational the following: the making of the agreement; and service provider’’ means an entity or person SEC. 3022. INVESTIGATION OF REPORTS OF RE- ‘‘(2) the term ‘predispute joint-action waiv- that is licensed by a State to provide one or PRISALS RELATING TO PRIVATIZED er’ means an agreement, whether or not part more of the educational services for which MILITARY HOUSING AND TREAT- of a predispute arbitration agreement, that MENT AS MATERIAL BREACH. funds may be expended under subsection (e), would prohibit, or waive the right of, one of including— (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter the parties to the agreement to participate (A) a private school; 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amend- in a joint, class, or collective action in a ju- (B) a nonpublic online learning program or ed by inserting after section 2890 the fol- dicial, arbitral, administrative, or other course provider; lowing new section: forum, concerning a dispute that has not yet (C) a State institution of higher education, ‘‘§ 2890a. Investigation of reports of reprisals arisen at the time of the making of the which may include a community college or a and treatment as material breach agreement. technical college; ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Housing Offi- ‘‘§ 402. No validity or enforceability (D) a public school; cer designated under section 2872b of this ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any (E) a private tutor or entity that operates title, in coordination with the Secretary of other provision of this title, no predispute a tutoring facility; the military department concerned, shall in- arbitration agreement or predispute joint- (F) a provider of educational materials or vestigate all reports of reprisal against a action waiver shall be valid or enforceable curriculum; member of the armed forces for reporting an with respect to a dispute relating to disputes (G) a provider of education-related thera- issue relating to a housing unit under this arising under chapter 43 of title 38 or the pies or services; or subchapter. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. (H) any other provider of educational serv- ‘‘(b) MATERIAL BREACH.—If the Chief Hous- 3901 et seq.). ices licensed by a State to provide such serv- ing Officer, in coordination with the Sec- ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.— ices. retary of the military department concerned, ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An issue as to whether (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ determines under subsection (a) that a land- this chapter applies with respect to a dispute means the Secretary of Defense. lord has retaliated against a member of the shall be determined under Federal law. The armed forces for reporting an issue relating applicability of this chapter to an agreement SA 830. Ms. HARRIS submitted an to a housing unit under this subchapter, the to arbitrate and the validity and enforce- amendment intended to be proposed to landlord shall be deemed to have committed ability of an agreement to which this chap- amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. a material breach of the contract of the ter applies shall be determined by a court,

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U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTEC- or in conjunction with other terms of the propriations for fiscal year 2020 for TION PERSONNEL. contract containing such agreement, and ir- respective of whether the agreement pur- military activities of the Department (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be ports to delegate such determinations to an of Defense, for military construction, cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s Ports of arbitrator. and for defense activities of the De- Entry Act of 2019’’. ‘‘(2) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.— partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- (b) ADDITIONAL U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any tary personnel strengths for such fiscal PROTECTION PERSONNEL.— arbitration provision in a contract between year, and for other purposes; which was (1) OFFICERS.—The Commissioner of U.S. an employer and a labor organization or be- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Customs and Border Protection shall hire, train, and assign not fewer than 600 new Of- tween labor organizations, except that no At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the fice of Field Operations officers above the such arbitration provision shall have the ef- following: fect of waiving the right of a worker to seek current attrition level during every fiscal SEC. 594. PILOT PROGRAM ON DIGITAL ENGI- judicial enforcement of a right arising under NEERING FOR THE JUNIOR RE- year until the total number of Office of Field a provision of the Constitution of the United SERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS. Operations officers equals and sustains the States, a State constitution, or a Federal or (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De- requirements identified each year in the State statute, or public policy arising there- fense may carry out a pilot program in ac- Workload Staffing Model. from.’’. cordance with this section to assess the fea- (2) SUPPORT STAFF.—The Commissioner is (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- sibility and advisability of activities to en- authorized to hire, train, and assign support MENTS.— hance the preparation of students in the staff, including technicians, to perform non- (A) IN GENERAL.—Title 9 of the United Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for law enforcement administrative functions to States Code is amended— careers in digital engineering. support the new Office of Field Operations (i) in section 1 by striking ‘‘of seamen,’’ (b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the officers hired pursuant to paragraph (1). and all that follows through ‘‘interstate pilot program, the Secretary of Defense may (3) TRAFFIC FORECASTS.—In calculating the commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘persons and coordinate with the following: number of Office of Field Operations officers causes of action under chapter 43 of title 38 (1) The Secretary of Education. needed at each port of entry through the or the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 (2) The National Science Foundation. Workload Staffing Model, the Office of Field U.S.C. 3901 et seq.)’’; (3) The heads of such other Federal, State, Operations shall— (ii) in section 2 by inserting ‘‘or as other- and local government entities as the Sec- (A) rely on data collected regarding the in- wise provided in chapter 4’’ before the period retary of Defense considers appropriate. spections and other activities conducted at at the end; (4) Such private sector organizations as the each such port of entry; and (iii) in section 208— Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. (B) consider volume from seasonal surges, (I) in the section heading, by striking (c) ACTIVITIES.—Activities under the pilot other projected changes in commercial and ‘‘Chapter 1; residual application’’ and insert- program may include the following: passenger volumes, the most current com- ing ‘‘Application’’; and (1) Establishment of targeted internships mercial forecasts, and other relevant infor- (II) by adding at the end the following: and cooperative research opportunities in mation. ‘‘This chapter applies to the extent that this digital engineering at defense laboratories, (4) GAO REPORT.—If the Commissioner does chapter is not in conflict with chapter 4.’’; test ranges, and other organizations for stu- not hire the 600 additional Office of Field Op- and dents in and instructors of the Junior Re- erations officers authorized under paragraph (iv) in section 307— serve Officers’ Training Corps. (1) during fiscal year 2020, or during any sub- (I) in the section heading, by striking (2) Support for training and other support sequent fiscal year in which the hiring re- ‘‘Chapter 1; residual application’’ and insert- for instructors to improve digital engineer- quirements set forth in the Workload Staff- ing ‘‘Application’’; and ing education activities relevant to Junior ing Model have not been achieved, the Comp- (II) by adding at the end the following: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs troller General of the United States shall— ‘‘This chapter applies to the extent that this and students. (A) conduct a review of U.S. Customs and chapter is not in conflict with chapter 4.’’. (3) Efforts and activities that improve the Border Protection hiring practices to deter- (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.— quality of digital engineering education, mine the reasons that such requirements (i) CHAPTER 2.—The table of sections for training opportunities, and curricula for stu- were not achieved and other issues related to chapter 2 of title 9, United States Code, is dents and instructors. hiring by U.S. Customs and Border Protec- amended by striking the item relating to (4) Development of professional develop- tion; and section 208 and inserting the following: ment opportunities, demonstrations, men- (B) submit a report to the Committee on ‘‘208. Application.’’. toring programs, and informal education for Homeland Security and Governmental Af- (ii) CHAPTER 3.—The table of sections for students and instructors. fairs of the Senate and the Committee on chapter 3 of title 9, United States Code, is (d) METRICS.—The Secretary of Defense Homeland Security of the House of Rep- amended by striking the item relating to shall establish outcome-based metrics and resentatives that describes the results of the section 307 and inserting the following: internal and external assessments to evalu- review conducted under subparagraph (A). ate the merits and benefits of activities con- ‘‘307. Application.’’. (c) PORTS OF ENTRY INFRASTRUCTURE EN- ducted under the pilot program with respect HANCEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 days (C) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chap- to the needs of the Department of Defense. after the date of the enactment of this Act, ters of title 9, United States Code, is amend- (e) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the pilot ed by adding at the end the following: program, the Secretary of Defense may use the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Bor- ‘‘4. Arbitration of servicemember and the authorities under chapter 111 and sec- der Protection shall submit a report to the veteran disputes ...... 401’’. tions 2363, 2605, and 2374a of title 10, United Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the (d) LIMITATION ON WAIVER OF RIGHTS AND States Code, and such other authorities the Committee on Homeland Security of the PROTECTIONS UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL Secretary considers appropriate. House of Representatives that identifies— RELIEF ACT.— (f) REPORT.—Not later than two years after (1) infrastructure improvements at ports of (1) AMENDMENTS.—Section 107(a) of the the date of the enactment of this Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. Secretary of Defense shall submit to the entry that would enhance the ability of Of- 3918(a)) is amended— Committees on Armed Services of the Senate fice of Field Operations officers to interdict (A) in the second sentence, by inserting and the House of Representatives a report on opioids and other drugs that are being ille- ‘‘and if it is made after a specific dispute has any activities carried out under the pilot gally transported into the United States, in- arisen and the dispute is identified in the program. cluding a description of circumstances at waiver’’ before the period at the end; and specific ports of entry that prevent the de- (B) in the third sentence by inserting ‘‘and SA 834. Mr. PETERS (for himself and ployment of technology used at other ports if it is made after a specific dispute has aris- Mr. CORNYN) submitted an amendment of entry; en and the dispute is identified in the waiv- intended to be proposed by him to the (2) detection equipment that would im- er’’ before the period at the end. bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations prove the ability of such officers to identify opioids, including precursors and deriva- (2) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The for fiscal year 2020 for military activi- tives, that are being illegally transported amendments made by paragraph (1) shall ties of the Department of Defense, for apply with respect to waivers made on or into the United States; and military construction, and for defense (3) safety equipment that would protect after the date of the enactment of this Act. activities of the Department of Energy, (e) APPLICABILITY.—This section, and the such officers from accidental exposure to amendments made by this section, shall to prescribe military personnel such drugs or other dangers associated with apply with respect to any dispute or claim strengths for such fiscal year, and for the inspection of potential drug traffickers. that arises or accrues on or after the date of other purposes; which was ordered to (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— enactment of this Act. lie on the table; as follows: (1) TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.—

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(A) QUARTERLY REPORT.—The Commis- gets set forth in subsection (b), while ac- partner violence-related offense, or a spous- sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec- counting for attrition; al-abuse offense during service in the Armed tion, in consultation with the Executive As- (B) an update to the information provided Forces (whether or not such offense was sistant Commissioner of the Office of Field in the Resource Optimization at the Ports of committed by another member of the Armed Operations, shall submit a quarterly report Entry report, which was submitted to Con- Forces), and who has a mental health condi- to the appropriate congressional committees gress on September 12, 2017, pursuant to the tion not amounting to a physical disability, that includes, for the reporting period— Department of Homeland Security Appro- is separated, discharged, or released from the (i) the number of temporary duty assign- priations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law Armed Forces based solely on such condi- ments; 115–31); and tion, the diagnosis of such condition must (ii) the number of U.S. Customs and Border (C) a summary of the information included be— Protection employees required for each tem- in the quarterly reports required under para- (1) corroborated by a competent mental porary duty assignment; graphs (1) and (2). health care professional at the peer level or (iii) the ports of entry from which such em- (4) DEFINED TERM.—In this subsection, the a higher level of the health care professional ployees were reassigned; term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit- making the diagnosis; and (iv) the ports of entry to which such em- tees’’ means— (2) endorsed by the Surgeon General of the ployees were reassigned; (A) the Committee on Homeland Security military department concerned. (v) the ports of entry at which reimburs- and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (b) NARRATIVE REASON FOR SEPARATION IF able service agreements have been entered (B) the Committee on Appropriations of MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION PRESENT.—If the into that may be affected by temporary duty the Senate; narrative reason for discharge, separation, or assignments; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security release from the Armed Forces of a member (vi) the duration of each temporary duty of the House of Representatives; and of the Armed Forces is a mental health con- dition that is not a disability, the appro- assignment; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of priate narrative reason for the discharge, (vii) the cost of each temporary duty as- the House of Representatives. separation, or release shall be condition, not signment. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— a disability, or Secretarial authority. (B) SOUTHWEST BORDER.—The report re- There is authorized to be appropriated to quired under subparagraph (A) shall identify, (c) DEFINITION.—In this section: carry out this section— (1) The term ‘‘intimate partner violence- with respect to each of the statistics de- (1) $80,908,929 for fiscal year 2020; and related offense’’ means the following: scribed in clauses (i) through (vii) of such (2) $97,132,268 for each of the fiscal years (A) An offense under section 928 or 930 of subparagraph, information relating to pre- 2021 through 2026. venting or responding to illegal entries along title 10, United States Code (article 128 or 130 the southwest border of the United States, SA 835. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). including the costs relating to temporary re- (B) An offense under State law for conduct an amendment intended to be proposed identical or substantially similar to an of- deployments along the southwest border. to amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. (C) NOTICE.—Not later than 10 days before fense described in subparagraph (A). redeploying employees from 1 port of entry INHOFE and intended to be proposed to (2) The term ‘‘sex-related offense’’ means to another, absent emergency cir- the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- the following: cumstances— tions for fiscal year 2020 for military (A) An offense under section 920 or 920b of (i) the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and activities of the Department of De- title 10, United States Code (article 120 or Border Protection shall notify the director fense, for military construction, and 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Jus- of the port of entry from which employees for defense activities of the Depart- tice). (B) An offense under State law for conduct will be reassigned of the intended redeploy- ment of Energy, to prescribe military ments; and identical or substantially similar to an of- (ii) the port director shall notify impacted personnel strengths for such fiscal fense described in subparagraph (A). facilities (including airports, seaports, and year, and for other purposes; which was (3) The term ‘‘spousal-abuse offense’’ land ports) of the intended redeployments. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: means the following: (D) STAFF BRIEFING.—The Commissioner of At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the (A) An offense under section 928 of title 10, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in con- following: United States Code (article 128 of the Uni- sultation with the Assistant Commissioner SEC. 589. HONORARY PROMOTION OF COLONEL form Code of Military Justice). of the Office of Field Operations, shall brief CHARLES E. MCGEE TO BRIGADIER (B) An offense under State law for conduct all affected U.S. Customs and Border Protec- GENERAL IN THE AIR FORCE. identical or substantially similar to an of- tion employees regarding plans to mitigate The President is authorized to issue an ap- fense described in subparagraph (A). vulnerabilities created by any planned staff- propriate honorary commission promoting to (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall ing reductions at ports of entry. brigadier general in the Air Force Colonel take effect 180 days after the date of the en- (2) REIMBURSABLE SERVICES AGREEMENTS Charles E. McGee, United States Air Force actment of this Act, and shall apply with re- QUARTERLY REPORT.—The Commissioner of (retired), a distinguished Tuskegee Airman spect to separations, discharges, and releases U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall whose honorary promotion has the rec- from the Armed Forces that occur on or submit a quarterly report to the appropriate ommendation of the Secretary of the Air after that effective date. congressional committees regarding the use Force in accordance with the provisions sec- of reimbursable service agreements by U.S. tion 1563 of title 10, United States Code. SA 837. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Customs and Border Protection, which shall Mr. JONES, and Mrs. CAPITO) submitted include— SA 836. Mr. MURPHY submitted an an amendment intended to be proposed (A) the governmental or private entities amendment intended to be proposed to by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize with an active reimbursable service agree- amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for ment, including the locations at which the INHOFE and intended to be proposed to military activities of the Department contracted services are being performed; the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- of Defense, for military construction, (B) a description of the factors that were and for defense activities of the De- considered before entering into each of the tions for fiscal year 2020 for military active reimbursable service agreements re- activities of the Department of De- partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- ferred to in subparagraph (A); fense, for military construction, and tary personnel strengths for such fiscal (C) the number of hours that U.S. Customs for defense activities of the Depart- year, and for other purposes; which was and Border Protection Officers worked dur- ment of Energy, to prescribe military ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ing the reporting period in fulfillment of re- personnel strengths for such fiscal At the appropriate place, insert the fol- sponsibilities agreed to under each of the re- year, and for other purposes; which was lowing: imbursable service agreements; and ordered to lie on the table; as follows: SEC. ll. BLOCKING FENTANYL IMPORTS. (D) the total costs incurred by U.S. Cus- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be toms and Border Protection relating to each Insert after section 5546 the following: cited as the ‘‘Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Im- reimbursable service agreement, including SEC. 5547. LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS IN ports Act’’. the amount of such costs that were reim- CONNECTION WITH SEPARATIONS (b) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF MAJOR IL- bursed by the contracted entity. FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED LICIT DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRY.—Section FORCES WHO SUFFER FROM MEN- (3) ANNUAL WORKLOAD STAFFING MODEL RE- 481(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 TAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN CON- PORT.—As part of the Annual Report on NECTION WITH A SEX-RELATED, IN- (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(2)) is amended— Staffing required under section 411(g)(5)(A) TIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE-RE- (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 LATED, OR SPOUSAL-ABUSE OF- (A), by striking ‘‘in which’’; U.S.C. 211(g)(5)(A)), the Commissioner shall FENSE. (2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in include— (a) CONFIRMATION OF DIAGNOSIS OF CONDI- which’’ before ‘‘1,000’’; (A) information concerning the progress TION REQUIRED BEFORE SEPARATION.—Before (3) in subparagraph (B)— made toward meeting the Office of Field Op- a member of the Armed Forces who was the (A) by inserting ‘‘in which’’ before ‘‘1,000’’; erations officer and support staff hiring tar- victim of a sex-related offense, an intimate and

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ANNUAL REPORTS ON FEDERAL (4) in subparagraph (C)— following: PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER BUDGET (A) by inserting ‘‘in which’’ before ‘‘5,000’’; ‘‘(B) designate each country, if any, identi- AND BEHIND SCHEDULE. and fied under section 489(a)(9) of the Foreign As- (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)(9)) (1) The term ‘‘covered agency’’ means— and that has failed to adopt and utilize sched- (A) an Executive agency, as defined in sec- (5) by adding at the end the following: uling procedures for illicit drugs that are tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and ‘‘(D) that is a significant source of illicit comparable to the procedures authorized (B) an independent regulatory agency, as synthetic opioids and related illicit precur- under title II of the Controlled Substances defined in section 3502 of title 44, United sors significantly affecting the United Act (21 U.S.C. 811 et seq.) for adding drugs States Code. States;’’. and other substances to the controlled sub- (2) The term ‘‘project’’ includes any pro- gram, project, or activity other that a pro- (c) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL stances schedules;’’; and gram, project, or activity funded by manda- STRATEGY REPORT.—Section 489(a) of the (E) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated, Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. by striking ‘‘so designated’’ and inserting tory spending. (b) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year 2291h(a)) is amended by adding at the end the ‘‘designated under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), after the date of enactment of this Act, and following: or (D)’’. every year thereafter, the Director of the Of- ‘‘(9) A separate section that contains the (3) DESIGNATION OF ILLICIT FENTANYL COUN- fice of Management and Budget shall submit following: TRIES WITHOUT ABILITY TO PROSECUTE CRIMI- to Congress and post on the website of the ‘‘(A) An identification of the countries, to NALS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR DISTRIBUTION Office of Management and Budget a report the extent feasible, that are the most signifi- OF FENTANYL ANALOGUES.—Section 706(2) of on each project funded by a covered agency cant sources of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, (other than a program currently subject to analogues significantly affecting the United Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2291j–1(2)), as reporting requirements under section 2433 of States during the preceding calendar year. amended by paragraph (2), is further amend- title 10 United States Code (commonly re- ‘‘(B) A description of the extent to which ed by inserting after subparagraph (B) the ferred to as the ‘‘Nunn-McCurdy Amend- each country identified pursuant to subpara- following: ment’’))— graph (A) has cooperated with the United ‘‘(C) designate each country, if any, identi- (1) that is more than 5 years behind sched- States to prevent the articles or chemicals fied under section 489(a)(9) of the Foreign As- ule; or described in subparagraph (A) from being ex- sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)(9)) (2) for which the amount spent on the ported from such country to the United that has not taken significant steps to pros- project is not less than $1,000,000,000 more States. ecute individuals involved in the illicit man- than the original cost estimate for the ‘‘(C) A description of whether each country ufacture or distribution of controlled sub- project. identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) has stance analogues (as defined in section (c) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted and adopted and utilizes scheduling or other pro- 102(32) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 posted under subsection (b) shall include, for cedures for illicit drugs that are similar in U.S.C. 802(32));’’. each project included in the report— effect to the procedures authorized under (4) DESIGNATION OF ILLICIT FENTANYL COUN- (1) a brief description of the project, in- title II of the Controlled Substances Act (21 TRIES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE THE REGISTRATION cluding— U.S.C. 811 et seq.) for adding drugs and other OF PILL PRESSES AND TABLETING MACHINES.— (A) the purpose of the project; substances to the controlled substances Section 706(2) of the Foreign Relations Au- (B) each location in which the project is schedules; thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. carried out; ‘‘(D) A description of whether each country 2291j–1(2)), as amended by paragraphs (2) and (C) the year in which the project was initi- identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) is (3), is further amended by inserting after ated; following steps to prosecute individuals in- subparagraph (C) the following: (D) the Federal share of the total cost of volved in the illicit manufacture or distribu- ‘‘(D) designate each country, if any, identi- the project; and tion of controlled substance analogues (as fied under section 489(a)(9) of the Foreign As- (E) each primary contractor, subcon- defined in section 102(32) of the Controlled sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)(9)) tractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee re- Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(32)); and that— cipient of the project; ‘‘(E) A description of whether each country ‘‘(i) does not require the registration of (2) an explanation of any change to the identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) re- tableting machines and encapsulating ma- original scope of the project, including by quires the registration of tableting machines chines in a manner comparable to the reg- the addition or narrowing of the initial re- and encapsulating machines or other meas- istration requirements set forth in part 1310 quirements of the project; ures similar in effect to the registration re- of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations; and (3) the original expected date for comple- quirements set forth in part 1310 of title 21, ‘‘(ii) has not made good faith efforts (in the tion of the project; Code of Federal Regulations, and has not opinion of the Secretary) to improve the reg- (4) the current expected date for comple- made good faith efforts, in the opinion of the ulation of tableting machines and encap- tion of the project; Secretary, to improve regulation of sulating machines; and’’. (5) the original cost estimate for the tableting machines and encapsulating ma- (5) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR DES- project, as adjusted to reflect increases in chines.’’. IGNATED COUNTRIES.—Section 706(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con- (d) WITHHOLDING OF BILATERAL AND MULTI- sumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor LATERAL ASSISTANCE.— Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2291j–1(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘also designated under paragraph Statistics; (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 490(a) of the For- (6) the current cost estimate for the eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j(a)) (2) in the report’’ and inserting ‘‘designated in the report under paragraph (2)(A) or twice project, as adjusted to reflect increases in is amended— the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or coun- designated in the report under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’. sumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor try identified pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Statistics; section 489(a)(8)(A) of this Act’’ and inserting (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments (7) an explanation for a delay in comple- ‘‘country identified pursuant to section made by this section shall take effect on the tion or increase in the original cost estimate 489(a)(8)(A), or country twice identified pur- date that is 90 days after the date of the en- for the project; and suant to section 489(a)(9)(A)’’; and actment of this Act. (8) the amount of and rationale for any (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or major award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus, drug-transit country (as determined under Ms. ERNST submitted an if any, awarded for the project. subsection (h)) or country identified pursu- SA 838. (d) SUBMISSION WITH BUDGET.—Section ant to clause (i) or (ii) of section 489(a)(8)(A) amendment intended to be proposed to 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, major drug- amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. amended by adding at the end the following: transit country, country identified pursuant INHOFE and intended to be proposed to ‘‘(40) the report required under section to section 489(a)(8)(A), or country twice iden- the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- 1086(b) of the National Defense Authorization tified pursuant to section 489(a)(9)(A)’’. tions for fiscal year 2020 for military Act for Fiscal Year 2020 for the calendar year (2) DESIGNATION OF ILLICIT FENTANYL COUN- activities of the Department of De- ending in the fiscal year in which the budget TRIES WITHOUT SCHEDULING PROCEDURES.— is submitted.’’. Section 706(2) of the Foreign Relations Au- fense, for military construction, and thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. for defense activities of the Depart- SA 839. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself 2291j–1(2)) is amended— ment of Energy, to prescribe military and Mr. MORAN) submitted an amend- (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph personnel strengths for such fiscal ment intended to be proposed to (A), by striking ‘‘also’’; year, and for other purposes; which was amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘and’’ at the end; INHOFE and intended to be proposed to (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- subparagraph (E); following: tions for fiscal year 2020 for military

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REPORT ON USE OF ENCRYPTION BY the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Chief DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NA- of Naval Operations, and the Chief of Staff of ment of Energy, to prescribe military TIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS. the Army submit the development and acqui- personnel strengths for such fiscal Not later than 180 days after the date of sition strategy required by subsection (a).’’. year, and for other purposes; which was the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of f ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Defense shall submit to the congressional de- At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add fense committees a report detailing the mis- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO the following: sion need and efficacy of full disk encryption MEET SEC. 705. CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE SERV- across NIPRNET and SIPRNET endpoint Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 7 ICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF computer systems, including the cost, mis- requests for committees to meet during DEFENSE FOR CERTAIN COVERED sion impact, and implementation timeline. BENEFICIARIES. today’s session of the Senate. They (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days SA 841. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an have the approval of the Majority and after the date of the enactment of this Act, amendment intended to be proposed to Minority leaders. the Secretary of Defense shall complete de- amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- velopment of a plan to provide chiropractic INHOFE and intended to be proposed to health care services and benefits for eligible the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- ate, the following committees are au- covered beneficiaries as a permanent part of thorized to meet during today’s session tions for fiscal year 2020 for military the TRICARE program. of the Senate: (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan developed activities of the Department of De- fense, for military construction, and COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN under subsection (a) shall require that a con- AFFAIRS tract entered into under section 1097 of title for defense activities of the Depart- The Committee on Banking, Housing, 10, United States Code, for the delivery of ment of Energy, to prescribe military and Urban Affairs is authorized to health care services shall— personnel strengths for such fiscal (1) include the delivery of chiropractic meet during the session of the Senate year, and for other purposes; which was on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 10 a.m., services to eligible covered beneficiaries; ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (2) require that chiropractic services may to conduct a hearing. be provided only by a doctor of chiropractic; Section 5211 is amended to read as follows: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL and SEC. 5211. DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION RESOURCES (3) provide that an eligible covered bene- STRATEGY TO PROCURE SECURE, The Committee on Energy and Nat- ficiary may select and have direct access to LOW PROBABILITY OF DETECTION DATA LINK NETWORK CAPABILITY. ural Resources is authorized to meet a doctor of chiropractic without referral by The text of subsections (a) through (c) of during the session of the Senate on another health practitioner. section 211 are hereby deemed to read as fol- Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 9:45 a.m., to (c) IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN.—The plan de- lows: veloped under subsection (a) shall provide for conduct a hearing on the nomination of ‘‘(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than implementation of the plan to begin not Robert Wallace, of Wyoming, to be As- April 1, 2020, the Chief of Staff of the Air later than 60 days after the date on which sistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Force, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the the plan is completed. Department of the Interior. Chief of Staff of the Army shall jointly sub- (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: mit to the congressional defense committees COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL (1) The term ‘‘chiropractic services’’— a joint development and acquisition strategy RESOURCES (A) includes diagnosis (including by diag- to procure a secure, low probability of detec- The Committee on Energy and Nat- nostic x-ray tests), evaluation and manage- tion data link network capability, with the ural Resources is authorized to meet ment, and therapeutic services for the treat- ability to effectively operate in hostile jam- during the session of the Senate on ment of a patient’s health condition, includ- ming environments while preserving the low ing neuromusculoskeletal conditions and the Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 10 a.m., to observability characteristics of the relevant subluxation complex, and such other services conduct a hearing. platforms, including both existing and determined appropriate by the Secretary of COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS planned platforms. Defense and as authorized under State law; The Committee on Foreign Relations ‘‘(b) NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS.—The data and link network capability to be procured pur- is authorized to meet during the ses- (B) does not include the use of drugs or suant to the development and acquisition sion of the Senate on Thursday, June surgery. strategy submitted under subsection (a) 20, 2019, at 9:45 a.m., to conduct a hear- (2) The term ‘‘covered beneficiary’’ has the shall— ing on the following nominations: An- meaning given that term in section 1072(5) of ‘‘(1) ensure that any network made with drew P. Bremberg, of Virginia, to be title 10, United States Code. such capability will be low risk and afford- (3) The term ‘‘eligible covered beneficiary’’ Representative of the United States of able, with minimal impact or change to ex- means a covered beneficiary excluding a de- America to the Office of the United Na- isting host platforms and minimal overall pendent of a member or former member of a tions and Other International Organi- integration costs; uniformed service. zations in Geneva, with the rank of ‘‘(2) use a non-proprietary and open sys- (4) The term ‘‘dependent’’ has the meaning Ambassador, Philip S. Goldberg, of the tems approach compatible with the Rapid given that term in section 1072(2) of title 10, Capabilities Office Open Mission Systems District of Columbia, to be Ambassador United States Code. initiative of the Air Force and the Future to the Republic of Colombia, Doug (5) The term ‘‘doctor of chiropractic’’ Airborne Capability Environment initiative Manchester, of California, to be Am- means only a doctor of chiropractic who is of the Navy; and bassador to the Commonwealth of The licensed as a doctor of chiropractic, chiro- ‘‘(3) provide for an architecture to connect, Bahamas, Adrian Zuckerman, of New practic physician, or chiropractor by a with operationally relevant throughput and State, the District of Columbia, or a terri- Jersey, to be Ambassador to Romania, latency— tory or possession of the United States. Richard B. Norland, of Iowa, to be Am- ‘‘(A) fifth-generation combat aircraft; (6) The term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the bassador to Libya, Jonathan R. Cohen, ‘‘(B) fifth-generation and fourth-genera- meaning given that term in section 1072(7) of of California, to be Ambassador to the tion combat aircraft; title 10, United States Code. Arab Republic of Egypt, and John ‘‘(C) fifth-generation and fourth-generation Rakolta, Jr., of Michigan, to be Ambas- SA 840. Mr. WYDEN submitted an combat aircraft and appropriate support air- craft and other network nodes for command, sador to the United Arab Emirates, all amendment intended to be proposed to control, communications, intelligence, sur- of the Department of State, and other amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. veillance, and reconnaissance purposes; and pending nominations. INHOFE and intended to be proposed to ‘‘(D) fifth-generation and fourth-genera- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropria- tion combat aircraft and their associated The Committee on the Judiciary is tions for fiscal year 2020 for military network-enabled precision weapons. authorized to meet during the session activities of the Department of De- ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized of the Senate on Thursday, June 20, fense, for military construction, and to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on for defense activities of the Depart- 2020 for operations and maintenance for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, for the following nominations: Daniel ment of Energy, to prescribe military operations and maintenance for the Office of Aaron Bress, of California, to be United personnel strengths for such fiscal the Secretary of the Navy, and for oper- States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Cir- year, and for other purposes; which was ations and maintenance for the Office of the cuit, Peter Joseph Phipps, of Pennsyl- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Secretary of the Army, not more than 75 per- vania, to be United States Circuit

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The title. trict Judge for the Eastern District of clerk will report the resolution by The senior assistant legislative clerk New York, Stephanie Dawkins Davis, title. read as follows: to be United States District Judge for The senior assistant legislative clerk A resolution (S. Res. 242) designating June the Eastern District of Michigan, read as follows: 15, 2019, as ‘‘World Elder Abuse Awareness Stephanie A. Gallagher, to be United Day.’’ A resolution (S. Res. 257) designating June States District Judge for the District 20, 2019, as ‘‘American Eagle Day’’ and cele- There being no objection, the com- of Maryland, Charles R. Eskridge Ill, to brating the recovery and restoration of the mittee was discharged, and the Senate be United States District Judge for the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United proceeded to consider the resolution. Southern District of Texas, Lewis J. States. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, both There being no objection, the Senate consent that the resolution be agreed to be a United States District Judge proceeded to consider the resolution. to, the preamble be agreed to, and the for the Southern District of New York, Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous motions to reconsider be considered Martha Maria Pacold, Mary M. Row- consent that the resolution be agreed made and laid upon the table. land, and Steven C. Seeger, each to be to, the preamble be agreed to, and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without a United States District Judge for the motions to reconsider be considered objection, it is so ordered. Northern District of Illinois, Jason K. made and laid upon the table with no The resolution (S. Res. 242) was Pulliam, to be United States District intervening action or debate. agreed to. Judge for the Western District of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The preamble was agreed to. Texas, John L. Sinatra, Jr., to be objection, it is so ordered. (The resolution, with its preamble, is United States District Judge for the The resolution (S. Res. 257) was printed in the RECORD of June 10, 2019, Western District of New York, William agreed to. under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) Shaw Stickman IV, to be United States The preamble was agreed to. f District Judge for the Western District (The resolution, with its preamble, is of Pennsylvania, Frank William Volk, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- LONG-TERM LEGAL RESIDENTS to be United States District Judge for mitted Resolutions.’’) the Southern District of West Virginia, RELIEF ACT f Jennifer Philpott Wilson, to be United Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I States District Judge for the Middle EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE ask unanimous consent that the Sen- District of Pennsylvania, David Austin DESIGNATION OF MAY 2019 AS ate proceed to the immediate consider- Tapp, of Kentucky, to be a Judge of the ‘‘NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR ation of H.R. 559. United States Court of Federal Claims, AWARENESS MONTH’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. and Edward W. Felten, of New Jersey, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I to be a Member of the Privacy and ask unanimous consent that the Sen- The senior assistant legislative clerk Civil Liberties Oversight Board. ate proceed to the consideration of S. read as follows: SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE Res. 258, submitted earlier today. A bill (H.R. 559) to amend section 6 of the The Select Committee on Intel- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolu- tion to approve the Covenant To Establish a ligence is authorized to meet during clerk will report the resolution by Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- the session of the Senate on Thursday, title. lands in Political Union with the United June 20, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a The senior assistant legislative clerk States of America, and for other purposes. hearing. read as follows: There being no objection, the Senate SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURING, TRADE, A resolution (S. Res. 258) expressing sup- proceeded to consider the bill. AND CONSUMER PROTECTION port for the designation of May 2019 as ‘‘Na- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The Subcommittee on Manufac- tional Brain Tumor Awareness Month.’’ ask unanimous consent that the bill be turing, Trade, and Consumer Protec- There being no objection, the Senate considered read a third time. tion of the Committee on Commerce, proceeded to consider the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Science, and Transportation is author- Mr. MCCONNELL. I know of no fur- objection, it is so ordered. ized to meet during the session of the ther debate on the resolution. The bill was ordered to a third read- Senate on Wednesday, June 05, 2019, at The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there ing and was read the third time. 10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing. further debate? Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Hearing none, the question is on know of no further debate on the bill. f agreeing to the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there The resolution (S. Res. 258) was further debate on the bill? agreed to. PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR Hearing none, the bill having been Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I read the third time, the question is, Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask ask unanimous consent that the pre- Shall the bill pass? unanimous consent that John-Rex amble be agreed to and that the mo- The bill (H.R. 559) was passed. Spivey, a Navy fellow in Senator COL- tions to reconsider be considered made Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I LINS’s office, be granted floor privileges and laid upon the table with no inter- ask unanimous consent that the mo- through January 31, 2020. vening action or debate. tion to reconsider be considered made The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and laid upon the table. objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I ask The preamble was agreed to. objection, it is so ordered. (The resolution, with its preamble, is unanimous consent that the following f interns from the Senate Environment printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- and Public Works Committee staff mitted Resolutions.’’) ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2019 have privileges of the floor through f July 31, 2019. Their names are Emma Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Runge, Kelsey Lessard, and Peter St. WORLD ELDER ABUSE ask unanimous consent that when the Amand. AWARENESS DAY Senate completes its business today, it The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I adjourn until 3 p.m., Monday, June 24; objection, it is so ordered. ask unanimous consent that the Com- further, that following the prayer and

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