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  SA 2589. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
                   JUSTICE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Appropriations.--There is appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2021, an additional amount for 
     ``Department of Justice, State and Local Law Enforcement 
     Activities, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 
     Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs'', 
     $385,000,000, of which--
       (1) $225,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
     women, as authorized by part T of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10441 et seq.), 
     provided that such amounts are used to allow for flexible 
     funding for victim service providers;
       (2) $40,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance 
     grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
     stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of 
     the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
     (Public Law 103-322);
       (3) $100,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance 
     as authorized by section 41601 of the Violent Crime Control 
     and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322);
       (4) $10,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services to 
     underserved populations as authorized by section 120 of the 
     Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162); and
       (5) $10,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 
     abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
     40295 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
     1994 (Public Law 103-322).
       (b) Emergency Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The amounts provided under this section 
     are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 204(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 
     U.S.C. 933(g)).
       (2) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, this section is 
     designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
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