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LEGISLATIVE SESSION
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UIGHUR INTERVENTION AND GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN UNIFIED RESPONSE ACT OF
2019
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the pending business.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
House message to the company S. 178, a bill 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.
Pending:
McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House of
Representatives to the bill, with McConnell amendment No.
2652, in the nature of a substitute.
McConnell (for Tillis) amendment No. 2673 (to amendment No.
2652), to amend the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act to prohibit pre-existing condition
exclusions. (By 47 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 199), Senate
failed to table the amendment.)
Amendment No. 2673 Withdrawn
Mr. McCONNELL. I withdraw amendment No. 2673.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.
The amendment is withdrawn.
The amendment (No. 2673) was withdrawn.
Cloture Motion
Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I send a cloture motion to the desk
for the motion to concur with amendment No. 2652.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before
the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows
Cloture Motion
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to
concur in the House amendment to S. 178, a bill 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, with a further amendment No. 2652.
Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, Susan M. Collins, Lamar
Alexander, Thom Tillis, Todd Young, Pat Roberts, Chuck
Grassley, Deb Fischer, Rob Portman, Richard C. Shelby,
Michael B. Enzi, James E. Risch, Kevin Cramer, Lindsey
Graham, Roy Blunt, John Boozman
Amendment No. 2680 to Amendment No. 2652
(Purpose: To improve the small business programs.)
Mr. McCONNELL. I have a second-degree amendment to the motion to
concur with amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes amendment numbered
2680 to Amendment No. 2652.
Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
(The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of
Amendments.'')
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