S.Amdt. 2044

SA 2044. Mr. CORKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 390, to provide emergency relief for victims of
genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Iraq and Syria,
for accountability for perpetrators of these crimes, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 13, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
(6) Millions of Syrian refugees and internally displaced
persons will face enormous difficulties returning to their
homes in Syria unless President Bashar al-Assad is no longer
in power.
On page 13, line 4, strike ``(6)'' and insert ``(7)''.
On page 13, line 11, strike ``(7)'' and insert ``(8)''.
On page 14, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(2) denounces the roles Iran and Russia have played in
perpetuating the conflict in Syria, and their involvement in
the commission of crimes against humanity;
On page 14, line 8, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
On page 14, line 10, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(4)''.
On page 14, line 16, strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''.
On page 14, lines 20 and 21, strike ``and'' and all that
follows through ``(5)'', and insert the following:
(6) affirms--
(A) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's statement on October
26, 2017, that ``the United States wants a whole and unified
Syria with no role for Bashar al-Assad in the government'';
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(B) former Secretary of State John Kerry's January 23, 2014
statement on Al Arabiya, that ``this should be about all of
the people in Syria and the future of Syria. And Assad right
now is the one person who stands in the way of peace and the
future of Syria''; and
(7)
On page 36, line 2, strike ``8'' and insert ``12''.
On page 36, after line 25, add the following:
(I) One member appointed by the Majority Leader of the
Senate.
(J) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(K) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(L) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
On page 37, lines 6 through 8, strike ``and the chair of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives'' and insert ``the chair of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Majority
Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives''.
On page 37, lines 15 through 17, strike ``and the ranking
minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives'' and insert ``the ranking minority
member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives''.
On page 39, lines 12 through 14, strike ``and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives'' and
insert ``the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the
Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives''.
On page 40, lines 19 and 20, strike ``and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives'' and insert
``the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the
Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives''.

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