S.Amdt. 2589

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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