S.Amdt. 4670

SA 4670. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN
RIGHTS COUNCIL THAT COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

The President shall direct the Permanent Representative of
the United States to the United Nations to use the voice,
vote, and influence of the United States--
(1) to reform the process for removing members of the
United Nations Human Rights Council that commit gross and
systemic violations of human rights, including--
(A) lowering the threshold vote at the United Nations
General Assembly for removal to a simple majority;
(B) ensuring that information detailing the member
country's human rights record is publicly available before
the vote on removal; and
(C) making the vote of each country on the removal from the
United Nations Human Rights Council publicly available;
(2) to reform the rules on electing members to the United
Nations Human Rights Council to ensure that United Nations
members which have committed gross and systemic violations of
human rights are not elected to the Human Rights Council; and
(3) to oppose the election to the Human Rights Council of
any United Nations member--
(A) that is currently designated as--
(i) a country engaged in a consistent pattern of gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights
pursuant to section 116 or section 502B of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304);
(ii) a state sponsor of terrorism; or
(iii) a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.);
(B) the government of which is identified on the list
published by the Secretary of State pursuant to section
404(b) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22
U.S.C. 2370c-1(b)) as a government that recruits and uses
child soldiers; or
(C) the government of which the United States determines to
have committed genocide or crimes against humanity.
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