S.Amdt. 3113

SA 3113. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1291. PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT THE UNITED
NATIONS AND OTHER MULTILATERAL BODIES.

The Secretary of State and the United States Permanent
Representative to the United Nations shall use the voice,
vote, and influence of the United States at the United
Nations and other multilateral bodies--
(1) to oppose efforts by the PRC and other authoritarian
actors to prevent the full participation of civil society
actors, including human rights defenders, and block the
accreditation of non-governmental organizations at the United
Nations and other multilateral bodies;
(2) to ensure that the United Nations bolsters the
protection and safe participation of civil society actors who
are subject to transnational repression, state-sponsored
harassment, and reprisals by the PRC and other governments;
(3) to increase monitoring and reporting to identify and
track reprisals against human rights defenders, who engage
with the United Nations and other multilateral bodies;
(4) to oppose efforts by the PRC and other authoritarian
actors to sponsor the participation of government-organized
nongovernmental organizations in the Committee on Non-
Governmental Organizations of United Nations Economic and
Social Council, which organizations are used as instruments
of the state, including to repress participation and debate
by legitimate civil society actors;
(5) to support the use of targeted sanctions, censure of
member states, and all diplomatic tools, including working
with other foreign governments, available to hold accountable
persons that engage in reprisals against human rights
defenders; and
(6) to oppose efforts by the PRC to reduce funding for
human rights monitoring and civilian protection posts within
Security Council approved United Nations peacekeeping
missions.
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