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On the recordJuly 25, 2018
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 499, S. 2779. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2779) to amend the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. RECONSTRUCTION AND REBUILDING OF ZIMBABWE. Section 2 of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-99; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by inserting ``to enable Zimbabweans to reconstruct and rebuild Zimbabwe and come to terms with the past through a process of genuine reconciliation that acknowledges past human rights abuses and orders inquiries into disappearances, including the disappearance of human rights activists, such as Patrick Nabanyama, Itai Dzamara, and Paul Chizuze'' before the period at the end. SEC. 3. FINDINGS.…
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska
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govinfo.gov
Jul 25, 2018

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