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On the recordNovember 19, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn, the Rubio substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was withdrawn. The amendment (No. 1246) was agreed to as follows: (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute.) (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The bill (S. 1838), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1838 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Statement of policy. Sec. 4. Amendments to the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992. Sec. 5. Annual report on violations of United States export control laws and United Nations sanctions occurring in Hong Kong. Sec. 6. Protecting United States citizens and others from rendition to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 7.…
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Marco Rubio
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