Amy Klobuchar: “I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 48, H.R. 534. The ACTING…”

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 48, H.R. 534. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 534) to require the Secretary of State to take such actions as may be necessary for the United States to rejoin the Bureau of International Expositions, and for other purposes. 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 ``U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) is the organization responsible for governing World Fairs and International Expositions. (2) Section 1(a) of Public Law 91-269 (22 U.S.C. 2801(a)) found that ``international expositions . . . have a significant impact on the economic growth of the region surrounding the exposition and . . . are important instruments of national policy''. (3) The United States has not been an active member of the BIE since 2001.…”