{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2020-12-31-pt1-PgH9172", "2020-12-31", 116, 2, null, null, "SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM ACT", "HOUSE", "HOUSE", "ALLOTHER", "H9172", "H9172", "[{\"name\": \"Debbie Dingell\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"116\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"221\"}, {\"congress\": \"116\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"221\"}]", "166 Cong. Rec. H9172", "Congressional Record, Volume 166 Issue 223 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 223 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)]\n[House]\n[Page H9172]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n         SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM ACT\n\n  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the\nSpeaker's table the bill (H.R. 221) to amend the State Department Basic\nAuthorities Act of 1956 to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally,\nand for other purposes, with the Senate amendment thereto, and concur\nin the Senate amendment.\n  The Clerk read the title of the bill.\n  The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.\n  The Clerk read as follows:\n  Senate amendment:\n\n        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the\n     following:\n\n     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.\n\n       This Act may be cited as the ``Special Envoy to Monitor and\n     Combat Anti-Semitism Act''.\n\n     SEC. 2. FINDING.\n\n       Congress finds that, since the Global Anti-Semitism Review\n     Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-332) was enacted, in many foreign\n     countries acts of anti-Semitism have been frequent and wide\n     in scope, the perpetrators and variety of threats to Jewish\n     communities and their institutions have proliferated, and in\n     some countries anti-Semitic attacks have increased in\n     frequency, scope, violence, and deadliness.\n\n     SEC. 3. MONITORING AND COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM.\n\n       Section 59(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act\n     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2731(a)) is amended--\n       (1) in paragraph (2)--\n       (A) in subparagraph (A)--\n       (i) by inserting before the period at the end the\n     following: ``, who shall be appointed by the President, by\n     and with the advice and consent of the Senate''; and\n       (ii) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The\n     Special Envoy shall report directly to the Secretary.''; and\n       (B) in subparagraph (B)--\n       (i) in the heading, by striking ``Appointment'' and\n     inserting ``Nomination'';\n       (ii) by striking the first sentence;\n       (iii) in the second sentence, by striking ``If the\n     Secretary determines that such is appropriate, the Secretary\n     may appoint'' and inserting ``If the President determines\n     that such is appropriate, the President may nominate''; and\n       (iv) in the third sentence, by striking ``The Secretary may\n     allow such officer or employee to retain the position (and\n     the responsibilities associated with such position) held by\n     such officer or employee prior to the appointment'' and\n     inserting ``Such officer or employee may not retain the\n     position (or the responsibilities associated with such\n     position) held by such officer or employee prior to the\n     nomination''; and\n       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:\n       ``(3) Duties.--The Special Envoy shall serve as the primary\n     advisor to, and coordinate efforts across, the United States\n     Government relating to monitoring and combating anti-Semitism\n     and anti-Semitic incitement that occur in foreign countries.\n       ``(4) Rank and status of ambassador.--The Special Envoy\n     shall have the rank of ambassador.\n       ``(5) Qualifications.--The Special Envoy should be a person\n     of recognized distinction in the field of combating anti-\n     Semitism.''.\n\n  Mrs. DINGELL (during the reading). Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous\nconsent to dispense with the reading of the amendment.\n  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman\nfrom Michigan?\n  There was no objection.\n  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the original request of the\ngentlewoman from Michigan?\n  There was no objection.\n  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2020-12-31-pt1-PgH9172"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 47.62657219544053, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}