S6556 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 20, 2012 

Whereas, during September 2012, each voting-eligible citizen should register to vote, 

verify that the name, address, and other personal information on record for the citizen 

at the State or local board of elections is 

correct, confirm that the citizen has everything in hand that will be required to vote 

on election day, and confirm the correct 

polling place for election day; and 

Whereas States should abolish all restrictive voter identification laws that disenfranchise vulnerable voting-eligible citizens, 

comply with the National Voter Registration 

Act of 1993, protect the voting rights of public assistance and disability clients during 

an economic downturn, and stop misguided, 

discriminatory, and inaccurate purging programs that have the risk of purging eligible 

voters: Now, therefore be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) designates September 2012 as the ‘‘National Month of Voter Registration’’ to encourage each voting-eligible citizen to register to vote, verify that the name, address, 

and other personal information on record for 

the citizen at the State or local board of 

elections is correct, confirm that the citizen 

has everything in hand that will be required 

to vote on election day, and confirm the correct polling place for election day; 

(2) calls on State and local election officials to conduct public outreach and take affirmative steps to encourage voter registration; 

(3) encourages States to be fully compliant 

with the National Voter Registration Act of 

1993 and other Federal voting rights laws as 

election day approaches; and 

(4) requests that the President issue a 

proclamation for the National Month of 

Voter Registration calling upon the people of 

the United States to observe the month with 

appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. 

f 

SENATE RESOLUTION 573—DESIGNATING THE THIRD WEEK OF 

JANUARY 2013, AS ‘‘TEEN CANCER AWARENESS WEEK’’ 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. 

TOOMEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: 

S. RES. 573 

Whereas cancer among adolescents is rare, 

but is still the leading cause of death from 

disease for teenagers between the ages of 15 

and 19; 

Whereas teenage cancer patients receive 

treatment at various types of medical establishments, including pediatric hospitals, pediatric oncology centers, and adult cancer 

facilities; 

Whereas teenage cancer patients may feel 

out of place in any of these settings if their 

clinical and psychosocial needs are not met; 

Whereas 40 percent of cancer patients aged 

14 and younger are enrolled in clinical trials, 

compared with only 9 percent of cancer patients between the ages of 15 and 24; 

Whereas teenagers with cancer have 

unique concerns about their education, social lives, body image, and infertility, among 

other concerns, and their needs may be misunderstood or unacknowledged; 

Whereas many adolescent cancer survivors 

have difficulty readjusting to school and social settings, experience anxiety, and in 

some cases face increased learning difficulties; and 

Whereas it is important to understand the 

biological and clinical needs of teenagers 

with cancer, seek the prevention of cancer in 

teenagers, and increase awareness in the 

general public of the unique challenges facing teenagers with cancer: Now, therefore, be 

it 

Resolved, That the Senate designates the 

third week of January 2013 as ‘‘Teen Cancer 

Awareness Week’’ to promote awareness of 

teenage cancer and the unique medical and 

social needs of teenagers with cancer. 

f 

SENATE RESOLUTION 574—CALLING ON THE UNITED NATIONS TO 

TAKE CONCERTED ACTIONS 

AGAINST LEADERS IN IRAN FOR 

THEIR STATEMENTS CALLING 

FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ANOTHER UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATE, ISRAEL 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. 

AYOTTE, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

CORNYN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

CARDIN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BROWN of 

Ohio, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. 

LAUTENBERG, Mr. BENNET, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. 

BEGICH, and Mr. JOHANNS) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Relations: 

S. RES. 574 

Whereas, on August 2, 2012, President of 

Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated that 

‘‘anyone who loves freedom and justice must 

strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime in order to pave the way for world justice and freedom’’; 

Whereas, on August 17, 2012, President 

Ahmadinejad gave a televised statement 

that ‘‘the Zionist regime and the Zionists 

are a cancerous tumor,’’ and that ‘‘the nations of the region will soon finish off the 

usurper Zionists in the Palestinian land,’’ 

contending that ‘‘with the grace of God and 

help of the nations, in the new Middle East 

there will be no trace of the Americans and 

Zionists’’; 

Whereas, on February 3, 2012, Supreme 

Leader Ayatollah Khamenei told an audience 

that ‘‘the Zionist regime is a real cancerous 

tumor that should be cut and will be cut, 

God Willing’’; 

Whereas, on August 17, 2012, leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, addressing worshippers at Tehran University, stated that ‘‘Zionists understand only the language of 

force’’ and claimed that ‘‘the Zionist regime 

will meet destruction through unity in the 

Islamic world’’; 

Whereas, in 2009 and 2011 speeches before 

the United Nations General Assembly, President Ahmadinejad insulted Israel, called into 

question its very existence, and denied the 

fact that there was a Holocaust; 

Whereas other leaders in Iran have made 

similar statements, and the Government of 

Iran has displayed inflammatory symbols 

that express similar intent; 

Whereas the Government of Iran funds, 

trains, and supports terrorist groups, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad 

Movement in Palestine among many others, 

all of which have murdered United States 

citizens, Israelis, and non-Israeli Jews and 

are determined to destroy Israel, and continues to support the Government of Syria in 

its continued oppression, violence, and abuse 

of its people; 

Whereas, on August 30, 2012, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that the Government of Iran has doubled its capacity to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity at Iran’s Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant since May 2012; 

Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime is aimed at destroying the 

democratic State of Israel, a vital ally and 

longstanding friend of the United States, 

which is confirmed by statements such as 

those made by President Ahmadinejad and 

Supreme Leader Khamenei demonstrating 

the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran; 

Whereas, 67 years ago, the United Nations 

was founded in the wake of the Holocaust, 

the Nazi genocide carried out during World 

War II that resulted in the slaughter of 

6,000,000 Jews in Europe, in order to ‘‘save 

succeeding generations from the scourge of 

war’’ and uphold and protect the ‘‘dignity 

and worth of the human person’’; 

Whereas Article 2, Section 4, of the United 

Nations Charter, to which Iran has agreed as 

a Member State of the United Nations, requires all Member States to ‘‘refrain in their 

international relations from the threat or 

use of force against the territorial integrity 

or political independence of any state’’; 

Whereas the Convention on the Prevention 

and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 

done at Paris December 9, 1948 (commonly 

referred to as the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’), 

defines genocide as, among other things, the 

act of killing members of a national, ethnic, 

racial, or religious group with the intent to 

destroy, in whole or in part, the targeted 

group; 

Whereas Article 3 of the Genocide Convention prohibits conspiracy to commit genocide, as well as ‘‘direct and public incitement 

to commit genocide’’; 

Whereas Article 4 of the Genocide Convention provides that individuals committing 

any of the listed genocidal crimes shall be 

punished ‘‘whether they are constitutionally 

responsible rulers, public officials or private 

individuals’’; 

Whereas 142 Member States of the United 

Nations, including Iran, have ratified or acceded to the Genocide Convention and thereby pledged to prosecute those individuals 

who violate its criteria for incitement to 

commit genocide, as well as those individuals who commit genocide directly; 

Whereas, on August 18, 2012, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the Government of Iran’s ‘‘offensive 

and inflammatory statements’’ and his office 

reiterated that, ‘‘in accordance with the 

United Nations Charter, all members must 

refrain from the threat or use of force 

against the territorial integrity or political 

independence of any state’’; and 

Whereas, on November 9, 2006, an international coalition of 29 nongovernmental organizations urged the Government of Iran to 

renounce President Ahmadinejad’s call for 

Israel to be wiped off the map: 

Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) condemns, in the strongest possible 

terms, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei 

and President of Iran Mahmoud 

Ahmadinejad’s offensive remarks, contemptible statements, and reprehensible policies 

aimed at the destruction of the State of 

Israel, and urges all United Nations Member 

States to do the same; 

(2) calls on the United Nations Security 

Council to take more concerted actions 

against Iran for blatantly violating the 

United Nations Charter, including by requesting that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court investigate leaders 

in Iran for violating the Convention on the 

Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of 

Genocide, done at Paris December 9, 1948 

(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Genocide Convention’’), and Article 2, Section 4, of the 

United Nations Charter; 

(3) further calls on all Member States of 

the United Nations to fully implement existing United Nations Security Council resolutions sanctioning Iran and to take additional 

stronger unilateral diplomatic and economic 


tjames on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE
September 20, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6557 

measures to prevent the Government of Iran 

from obtaining nuclear weapons, which 

would be both a dangerous violation of the 

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

Weapons, done at Washington, London, and 

Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force 

March 5, 1970, and a potential means to the 

end of carrying out President Ahmadinejad’s 

threats against Israel; 

(4) further calls on the United Nations Security Council and all Member States of the 

United Nations to consider targeted sanctions, travel bans, and other measures linked 

to the cessation of the Government of Iran’s 

incitement to hatred and genocide; 

(5) calls for the United Nations Secretary 

General’s Advisory Committee on the Prevention of Genocide to implement its mandate to act as a mechanism of early warning, 

and to make recommendations to the United 

Nations Security Council to monitor and report on threats of genocide made by leaders 

in Iran; 

(6) further calls on parties to the Genocide 

Convention to file a complaint against leaders in Iran before the International Court of 

Justice for the failure by the Government of 

Iran to abide by its obligations under Articles 1, 4, and 5 of the Genocide Convention; 

and 

(7) reaffirms the unwavering strategic 

partnership and close friendship between the 

United States and Israel and reasserts the 

steadfast commitment of the people and the 

Government of the United States to defend 

the right of Israel to exist as a free and 

democratic state. 

f 

AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 2842. Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. 

BARRASSO) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the joint 

resolution H.J. Res. 117, making continuing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for 

other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 

the table. 

SA 2843. Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. BENNET, and Ms. LANDRIEU) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the joint resolution H.J. 

Res. 117, supra; which was ordered to lie on 

the table. 

SA 2844. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2845. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to amendment SA 2844 proposed by Mr. REID

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2846. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2847. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to amendment SA 2846 proposed by Mr. REID

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2848. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to amendment SA 2847 proposed by Mr. REID

to the amendment SA 2846 proposed by Mr. 

REID to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, 

supra. 

f 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 

SA 2842. Mr. ENZI (for himself and 

Mr. BARRASSO) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, 

making continuing appropriations for 

fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; 

which was ordered to lie on the table; 

as follows: 

Strike section 142 and insert the following: 

SEC. 142. (a) Section 411(h) of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 

(30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)) is amended by striking 

paragraph (5). 

(b) Subsection (a) takes effect on July 6, 

2012. 

SA 2843. Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for 

himself, Mr. BENNET, and Ms. LANDRIEU) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making 

continuing appropriations for fiscal 

year 2013, and for other purposes; which 

was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: 

On page 29, between lines 17 and 18, insert 

the following: 

SEC. 156. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture 

may provide disaster relief assistance in accordance with this section to repair damage 

caused by natural disaster occurring in calendar year 2012 to watersheds located in any 

area for which the President declared a 

major disaster in accordance with section 401 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 

(b) The assistance authorized by this section— 

(1) includes both financial and technical 

assistance; and 

(2) shall be provided through the emergency watershed protection program established under section 403 of the Agricultural 

Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203). 

(c) There is appropriated to the Secretary 

of Agriculture, out of funds of the Treasury 

not otherwise appropriated, $27,900,000, to remain available until expended, to provide assistance under this section. 

SA 2844. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to the joint resolution H.J. 

Res. 117, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other 

purposes; as follows: 

At the end, add the following new section: 

SEC. lll. 

This joint resolution shall become effective 5 days after enactment. 

SA 2845. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to amendment SA 2844 proposed by Mr. REID to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making continuing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and 

for other purposes; as follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘5 days’’ and insert ‘‘4 days’’. 

SA 2846. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to the joint resolution H.J. 

Res. 117, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other 

purposes; as follows: 

At the end, add the following new section: 

SEC. lll. 

This joint resolution shall become effective 3 days after enactment. 

SA 2847. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to amendment SA 2846 proposed by Mr. REID to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making continuing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and 

for other purposes; as follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘3 days’’ and insert ‘‘2 days’’. 

SA 2848. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to amendment SA 2847 proposed by Mr. REID to the amendment 

SA 2846 proposed by Mr. REID to the 

joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making 

continuing appropriations for fiscal 

year 2013, and for other purposes; as 

follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘2 days’’ and insert ‘‘1 day’’. 

f 

AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO 

MEET 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND

TRANSPORTATION

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation be authorized to meet 

during the session of the Senate on 

September 20, 2012, at 10 a.m. in room 

253 of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled, 

‘‘Taking Consumers for a Ride: Business Practices in the Household Goods 

Moving Industry.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC

WORKS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works be authorized to meet during 

the session of the Senate on September 

20, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct 

a hearing entitled, ‘‘Water Resources 

Development Act: Growing the Economy and Protecting Public Safety.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to 

meet, with U.S. House Committee on 

Ways and Means, during the session of 

the Senate on September 20, 2012, at 10 

a.m., in HVC–210 of the Capital Visitor 

Center, to conduct a hearing entitled 

‘‘Tax Reform and the Tax Treatment of 

Capital Gains.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, 

AND PENSIONS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions be authorized to meet, 

during the session of the Senate, to 

conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Roundtable Discussion: Pension Modernization for a 21st Century Workforce’’ on 

September 20, 2012, at 10 a.m. in room 

430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized 

to meet during the session of the Senate on September 20, 2012, in room SD– 

628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing 

entitled ‘‘Advancing the Federal-Tribal 

Relationship through Self-Governance 

and Self-Determination.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized 


tjames on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE