going to intervene and tell them who they can hire and what their administration and implementation practices must be. that's why almost uniformly faith-based organizations that would be eligible for the grants to help the victims of human trafficking say that this would render this administration of this joint -- this victims trafficking fund -- legislation unworkable. and so i would ask my colleagues to support the cornyn amendment to vote against the leahy amendment and let's get this done. i yield the floor. mr. durbin: is there time remaining on gate on this amendment? the presiding officer: there is one minute in opposition. mr. durbin: in opposition to the cornyn amendment let me say this -- 40% of the overall homeless youth population has

been subjected to service denial and discrimination by staff and providers based on their sexual orientation. the leahy-collins alternative expressly prohibits discrimination against youth because of their sexual orientation. that should be the gold standard. defeat the cornyn amendment vote for the bipartisan collins-leahy amendment. the presiding officer: the question is on amendment 1127 authored by the senator from texas. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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it. the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? on this vote, the yeas are 45, the nays are 53. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment the amendment is --

mr. leahy: would we have order madam president. the presiding officer: the amendment is not agreed to. the senate will be in order. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on amendment number 290. the senate will be in order. we will have an amendment on number 290 offered by the senator from vermont mr. leahy. mr. leahy: madam president we're still not in order and i'd like to have order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president my bipartisan amendment is to prevent human trafficking. it includes important language to prohibit discrimination against homeless children. the language should be familiar to most senators here. a couple of years ago. it's nearly identical to what we voted for overwhelmingly as part of the violence against women

act reauthorization two years ago. it shouldn't be controversial. we should reaffirm our commitment to nondiscrimination all children, all children deserve our protection. we should not be picking and choosing say this child deserves protection, this one doesn't. they all deserve our protection. mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i would urge a no vote on the leahy amendment. i agree with the haven't vermont that all victims of human trafficking should be treated with the dignity they deserve without regard to sexual orientation. that's what the iron amendment we just voted on would do. we're told by faith-based organization as that the leahy amendment would make represented eggs of those services difficult if not impossible. there's some debate whether

people could be hired in fake organizations if they didn't agree with some of the -- some of the services that are rendered here. and finally the leahy amendment would authorize $115 million of spending and it's not paid for and thus would increase the deficit. a number of organizations like the conference of catholic bishops, the national religious broadcasters national association of evangelicals, among other religious organizations, urge a no vote on the leahy amendment. ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president how much time is left? the presiding officer: 15 seconds. ms. collins: madam president the question before us is very clear. if you believe that runaway and homeless youth should receive services that are federally funded without regard to their sexual orientation, you should vote yes on this amendment. the cornyn amendment does not

prohibit discrimination. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that all votes be kept to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on amendment number 290. is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: is there anyone wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? on this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 43. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment the amendment is not agreed to. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment in order to call up brown amendment number 311. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from ohio mr. brown for himself and others proposes an amendment numbered 311. mr. brown: madam president i

ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on amendment number 311 offered by the senator from ohio, mr. brown. mr. brown: thank you madam president. women who give birth to a child conceived through rape can often face intimidation from attackers -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. brown: women who give birth to a child conceived through rape can often face intimidation from attackers who believe it or not pursue parental rights. i was first moved to introduce this bill last fall following the case of ariel castro in cleveland. he was on trial for kidnapping, raping and holding prisoner three women for a decade, and then he asked the judge for parental rights to visit the 6-year-old daughter that was conceived through his rape. the brown-ayotte-shaheen brown-ayotte-shaheen-gillibrand- baldwin amendment helps protect rape survivors by encouraging states to pass laws allowing women to petition for the

termination of their attacker's parental rights if there is clear and convincing evidence that the child was conceived through the rape. madam president, i yield a minute to my colleague from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: i want to thank senator brown. this is a very important bill. if you are supporting victims protecting life and children and against rapists, this is the amendment to vote for because unfortunately rapists too often try to manipulate their victims by claiming custodial rights over children, and we need to stand with victims on this and allow states to be incentivized to allow victims to terminate their parental rights should they choose to have a child and to raise that child without having the threat of a rapist over their shoulder. so i would ask for support for this bill, and i thank -- thank all of my colleagues. this is a commonsense bill. i want to thank senator brown for his leadership.

the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 99. thes nays are zero. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on amendment 1121 offered by the senator from north carolina, mr. burr. mr. burr: mr. president i yield back the time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection all time is yielded back. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not on this vote, the yeas respect 98, the nays are 0. under the previous order requiring 0 votes for the adoption of this amendment the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order there will be two minutes equally

divided prior to a vote on amendment number 273 as modified, offered by the senator from illinois mr. kirk. mr. kirk: mr. president i speak on behalf of amendment number 273. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. kirk: it stands for the principle that freedom of the internet -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. kirk: freedom on the internet is not the freedom to enslaved others. i want to make sure that this country stands for the principles under the 13th amendment that we inshrined with lincoln's victory in the civil war. and i urge all members to adopt this amendment by a strong, substantial vote to pass the save act to make sure that providers of human traffic services do not have freedom to advertise on the internet. thank you. i yield back, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you. as the democratic cosponsor of this bill -- of this amendment i'd like to thank the distinguished senator from

illinois for his leadership on this issue. the fact of the matter is that this amendment is essentially the same as a house stand-alone bill that passed unanimously. members, it is a fact, approximately 76% of sex trafficking of underage girls takes place on the internet. 76%. we know at least 19 web sites that post ads for commercial sex acts with children and they are paid for so doing. the amendment essentially does two things. it adds the word "advertises" as one -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mrs. feinstein: thank you mr. president. it adds the word "advertises" as one of the sex trafficking offense verbs. second it clarifies that only the knowing intent and not the reckless disregard of the fact

of intent applies to the new offense. we have checked with the department of justice. we believe it meets constitutional standards. we believe it is necessary and it is long overdue. so i urge an "aye" vote of all members. thank you. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 97 and the nays are 2. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment as modified is agreed to. a senator: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president i call up the following amendments en bloc, klobuchar number 296 hoeven 299 as modified, sullivan 279 wicker 1126, flake number 2494, cassidy

number 30 , portman number 1128 brown number 310 brown number 312 heller number 1122 shaheen number 303. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the clerk will report the amendments en bloc. the clerk: senator 0 the senator from texas mr. cornyn, for others proposes amendments numbered 296 299 as modified, 279, 1126, 2494, 308 1128, 310, 312 1122 and 303. mr. cornyn: i ask consent that senators sullivan, cassidy wicker klobuchar each be recognized to speak for one minute. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. sullivan: mr. president?

the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: i rise in support of amendment 279 theman act -- the mann act cooperation amendment. this is a simple amendment with strong bipartisan support. i appreciate the cosponsors senators murkowski ayotte, heitkamp gillibrand, and what this amendment will do is increase prosecutions of human trafficking without an increase of costs to the government --. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. sullivan: it allows and encourages federal prosecutors to work with state officials to prosecute mann act violations and increases transparency. the key goal of this amendment is to enable the resources and cooperation between state and federal prosecutors to ensure all cases of human trafficking are pursued and victims have justice. i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment.

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: i rise in strong support of the underlying bill. i thank the leadership on both sides for coming to a bipartisan agreement on this, and i thank the leadership for agreeing to take the wicker amendment by a voice vote. my amendment does two things simply it extends the statute of limitations to allow child victims to file civil lawsuits against perpetrators up to ten years after they reach the age of 18 rather than ten years after the cause of action arises and secondly, my amendment creates a department of justice database for education and outreach. trafficking is a duplex issue and will take a comprehensive approach to facilitate adequate support for victims. that is what the wicker amendment does. i urge an aye vote when we take it by voice. a senator: mr. president?

the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president i rise today to express strong support for the underlying bill and my appreciation to the managers of the bill for including in the en bloc amendments one that i offered that's entitled the ensuring a better response for victims of child sex trafficking part of a larger bill that we got passed last year. this one ensures all children whoer sex trafficked will be trafficked as sex abuse victims. currently sex trafficking of a miner is not child abuse unless a parent or caregiver was directly involved. this amendment clarifies a child victim of sex trafficking is a victim of child abuse and can be eligible for the services as they recover. we've made great progress in putting aside partisan divides in coming together to combat human trafficking. i'm proud that my bringing children home legislation with senator schumer as well as my combating the trafficking act is

included in underlying bill. we're a few steps closer to ending talking once and for all. i congratulate senator cornyn and senator klobuchar for their hard work in bringing this to the floor and doing something important to fight human trafficking. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: thank you mr. president. i'm speaking in favor of klobuchar-cornyn 296 it encourages states across the country, we already have 15 states doing this, not to prosecute victims of sex trafficking, to treat them as victims so they don't end up in jail. it sets forth a national sex trafficking strategy, it requires these victims for job training programs and finally it includes a very important bill that senator whitehouse and senator sessions had that helps federal marshals to track down

victims of sex trafficking. i want to thank my coauthor and all 26 cosponsors of this amendment, senator cornyn i know we'll talk later about the underlying bill but this is a bipartisan effort from beginning to end and a very important policy bill. thank you mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: i rise in favor of the cassidy-peters amendment. i've been working in a public hospital for 30 years. i'm aware the following is true. 90% of victims in a recent survey saw a nurse or doctor or other health care professional while being held captive. if those health care workers have the training and tools to identify the signs, symptoms of those being trafficked, we can -- they can make the appropriate referral and a help them escape that terrible exist epps. this amendment would provide for the development of best practices to enable health care workers to recognize and assist victims of human trafficking. if passed today this will help

women and children in louisiana and michigan and across the nation rebuild their lives. i thank senator peters for joining this effort and urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment. i yield back. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question occurs on the klobuchar amendment numbered 296. hearing no further debate, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question occurs on the hoeven amendment number 299 as modified. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment as