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106th Congress > House > Vote 1009
Clerk session vote number: 403
Sponsor: ROS-LEHTINEN, Ileana (R-FL)
Description: Condemning the 1994 Attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Urging the Argentine Government to Punish those Responsible, and for other purposes
Bill summary: Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) reiterates its condemnation of the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and honors the victims; and (2) desires a lasting, warm relationship between the United States and Argentina built on mutual abhorrence of terrorism and commitments to peace, stability, and democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
Urges the Government of Argentina to pursue the local and international connections to such terrorist
act and to duly punish all those who were involved.
Calls on the President to: (1) continue to raise this issue in bilateral discussions with Argentine officials and to underscore U.S. concern regarding the six-year delay in the resolution of this case; and (2) direct U.S. law enforcement agencies to provide support and cooperation to such Government, if requested, for purposes of the investigation into this bombing and terrorist activities in the tri-border area.
Recommends that the United States Representative to the Organization of American States seek support from countries comprising the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism to assist, if required by that Government, in the investigation.
Bill titles: Condemning the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, urging the Argentine Government to punish those responsible, and for other purposes.
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