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H.Con.Res.50 / 105th Congress

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the status of the investigation of the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992.

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 13, 1997

Urges: (1) the Supreme Court of Argentina to designate a single investigative judge to conduct the investigation of the March 17, 1992 terrorist bombing of the Israeli embassy; (2) Argentinean judicial authorities to move forward aggressively in the investigation of the July 18, 1994 terrorist bombing of the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina Jewish Community Center; (3) Argentinean authorities to acknowledge publicly the reports submitted by Argentinean, U.S., and Israeli experts which determined that the explosion at the Israeli embassy took place outside the walls of the embassy; and (4) the President and appropriate executive agencies to provide all appropriate assistance which has been or which may be requested to help Argentinean authorities investigate these acts of terrorism.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · D–CA

Committees

  • Foreign Affairs Committee
27 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

  2. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

  4. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E486)

  5. Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

  6. Introduced in House

  7. Introduced in House

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