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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 10, 1999
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is the duty of the United States and every Administration to bring to justice those suspected of murdering U.S. citizens in acts of terrorism; (2) the Palestinian Authority has not taken adequate steps to undermine and eradicate terrorism and has not cooperated fully in detaining and prosecuting suspects implicated in the murder of U.S. citizens; (3) Yasser Arafat and senior Palestinian leadership continue to create an environment conducive to terrorism by releasing terrorist suspects and inciting violence against Israel and the United States; and (4) U.S. assistance to the Authority should be conditioned on full cooperation in combating terrorist violence and in investigating and prosecuting terrorist suspects involved in the murder of U.S. citizens.
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Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] · R–MO
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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