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S.Res.329 / 106th Congress

A resolution urging the Government of Argentina to pursue and punish those responsible for the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 28, 2000

Urges the Government of Argentina to: (1) pursue the local and international connections to the terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and to duly punish all those who were involved; and (2) pursue and prosecute any person with ties to Hezbollah or any other terrorist organization.Calls on the President 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.Recommends that the United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States seek support from the countries comprising the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism to assist, if requested by the Argentine Government, in the investigation of this terrorist attack and encourages the President to direct U.S. law enforcement agencies to provide support and cooperation to such Government, if requested, for purposes of the investigation into this and other terrorist activities in the tri-border area.Expresses the Senate's desire for a lasting and positive relationship between the United States and Argentina based on a mutual commitment to the rule of law and democracy in the Western Hemisphere and mutual abhorrence of terrorism.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] · R–RI

Committees

  • Foreign Relations Committee
3 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

  2. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

  3. Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7279-7280)

  4. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.

  5. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

  6. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

  7. Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  8. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6028-6029)

  9. Introduced in Senate

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