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HAMDT 10 (101st)

An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc which require the State Department to assess the need and feasibility of establishing a program to compensate U.S. citizens and permanent residents for physical injury or financial loss as a result of criminal activity committed by persons with diplomatic immunity; to require that hiring preference be given to U.S. citizens by overseas local guard programs run by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; to earmark $100,000 of existing funds for a U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations; to require the State Department, in consultation with the USIA, to submit to Congress a plan for a pilot program of voluntary set-asides for economically and socially disadvantaged businesses; to require the State Department to provide reports every 180 days on the actions and statements of the PLO, as they relate to the commitments made in Geneva regarding its renunciation of terrorism and recognition of Israel's right to exist; and, to require a report on the activities of UNESCO since December 31, 1984.