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HAMDT 140 (105th)

An amendment consisiting of several amendments, offered en bloc, as follows: Ewing, expressing the sense of Congress that Peru should respect the rights of prisoners to timely legal procedures; Jackson-Lee, directing the State Department to monitor human rights progress in Ethiopia; Kennedy (MA), to establish special envoys to promote mutual disarmament; Kim, expressing a sense of Congress that Taiwan should reconsider its proposed deal to transfer low-level nuclear waste to North Korea; Pallone, expressing a sense of Congress that the administration should support the Prime Minister of India in strengthening ties with the U.S. and that the President and Secretary of State should call on the President of Belarussia to defend and protect the sovereignty of Belarussia; Rohrabacher, to authorize a Congressional Statement in support of Taiwan's efforts to be admitted to the World Trade Organization; Vento, to require the State Department to report to Congress, within 90 days of enactment, on allegations of persecution of Hmong and Laotian refugees repatriated to Laos; Traficant, "Buy American"; Menendez amendment regarding fuel to Cuba;

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