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<item congress="115" measure-type="hres" measure-number="54" measure-id="id115hres54" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-01-23" update-date="2017-04-08">
<title>Reaffirming the United States-Argentina partnership and recognizing Argentina's economic reforms.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hres54v36" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-04-08">
<action-date>2017-04-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Declares that the House of Representatives: </p> <ul> <li>upholds its commitment to the partnership between the United States and Argentina and reaffirms that Argentina is a major U.S. ally; </li> <li>encourages the Department of State to coordinate a new interagency strategy to increase cooperation with the government of Argentina on areas of bilateral, regional, and global concern; </li> <li>commends the government of Argentina for making far-reaching economic reforms that will benefit the people of Argentina, stimulate economic growth, and deepen Argentina's integration with the global economy; </li> <li>praises such government for resolving most of its business disputes at the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes; and </li> <li>encourages such government to continue to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the 1994 bombing of the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires and the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman. </li></ul> <ul></ul>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115hres54v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-01-30">
<action-date>2017-01-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Declares that the House of Representatives: </p> <ul> <li>upholds its commitment to the partnership between the United States and Argentina and reaffirms that Argentina is a major U.S. ally; </li> <li>encourages the Department of State to coordinate an interagency strategy to increase cooperation with the government of Argentina on areas of bilateral, regional, and global concern; </li> <li>commends President Mauricio Macri and his Administration for making far-reaching economic reforms that will benefit the people of Argentina, stimulate economic growth, and deepen Argentina's integration with the global economy; </li> <li>praises such government for resolving its dispute with international creditors; and </li> <li>encourages such government to continue to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires and the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman. </li></ul> <ul></ul>]]></summary-text>
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