[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 104 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 104

   Expressing the sense of Congress that the President of the United 
 States should not proceed toward the normalization of diplomatic and 
  economic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam until the 
 Vietnamese Government has furnished a complete accounting of missing 
   American servicemen in Southeast Asia and opened its archives to 
                              inspection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1993

 Mr. Santorum submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that the President of the United 
 States should not proceed toward the normalization of diplomatic and 
  economic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam until the 
 Vietnamese Government has furnished a complete accounting of missing 
   American servicemen in Southeast Asia and opened its archives to 
                              inspection.

Whereas it is established United States policy that progress in normalizing 
        diplomatic and economic relations with Vietnam is explicitly tied to 
        their cooperation on resolving the American prisoners of war and missing 
        in action (POW/MIA) issue;
Whereas it is established United States policy that the swift resolution of the 
        POW/MIA issue is a national priority, and the American people 
        overwhelmingly support this policy;
Whereas the existing United States economic embargo against Vietnam has been 
        successful in bringing the families of American prisoners of war and 
        missing in action more answers than at any time in the past, and that 
        this cooperation could be lost if the economic embargo is lifted prior 
        to the fullest possible accounting of American POWs and MIAs by Vietnam;
Whereas the Tighe Task Force concluded in 1986 that there is a strong 
        probability of live American prisoners of war in Southeast Asia;
Whereas it has been reported that Vietnam has stored the remains of hundreds of 
        American servicemen;
Whereas recent reports suggest that conclusive information on the fate of 
        American POWs and MIAs may exist in the archives of the Government of 
        Vietnam;
Whereas efforts to settle Vietnam's International Monetary Fund debt will weaken 
        the effectiveness of the existing economic embargo; and
Whereas lifting the economic embargo against Vietnam before the fullest possible 
        accounting of American POWs and MIAs has been achieved may result in the 
        destruction of further evidence in Vietnam which may resolve the 
        question of remaining American POWs and MIAs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the President of the United 
States should not proceed toward the normalization of diplomatic and 
economic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam until the 
Vietnamese Government has provided the fullest possible accounting of 
missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia.

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