[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 231 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 231

    Prohibiting funds for diplomatic relations with Vietnam at the 
  ambassadorial level unless a report on United States servicemen who 
remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War is submitted to the Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 6 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

 Mr. Chafee introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Prohibiting funds for diplomatic relations with Vietnam at the 
  ambassadorial level unless a report on United States servicemen who 
remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War is submitted to the Senate.

Whereas 2,231 Americans are still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, and 55 
        of these individuals were last known to be alive;
Whereas the families of missing American servicemen have been waiting for more 
        than 20 years for answers about the fate of their loved ones;
Whereas the United States Government is committed to obtaining the fullest 
        possible accounting of missing American servicemen;
Whereas on January 27, 1994, the Senate voted to support a resolution urging the 
        President to lift the trade embargo against Vietnam;
Whereas on February 3, 1994, the President lifted the trade embargo against 
        Vietnam;
Whereas on May 26, 1994, Vietnam and the United States announced plans to 
        establish diplomatic liaison offices in Washington, D.C., and Hanoi;
Whereas the United States and Vietnam appear to be moving closer to establishing 
        normal diplomatic relations;
Whereas there is broad consensus that normalization of diplomatic relations with 
        Vietnam must be contingent upon the fullest possible accounting of 
        American servicemen unaccounted for during the Vietnam War;
Whereas normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam would 
        require an exchange of ambassadors between the two countries; and
Whereas the Senate, under the United States Constitution, is responsible for 
        confirming ambassadorial appointments by the President: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That none of the funds made 
available under any provision of law may be used to maintain diplomatic 
relations with Vietnam at the ambassadorial level unless, prior to 
Senate confirmation of any ambassador to Vietnam, the President submits 
to the Senate for its review a comprehensive report assessing the 
progress to date of United States-Vietnamese efforts to resolve cases 
involving United States servicemen still unaccounted for from the 
Vietnam War.
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