[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 25 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 25

  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the war in Chechnya is of 
  concern to the United States and that President Clinton should not 
attend the United States-Russia Summit in Moscow in May 1995 until the 
                  Chechen situation has been resolved.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 1995

  Mr. Roemer submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the war in Chechnya is of 
  concern to the United States and that President Clinton should not 
attend the United States-Russia Summit in Moscow in May 1995 until the 
                  Chechen situation has been resolved.

Whereas Russian troops advanced into Chechnya on December 10, 1994, and were met 
        with strong resistance from Chechen rebels who have since moved to the 
        Caucasus mountains where they are engaged in what even the most 
        optimistic Russian military officers predict will be a drawn-out 
        guerrilla war;
Whereas the cost of the Chechen battle is estimated to cost Russia at least 
        $2,000,000,000 and will further exacerbate the budget deficit of the 
        Russian Government;
Whereas the budget implications of the Chechen battle may compel the 
        International Monetary Fund, in which the United States is the largest 
        shareholder, to abandon its efforts to assist Russia in the 
        transformation to a free-market economy;
Whereas the United States has approved over $2,400,000,000 in loan guarantees 
        through the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Overseas 
        Private Investment Corporation;
Whereas the United States has provided Russia with significant direct assistance 
        to promote a free-market economy, support democracy, meet humanitarian 
        needs, and dismantle nuclear weapons;
Whereas United States investment in Russia has been significant in promoting 
        democracy and stabilizing the Russian economy, and this progress is 
        imperiled and undermined by Russia's continued war with Chechnya;
Whereas President Yeltsin has refused to negotiate an end to this crisis, and 
        this action illustrates an indifference to the economic implications the 
        Chechen war would bring to bear on Russia's ability to fulfill its 
        commitments to the International Monetary Fund, Overseas Private 
        Investment Corporation, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States; 
        and
Whereas Russia's involvement in Chechnya shows an alarming disregard for the 
        principles of economic cooperation contained in the Partnership for 
        Economic Progress that was agreed upon at the United States-Russia 
        Summit in Washington in September 1994: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the war in Chechnya is of concern to the United States; 
        and
            (2) President Clinton should not attend the United States-
        Russia Summit in Moscow in May 1995 until the Chechen situation 
        has been resolved.
                                 <all>