[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 35 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 35

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Pakistan should be designated 
                    as a state sponsor of terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 1995

Mr. Engel (for himself, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Linder, and Mr. 
   Pallone) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Pakistan should be designated 
                    as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Whereas on March 8, 1995, two United States diplomats were brutally killed and a 
        third seriously wounded by a terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan;
Whereas the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is frequently cited as a base for 
        terrorist groups;
Whereas in a March 8, 1995, article, the Washington Post reported that a radical 
        organization known as ``Harkatul Ansar'' (Movement of Friends), sworn to 
        fight for the global supremacy of Islam, was headquartered in the 
        Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and had trained more than 4,000 militants 
        in weapons use and bomb-making since 1987;
Whereas most reports indicate a profound reluctance by the Government of 
        Pakistan to crack down on the training and arming of terrorist 
        organizations within its borders;
Whereas Pakistan's lack of determination to apprehend terrorists within its 
        borders was highlighted in February 1995 when Mr. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, 
        the suspected mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New 
        York, fled to Pakistan in an effort to evade capture and was only 
        arrested by Pakistani police when United States Government officials led 
        them to Mr. Yousef's hideout;
Whereas reports indicate that elements of the Government of Pakistan are 
        connected with extremist, militant activities;
Whereas the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has been implicated in 
        several news accounts for its involvement in terrorism and the 
        international drug trade;
Whereas according to a May 16, 1994, Washington Post article, ``many private 
        organizations also continue to send arms to the insurgents in operations 
        overseen by the Pakistani army'';
Whereas, pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979, the Secretary of 
        State of the United States designates the governments of certain nations 
        as having repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
        terrorism;
Whereas the United States included Pakistan on the Watch List of nations which 
        supported terrorism in 1992;
Whereas the Secretary of State did not include Pakistan on the list of 
        governments which supported terrorism in 1993, but maintained that 
        ``there were credible reports in 1993 of official Pakistani support to 
        Kashmiri militants'';
Whereas on October 7, 1994, nineteen members of Congress wrote to President 
        Clinton expressing concern about Pakistani support for international 
        terrorism and asking that Pakistan be placed on the Watch List of 
        nations which support terrorism; and
Whereas other nations, including Jordan, the Philippines, Russia, Egypt, and 
        Algeria have expressed concern about the involvement of Pakistanis in 
        extremist or separatist movements in their countries: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That--
            (1) the Congress expresses its profound condolences to the 
        families of the three United States diplomats murdered by 
        terrorists in Pakistan; and
            (2) the Secretary of State, pursuant to the Export 
        Administration Act of 1979, should designate the Islamic 
        Republic of Pakistan as a country, the government of which, has 
        repeatedly provided support for international terrorism.
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