[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 220 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 220

                Regarding American victims of terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 1998

  Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Weller, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
Engel, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Salmon, 
   Mr. Forbes, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Campbell, Mr. 
Chabot, and Mr. Poshard) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
     which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
                Regarding American victims of terrorism.

Whereas the traditional policy of the United States, reiterated by this 
        Administration, has been to vigorously pursue and apprehend terrorists 
        who have killed American citizens in other countries;
Whereas numerous American citizens have been killed by Palestinian terrorists, 
        most of them in Israel or the Israeli administered territories, 
        including 9 since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, namely 
        Nachshon Wachsman (New York), Alisa Flatow (New Jersey), Sara Duker (New 
        Jersey), Matthew Eisenfeld (Connecticut), Joan Davenny (Connecticut), 
        David Boim (New York), Yaron Ungar (New York), Leah Stern (New Jersey), 
        and Yael Botwin (California);
Whereas 9 of the terrorists suspected in the killings of American citizens in 
        Israel or the Israeli administered territories during 1993-1997 have 
        been identified by Israel as residents of Palestinian Authority-
        controlled territory, namely Mohammed Dief, Nabil Sharihi, Nafez Sabih, 
        Imjad Hinawi, Muhi a-Din a-Sharif, Abd al-Majid Dudin, Adel Awadallah, 
        Ibrahim Ghneimat, and Mahmoud Abu Hanudeh;
Whereas, according to the Israeli Government, 7 of those 9 terrorist suspects 
        are currently believed to be free men, and the other two are apparently 
        in the custody of the Palestinian Authority;
Whereas the Palestinian Authority has not honored any Israeli requests for the 
        transfer of four of these and at least 30 other terrorist suspects to 
        Israel for prosecution, although the Oslo accords require the 
        Palestinian Authority to honor such requests;
Whereas the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 permits the prosecution, in the United 
        States, of individuals who murder American citizens abroad; and
Whereas the United States has previously acted to bring to justice those 
        responsible for the deaths of American citizens and has established a 
        precedence of United States intervention by demanding that Libyan leader 
        Moammar Qadaffi transfer to the United States the Libyan terrorists 
        suspected of bombing Pan Am flight 103: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should 
demand that Yasir Arafat and the Palestinian Authority transfer to the 
United States, for prosecution, those residents of its territory who 
are suspected in the killings of American citizens.
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