[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 215 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 215

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the 
                         return of Saif Ahmed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1999

 Mr. Lampson (for himself, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Diaz-Balart, 
Mr. Becerra, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Green of Texas, and Mr. Bentsen) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                       on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the 
                         return of Saif Ahmed.

Whereas the married couple Sayed Ahmed and Melanie Al Mufti had a son, Saif 
        Ahmed, in 1995;
Whereas Melanie Al Mufti and Sayed Ahmed were divorced in February 1998;
Whereas Saif was abducted by his father in 1998;
Whereas Sayed Ahmed later fled the country with Saif and escaped to Egypt;
Whereas the State of Texas granted legal custody of Saif Ahmed to Melanie Al 
        Mufti, and the United States Government has issued an arrest warrant for 
        Sayed Ahmed;
Whereas the Department of State believes Saif now resides in Cairo, Egypt;
Whereas Melanie Al Mufti, even with the assistance of missing children 
        organizations, has been unable to reunite with her son;
Whereas the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 
        INTERPOL have been unsuccessful in their attempts to bring Saif back to 
        the United States;
Whereas Melanie Al Mufti has not seen her son in almost one year; and
Whereas it will take the continued effort and pressure on the part of Egyptian 
        officials to bring this case to a successful conclusion: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the governments of the United States and Egypt immediately locate Saif 
Ahmed and deliver him safely to his mother, Melanie Al Mufti.
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