[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 33 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 274
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 33

Deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency 
                          to FALN terrorists.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 1999

  Mr. Lott (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Hagel) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read the first 
                                  time

                           September 9, 1999

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency 
                          to FALN terrorists.

Whereas the Armed Forces of National Liberation (the FALN) is a militant 
        terrorist organization that claims responsibility for the bombings of 
        approximately 130 civilian, political, and military sites throughout the 
        United States;
Whereas its reign of terror resulted in 6 deaths and the permanent maiming of 
        dozens of others, including law enforcement officials;
Whereas 16 members of the FALN were tried for numerous felonies against the 
        United States, including seditions conspiracy;
Whereas at their trials, none of the 16 defendants contested any of the evidence 
        presented by the United States;
Whereas at their trials none expressed remorse for their actions;
Whereas all were subsequently convicted and sentenced to prison for terms up to 
        90 years;
Whereas not a single act of terrorism has been attributed to the FALN since the 
        imprisonment of 16 terrorists;
Whereas no petitions for clemency were made by these terrorists, but other 
        persons, in an irregular procedure, sought such clemency for them;
Whereas on August 11, 1999, President William Jefferson Clinton offered clemency 
        to these 16 terrorists, all of whom have served less than 20 years in 
        prison;
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and 
        2 United States Attorneys all reportedly advised the President not to 
        grant leniency to the 16 terrorists;
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Prisons reportedly based its decision in part on 
        the existence of audio recordings indicating that some of the 16 have 
        vowed to resume their violent activities upon release from prison;
Whereas the State Department in 1998 reiterated two longstanding tenants of 
        counter terrorism policy that the United States will: ``(1) make no 
        concessions to terrorists and strike no deals; and (2) bring terrorists 
        to justice for their crimes'';
Whereas the President's offer of clemency to the FALN terrorists violates 
        longstanding tenants of United States counter terrorism policy;
Whereas the President's decision sends an unmistakable message to terrorists 
        that the United States does not punish terrorists in the most severe 
        manner possible under the law, making terrorism more likely and 
        endangering to every American; and
Whereas the release of terrorists is an affront to the rule of law, the victims 
        and their families, and every American who believes that violent acts 
        must be punished to the fullest extent of the law: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That President Clinton should 
not have granted clemency to the FALN terrorists and that in doing so 
he has made deplorable concessions to terrorists, undermined national 
security, and emboldened domestic and international terrorists.
                                     

                                                       Calendar No. 274

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                             S. J. RES. 33

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

Deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency 
                          to FALN terrorists.

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                           September 9, 1999

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar