[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 141 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
[Senate]
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                         MISSING IN CYPRUS ACT

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                 D'AMATO (AND SIMON) AMENDMENT NO. 2609

  Mr. DOLE (for Mr. D'Amato, for himself and Mr. Simon) proposed an 
amendment to the bill (S. 1329) to provide for an investigation of the 
whereabouts of the United States citizens and others who have been 
missing from Cyprus since 1974; as follows:

                                S. 1329

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. UNITED STATES CITIZENS MISSING FROM CYPRUS.

       (a) Investigation.--As soon as is practicable, the 
     President shall undertake, in cooperation with appropriate 
     international organizations or nongovernmental organizations, 
     a thorough investigation of the whereabouts of the United 
     States citizens who have been missing from Cyprus since 1974. 
     Any information on others missing from Cyprus that is learned 
     or * * *. The investigation shall focus on the countries and 
     communities which were combatants in Cyprus in 1974, all of 
     which currently receive United States foreign assistance.
       (b) Report to the Families.--The President shall report the 
     findings of this investigation of the missing Americans to 
     the family of each of the United States citizens. Such 
     reports shall include the whereabouts of the missing.
       (c) Report to the Congress.--The information learned or 
     discovered during this investigation, shall be reported to 
     the Congress.
       (d) Returning the Missing.--The President, in cooperation 
     with appropriate international organizations or 
     nongovernmental organizations shall do everything possible to 
     return to their families, as soon as is practicable, the 
     United States citizens who have been missing from Cyprus 
     since 1974, and others who have been missing, including 
     returning the remains of those who are no longer alive.

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