[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



     LEGISLATION TO LOCATE AND SECURE THE RETURN OF ZACHARY BAUMEL

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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 1620

  Mr. BROWNBACK (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 
1175) to locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, an American 
citizen, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action; as follows:

       In H.R. 1175, replace subsection (b) of SEC. 2 with:
       On page 3 strike lines 11-20 and insert the following:
       (b) Provision of Assistance to Certain Governments.--In 
     deciding whether or not to provide United States assistance 
     to any government or authority which the Secretary of State 
     believes has information concerning the whereabouts of the 
     soldiers described in subsection (a), and in formulating 
     United States policy towards such government or authority, 
     the President should take into consideration the willingness 
     of the government or authority to assist in locating and 
     securing the return of such soldiers.

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