[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 22, 2016

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, had I been present for the vote on H.R. 
4314, the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016, as 
amended (Roll Call No. 130), I would have voted ``aye.''
  The bill would require the State Department and other federal 
agencies to develop a plan that boosts the ability of U.S. allies to 
block international travel of terrorists and foreign fighters and to 
accelerate the transfer to partner nations of certain U.S. systems that 
help identify terrorists and other high-risk individuals. It also would 
establish minimum international border security standards and allows 
the suspension of U.S. foreign aid to nations that fail to make 
significant efforts to comply with those minimum standards.

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