EMBASSIES

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of State: establish and maintain existing libraries and resource centers at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions to provide information about U.S. culture, society, and history (see H.R. 909), H1044 [4FE]

Foreign policy: importance of public diplomacy (see S. Res. 49), S2322 [13FE]

Foreign Service: extend comparability pay adjustments to employees serving overseas and authorize a death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of employees who die while on duty (see H.R. 370), H159 [9JA]

Iran: anniversary of Iranian students seizing the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and holding embassy employees as hostages (see H. Con. Res. 209), H12456 [5NO]

———grant consular access by Switzerland to detained U.S. hikers, allow telephone communication, and facilitate reunification with their families (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9653 [22SE] (see H. Con. Res. 189), H9807 [22SE]

———prohibit use of certain funds to host Iranian officials for Independence Day celebrations (see H.R. 3016), H7249 [24JN]

Iraq: establish a U.S. consulate in the Kurdistan region (see H. Res. 873), H11868 [27OC]

Israel: recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (see S. 2737), S11205 [5NO] (see H.R. 3412), H9205 [30JY]

Mickey Leland U.S. Embassy Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: designate (see H.R. 1564), H3526 [17MR]

Remarks in House

Iran: anniversary of Iranian students seizing the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and holding embassy employees as hostages (H. Con. Res. 209), H12546-H12549 [6NO], H12969 [7NO]

———rescind Independence Day celebration invitations to Iranian diplomats, H7113 [23JN]

Israel: recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (H.R. 3412), E2106 [31JY]

Terrorism: compensate relatives of U.S. citizens killed as a result of the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, H6434 [10JN]

Remarks in Senate

Foreign policy: importance of public diplomacy (S. Res. 49), S5645 [19MY]

Israel: recognize Jerusalem as capital and support relocation of U.S. Embassy (S. 2737), S11215 [5NO]

Reports filed

Arrest of 5 Representatives Outside the Embassy of Sudan: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Rept. 111-122), H5790 [19MY]

Importance of Public Diplomacy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 49), S5281 [7MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 209, Iranian students seizing the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and holding embassy employees as hostages anniversary, H12546 [6NO]

S. Con. Res. 40, grant consular access by Switzerland to detained U.S. hikers in Iran, allow telephone communication, and facilitate reunification with their families, S9682 [22SE]

S. Res. 49, importance of public diplomacy, S2345 [13FE], S5645 [19MY]