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“THE FOREIGN RELATIONS REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1995” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S11033 on July 31, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
THE FOREIGN RELATIONS REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1995
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DOLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2025
Mr. DOLE (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Lott, Mr. Helms, and Mr. D'Amato) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 908, supra; as follows:
On page 81, line 3, add the following:
(c) Further Conditional Authority.--
(1) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for Fiscal year 1996, in (a), $3,500,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, with respect to theUnited Nations Fourth World Conference on Women being held in Beijing, that no funds available to the Department of State were obligated or expended for United States participation in the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women while Harry Wu, a United States citizen, was detained by the People's Republic of China.
(2) If the Secretary of State cannot make the certification in Section 301(c)(1), the withheld funds shall be returned to the U.S. Treasury.
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HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2026
Mr. HELMS proposed an amendment to amendment No. 2025 proposed by Mr. Dole to the bill S. 908, supra; as follows:
At the end of the pending amendment, add the following:
SEC. . UNITED NATIONS DIPLOMATIC DEBTS.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 in section 201 and section 301, not less than
$20,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State reports to the Congress--
(1) the names of diplomatic personnel accredited to the United Nations or foreign missions to the United Nations, which have accrued overdue debts to businesses and individuals in the United States; and
(2) that the United Nations Secretary General is cooperating fully with the United States or taking effective steps on his own, including publishing the names of debtors, to resolve overdue debts owned by diplomats and missions accredited to the United Nations.
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