House Roll Call 184

105th Congress, 1st session · House roll no. 186 · 1997-06-11 · Agreed to

H.R. 1757: On Agreeing to the Amendment — (HOUSE AGREED TO THE GILMAN EN BLOC AMENDMENT THAT AUTHORIZES CERTAIN U.S. CITIZEN EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM DESIGNATED CONSULAR OFFICER DUTIES; CLARIFIES THAT THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DIPLOMATIC SECURITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT; INCREASES THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE; ESTABLISHES THE POLICY THAT THE UNITED STATES SHALL NOT EXPEL, EXTRADITE, OR OTHERWISE EFFECT THE INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF ANY PERSON TO A COUNTRY IN WHICH THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL DANGER OF TORTURE; EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY RECOGNIZE THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH AND ITS NONPOLITICAL, RELIGIOUS MISSION AND REOPEN THE HALKI PATRIARCHAL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY; AND REQUIRES A REPORT DEALING WITH THE REPATRIATION OF UNRESOLVED POW/MIA REMAINS FROM VIET NAM.)

Get this as JSONEmbed this