Amendments authorize certain U.S. citizen employees to perform designated consular officer duties; clarify that the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security is responsible for diplomatic security and management; increase the authorized strength of the Foreign Service; establish 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; express 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 require a report dealing with the repatriation of unresolved POW/MIA remains from Viet Nam.

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Amendment Number
136
Description
Amendments authorize certain U.S. citizen employees to perform designated consular officer duties; clarify that the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security is responsible for diplomatic security and management; increase the authorized strength of the Foreign Service; establish 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; express 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 require a report dealing with the repatriation of unresolved POW/MIA remains from Viet Nam.
Purpose
An amendment consisiting of several amendments, offered en bloc, to do the following: allow non-Foreign Service Government employees to perform consular functions; specify qualifications for the position of Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security; change the authorized strength of the Foreign Service; change the provisions of the bill concerning return of persons to countries where they may be subject to torture; and a technical amendment regarding the ecumenical patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Congress
105
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 11, 1997
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Gilman amendments (A008) Agreed to by recorded vote: 428 - 0 (Roll no. 186).
Latest Action Time
14:44:23
Submitted Date
Jun 4, 1997
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 136 — Informed