Amendment105th Congress
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.
- 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