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Religious Persecution Abroad: Congressional Concerns and Actions

The 105 Congress has sought to raise the priority of combating religious persecution worldwide among U.S. foreign policy objectives. The difficulty has been in agreeing on legislation that would effectively deal with religious persecution without adversely affecting other important U.S. interests. On May 14, 1998, the House passed H.R. 2431 (the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1998) establishing in the State Department a Director of the Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring who i… more

Date: June 25, 1998

Creator: Bite, Vita

Item Type: Report

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U.N Funding, Payment of Arrears and Linkage to Reform: Legislation in the 105th Congress

The conference report on H.R. 1757, the Foreign Relations Authorization bill for FY1998-FY1999, will be debated in the Senate beginning April 24 with a vote expected April 28, 1998. On March 26, the House adopted the conference report (H.Rept. 105-432) on H.R. 1757; the bill authorizes a total of $926 million for payment of arrears to international organizations in exchange for U.N. and U.N. agency reforms. The House version of the bill did not address payment of the U.S. arrears or U.N. reform… more

Date: April 24, 1998

Creator: Bite, Vita; Browne, Marjorie Ann & McHugh, Lois B.