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HCONRES 183 98th Congress House International Affairs Assassination Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorations Congressional tributes Philippines Presidential protection

A concurrent resolution deploring the assassination of Benigno Aquino, calling for the conduct of a thorough, independent, and impartial investigation of that assassination, and calling for free and fair elections in the Philippines.

Introduced: October 3, 1983 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 20, 1983
For Further Action See H.Con.Res.187.
Oct 6, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Oct 3, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct 3, 1983
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that Congress: (1) deplores the assassination of Benigno Aquino; and (2) expresses its condolences to his family and to all Filipinos.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) steps should be taken to achieve an independent investigation of the Aquino assassination and to bring to justice those responsible for his death; and (2) the President should not visit the Philippines until there has been an accounting of the assassination and until the President's security can be guaranteed.

States that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support fair elections to the National Assembly in May 1984; and (2) urge the Philippine Government to take steps to secure the full participation of the opposition parties in those elections, including the reconstitution of an impartial electoral commission and the restoration of freedom of the press.

Urges the United States in conducting its relations with the Philippine Government to take into account the investigation and the fairness of the 1984 National Assembly elections.

What's happening now October 20, 1983

For Further Action See H.Con.Res.187.

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