HR 2232
98th Congress
House
International Affairs
American military assistance
Arms sales
El Salvador
Foreign Trade and Investments
A bill to suspend military assistance and sales to El Salvador until the Government of El Salvador has demonstrated its willingness, through the appointment of a Peace Commission, to enter into a dialogue with the other parties to the conflict in that country and with other Salvadoran groups which are seeking an end to the conflict.
Introduced: March 22, 1983
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Mar 31, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Mar 22, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 22, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Suspends military assistance and sales to El Salvador until El Salvador expresses a willingness to talk with civil and political organizations to end the conflict there. States that El Salvador shall not be considered to have demonstrated such a willingness unless a Peace commission comprised of high-level personnel from the army and other specified groups has been established and the Commission has tried to establish a dialogue with such civil and politiical organizations.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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