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A resolution to commend the President for acting forcefully and successfully in ordering the apprehension of the terrorists who hijacked the Italian cruise liner the ACHILLE LAURO and killed a…

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A resolution to commend the President for acting forcefully and successfully in ordering the apprehension of the terrorists who hijacked the Italian cruise liner the ACHILLE LAURO and killed a citizen of the United States.

Introduced: October 11, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Oct 11, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct 11, 1985
Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Oct 11, 1985
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Oct 11, 1985
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 11, 1985
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 11, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commends the President for his decision to order the interception of the Egyptian airliner that was transporting the terrorists who hijacked the Achille Lauro and killed Leon Klinghoffer. Encourages the President to continue to pressure the Government of Italy to extradite those terrorists to the United States.

What's happening now October 11, 1985

Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 11, 1985
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Oct 11, 1985
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Oct 11, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 294: A resolution to commend the President for acting forcefully and successfully in ordering the apprehension of the terrorists who hijacked the Italian cruise liner the ACHILLE LAURO and killed a citizen of the United States.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-294/
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"H. Res. 294: A resolution to commend the President for acting forcefully and successfully in ordering the apprehension of the terrorists who hijacked the Italian cruise liner the ACHILLE LAURO and killed a citizen of the United States.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-294/.
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H. Res. 294, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-294/.
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