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 112 STAT. 2681-847 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 and Vietnam, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter during the period ending September 30, 1999, on the extent to which— (1) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is cooperating with the United States in providing the fullest possible accounting of all unresolved cases of prisoners of war (POWs) or persons missing-in-action (MIAs) through the provision of records and the unilateral and joint recovery and repatriation of American remains; (2) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has made progress toward the release of all political and religious prisoners, including Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist clergy; (3) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is cooperating with requests by the United States to obtain full and free access to persons of humanitarian interest to the United States for interviews under the Orderly Departure (ODP) and Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Refugees (ROVR) programs, and in providing exit visas for such persons; (4) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has taken vigorous action to end extortion, bribery, and other corrupt practices in connection with such exit visas; and (5) the Government of the United States is making vigorous efforts to interview and resettle former reeducation camp victims, their immediate families including unmarried sons and daughters, former United States Government employees, and other persons eligible for the ODP program, and to give such persons the full benefit of all applicable United States laws including sections 599D and 599E of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-167). SEC. 2806. REPORTS AND POLICY CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLA- TIONS IN LAOS. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the allegations of persecution and abuse of the Hmong and Laotian refugees who have returned to Laos. The report shall include the following: (1) A full investigation, including full documentation of individual cases of persecution, of the Lao Government's treatment of Hmong and Laotian refugees who have returned to Laos. (2) The steps the Department of State will take to continue to monitor any systematic human rights violations by the Government of Laos. (3) The actions which the Department of State will take to seek to ensure the cessation of human rights violations. SEC. 2807. REPORT ON AN ALLIANCE AGAINST NARCOTICS TRAFFICK- ING IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DISCUSSIONS FOR ALLIANCE.— (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— It is the sense of Congress that the President should discuss with the democratically-elected governments of the Western Hemisphere, the prospect of

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