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PUBLIC LAW 97-233—AUG. 10, 1982 Public Law 97-233 97th Congress Joint Resolution

Aug. 10, 1982 [H.J. Res. 494] El Salvador, Presidential certifications on conditions. 95 Stat. 1555. 22 USC 2370 note.

With regard to Presidential certifications on conditions in El Salvador.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 728(6) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The second certification required under this section may be made only if it includes a determination by the President that the Government of El Salvador (1) has made good faith efforts since the first such certification was made to investigate the murders of those six United States citizens and to bring to justice those responsible for those murders, and (2) has taken all reasonable steps to investigate the disappearance of journalist John Sullivan in El Salvador in January 1981.". Approved August 10, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 494 (S.J. Res. 208): SENATE REPORT No. 97-500 accompanying S.J. Res. 208 (Comm. on Foreign Relations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): July 12, 13, considered and passed House. July 27, considered and passed Senate.

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