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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—DEC. 17, 1982

96 STAT. 2675

Whereas it is in the best interest of the United States to support the establishment of a national center dedicated to the advancement of science and technology in communications and electronics; and Whereas such a national center would promote the interest of the public at large in such advancements in communications and electronics; tie the corporate and governmental worlds together to reach a common goal: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That the Congress shall take an active and leading role in making the public, and the corporate and governmental worlds aware of the importance of assuring and maintaining the scientific and technological superiority of the United States in the area of electronics and communications, and to encourage the establishment within the United States of a national center dedicated to communications and electronics. Agreed to December 13, 1982.

AMERICANS MISSING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Whereas locating Americans missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and their return to the United States is, and should be, of primary concern to the Government of the United States and all humane nations and peoples; Whereas there are currently two thousand four hundred and ninetythree Americans missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, five hundred and fifty-eight of whom are presumed to be located in Laos; Whereas the Government of Laos has recently indicated, by its reception of a visiting delegation of Americans from the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, that the Government of Laos would assist in the humanitarian effort to locate and return Americans missing and unaccounted for in Laos; and Whereas the United States Government is encouraged by this recent indication of cooperation on the part of the Government of Laos: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress— (1) reaffirms its commitment to locating Americans missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and returning them to the United States; (2) expresses its appreciation to the Government of Laos for its expressed willingness to cooperate in locating and returning those Americans; (3) supports the President's actions to locate and return Americans missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia; and (4) urges both governments to move, with all dispatch, to cooperate in this humanitarian effort. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this concurrent resolution to the President. Agreed to December 17, 1982.

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