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Sherwood Boehlert: Modification to amendment offered by Mr. Boehlert: At the end of title III (page 11, after line 8), insert the following…

On the recordJune 23, 2004
Modification to amendment offered by Mr. Boehlert: At the end of title III (page 11, after line 8), insert the following new section: SEC. 304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DISMANTLING AND REMOVAL OF LIBYA'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following: (1) Libya has been listed as a state sponsor of terrorism by the Department of State each year since 1979. (2) A German court found the Libyan Government guilty of the East Berlin La Belle disco bombing of 1986, in which two US servicemen were killed. (3) A Scottish court in January 2001 found a former Libyan official guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. (4) Libya received and deserved world's condemnations for these horrific acts against innocents.
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Sherwood Boehlert
New York

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Discussing an amendment related to Libya's weapons of mass destruction.

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