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Congressional Record: July 24, 2001 (House)
Page H4481-H4530


 
      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 199 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 2506.

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                  american churchwomen in el salvador

       Sec. 574. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980, 
     murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador shall be 
     made public to the fullest extent possible.
       (b) The Secretary of State and the Department of State are 
     to be commended for fully releasing information regarding the 
     murders.
       (c) The President shall order all Federal agencies and 
     departments that process relevant information to make every 
     effort to declassify and release to the victims' families 
     relevant information as expeditiously as possible.
       (d) In making determinations concerning the 
     declassification and release of relevant information, the 
     Federal agencies and departments shall presume in favor of 
     releasing, rather than of withholding, such information.

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