CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 10, 2005
119 STAT. 3661
Taylor’s ‘‘former military commanders and business associates, as well as members of his political party, maintain regular contact with him and are planning to undermine the peace process’’ in Liberia; Whereas David Crane, Chief Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, stated: ‘‘Unless and until Charles Taylor is brought to justice, there will be no peace. Charles Taylor is a big cloud hanging over Liberia. He is still ruling the country from his house arrest in Calabar. His agents remain influential in the country.’’; Whereas on March 22, 2005, Jacques Klein, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Liberia, stated: ‘‘Charles Taylor is a psychopath and a killer * * * He’s still very much involved [in and is * * * ] intrusive in Liberian politics.’’; and Whereas Charles Taylor remains a serious present and continuing threat to Liberian and West African subregional political stability, security, and peace, and to United States interests in the region: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress urges the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to expeditiously transfer Charles Ghankay Taylor, former President of the Republic of Liberia, to the jurisdiction of the Special Court for Sierra Leone to undergo a fair and open trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law. Agreed to May 10, 2005.
ENROLLMENT CORRECTION—H.R. 1268
May 10, 2005 [S. Con. Res. 31]
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That in the enrollment of H.R. 1268, an Act making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House of Representatives is hereby authorized and directed to correct section 502 of title V of division B so that clause (ii) of section 106(d)(2)(B) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–313; 8 U.S.C. 1153 note), as amended by such section 502, reads as follows: ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM.—The total number of visas made available under paragraph (1) from unused visas from the fiscal years 2001 through 2004 may not exceed 50,000.’’. Agreed to May 10, 2005.
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