(8) one of the most recent eyewitnesses was Jan Kaplan, a Russian refusnik who shortly after his release from a Soviet jail in 1977, phoned his daughter, Doctor Anna Bilder, in Israel and reported that he had met a Swede in prison who had survived thirty years in the Gulag;

(9) during the next two years, Anna Bilder received no further word from or about her father;

(10) in July 1977, Jan Kaplan's wife smuggled a letter to Doctor Bilder informing her that Jan Kaplan had been rearrested because of a letter he had tried to smuggle to her about Raoul Wallenberg;

(11) in 1980, the Swedish Government sent an official request to interview Jan Kaplan;

(12) the Soviets made no response to this request;

(13) the whereabouts of Jan Kaplan are not known; and

(14) Jan Kaplan could provide valuable information about Raoul Wallenberg.

(b) It is the sense of the Congress that the President, acting directly or through the Secretary of State, should take all possible steps at all appropriate times to ascertain that whereabouts of Jan Kaplan and to request an interview with him in order to learn more concerning the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg.

POLICY TOWARD THE EXPORT OF NUCLEAR-RELATED EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, OR TECHNOLOGY TO INDIA, ARGENTINA, AND SOUTH AFRICA

SEC. 1007. (a) It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should disapprove the export of, and should suspend or revoke approval for the export of, any nuclear-related equipment, material, or technology, including nuclear components and heavy water, to the Government of India, Argentina, or South Africa until such time as such government gives the Government of the United States stronger nuclear nonproliferation guarantees. Such guarantees should include

(1) reliable assurances by such government that it is not engaged in any program leading to the development, testing, or detonation of nuclear explosive devices; and

(2) agreement by such government to accept international safeguards on all its nuclear facilities.

(b) If the President determines, in the case of India's Tarapur reactor, while it is under International Atomic Energy Agency inspection, that certain equipment or non-nuclear material or technology is necessary for humanitarian reasons to protect the health and safety of operations and is not available from a foreign supplier, the President may authorize the export of such equipment or nonnuclear material or technology.

ACID RAIN

SEC. 1008. (a) The Congress finds the following:

(1) Acid deposition, commonly known as "acid rain" is believed to have caused serious damage to the natural environment in large parts of Canada and the United States and has raised justified concerns among citizens of both countries.

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(2) Acid rain is believed to have caused billions of dollars of damage annually to both natural and man-made materials. It damages crops and the forest which support 25 percent of the Canadian economy and much of our own. It threatens marine life in fresh water lakes, rivers, and streams.

(3) The principal sources of acid rain are believed to be emissions resulting from power generation, industrial production, mineral smelters, and automobile transportation which originate in both the United States and Canada and which affect the environment of the other.

(4) Section 612 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979, called upon the President to "make every effort to negotiate a cooperative agreement with the Government of Canada aimed at preserving the mutual airshed of the United States and Canada so as to protect and enhance air resources".

(5) On August 5, 1980, the Governments of Canada and the United States signed a Memorandum of Intent committing both parties "to develop a bilateral agreement which will reflect and further the development of effective domestic control programs and other measures to combat transboundary air pollution," and, as an interim action, committing both parties to "promote vigorous enforcement of existing laws and regulations" and "to develop domestic air pollution control policies and strategies, and as necessary and appropriate, seek legislative or other support to give effect to them".

(6) The Government of Canada has made a formal offer to reduce eastern emissions of sulfur dioxide by 50 percent by 1990 should the United States make a comparable commitment.

(7) Both the United States and Canada have taken steps to reduce transboundary pollutants. Present United States air emission standards are the most stringent in the world. In the past decade, the United States has reduced sulfur dioxide emissions by 15 percent. However, the failure of the United States to respond in a timely manner to concerns about transboundary air pollution would harm the historically close relations between the United States and Canada.

(8) The strategies and techniques adopted to control air pollution emissions should weigh heavily on the employment and other economic effects on employment in the United States and Canada of the acid precipitation, electricity generation, manufacture, distribution and installation of pollution control equipment, and any curtailment of emission producing industrial activity.

(b) It is therefore the sense of the Congress that the President should

(1) respond constructively to the Canadian offer on air pollution emissions;

(2) proceed to negotiate as expeditiously as possible a bilateral agreement with Canada providing for significant reductions in transboundary air pollution while keeping economic dislocations in both countries to the minimum possible; and

(3) consider prompt initiation of a joint Government-supported program to develop new cost-effective technologies that will facilitate reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions and other copollutants;

(4) instruct the Secretary of State to report to the Congress no later than December 1, 1983, on the progress toward achieving a new transboundary air pollution agreement, including a cooperative program on new technologies.

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON NATURAL GAS

SEC. 1009. (a) The Congress finds that

(1) the foreign policy and economic well-being of the United States depend on mutually beneficial relationships with our trading partners throughout the world;

(2) America's present economic difficulties have been caused in part by the huge increases in the price of energy, especially imported energy, during the 1970's;

(3) at a time when prices for other forms of energy are stabilizing or falling, the burner-tip price of natural gas continues to rise throughout the United States;

(4) the high price of natural gas is a severe hardship for lowincome persons, the elderly, the agricultural industry, small businesses, and other consumers without alternative fuel

sources;

(5) high-priced imported natural gas is a major factor contributing to these price increases;

(6) imports of high-priced natural gas continue at prices above fair market levels, despite the increased availability of uncommitted and ample supplies of lower priced domestic gas; (7) it is in the interest of the United States to continue to import natural gas from secure sources in whatever quantity consumers require, as long as the price is fair;

(8) the principles of free and fair international trade require that natural gas prices and terms of trade be made fair to all trading partners; and

(9) the immediacy of this problem requires the prompt and serious attention of all parties involved.

(b) It is the sense of the Congress that

(1) the United States Government should move immediately to promote lower prices and fair market conditions for imported natural gas; and

(2) within thirty days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Secretary of Energy, should prepare and transmit to the Congress a report on the progress made in achieving lower prices and fair market conditions for imported natural gas.

PREPUBLICATION REVIEW OF WRITINGS OF FORMER FEDERAL

EMPLOYEES

SEC. 1010. The head of a department or agency of the Government may not, before April 15, 1984, enforce, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, directive, policy, decision, or order which (1) would require any officer or employee to submit, after termination

of employment with the Government, his or her writings for prepublication review by an officer or employee of the Government, and (2) is different from the rules, regulations, directives, policies, decisions, or orders (relating to prepublication review of such writings) in effect on March 1, 1983.

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EXTENDED VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE STATUS FOR CERTAIN
EL SALVADORANS

SEC. 1012. (a) The Congress finds that

(1) ongoing fighting between the military forces of the Government of El Salvador and opposition forces is creating potentially life-threatening situations for innocent nationals of El Salvador;

(2) thousands of El Salvadoran nationals have fled from El Salvador and entered the United States since January 1980;

(3) currently the United States Government is detaining these nationals of El Salvador for the purpose of deporting or otherwise returning them to El Salvador, thereby irreparably harming the foreign policy image of the United States;

(4) deportation of these nationals could be temporarily suspended, until it became safe to return to El Salvador, if they are provided with extended voluntary departure status; and

(5) such extended voluntary departure status has been granted in recent history in cases of nationals who fled from Vietnam, Laos, Iran, and Nicaragua.

(b) Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) the Secretary of State should recommend that extended voluntary departure status be granted to aliens—

(A) who are nationals of El Salvador,

(B) who have been in the United States since before January 1, 1983,

(C) who otherwise qualify for voluntary departure (in lieu of deportation) under section 242(b) or 244(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252(b) and 1254(e)), and

(D) who were not excludable from the United States at the time of their entry on any ground specified in section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) other than the grounds described in paragraphs (14), (15), (20), (21), and (25); and

(2) such status should be granted to those aliens until the situation in El Salvador has changed sufficiently to permit their safely residing in that country.

EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS

SEC. 1013.37 Any joint resolution or bill introduced in either House which requires the removal of United States Armed Forces engaged in hostilities outside the territory of the United States, its possessions and territories, without a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization shall be considered in accordance with the

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procedures of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976, except that any such resolution or bill shall be amendable. If such a joint resolution or bill should be vetoed by the President, the time for debate in consideration of the veto message on such measure shall be limited to twenty hours in the Senate and in the House shall be determined in accordance with the Rules of the House.