EL CONGRESISTA MOAKLEY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY AND EL SALVADOR
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This Guide attempts to provide information on El Salvador and the work which Congressman Joe Moakley contributed. Included are books, journal articles and Websites about El Salvador, including U.S. legislation, some of which, Congressman Joe Moakley was instrumental in creating.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Books
Journals
U.S. Legislative Materials
United Nations Materials
Internet Sites
BOOKS
The Library holds some of the books mentioned below.
Armstrong, Robert and Shenk, Janet, El Salvador: The Face of Revolution . Boston, MA: South End Press, 1982.
Arnson, Cynthia J., Crossroads: Congress, The President, and Central America, 1976-1993. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. [Sawyer Library F1436.8.U6 A76 1989]
Arnson, Cynthia J., El Salvador Accountability and Human Rights: The Report of the United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador. New York: Americas Watch, August 10, 1993.
Arnson, Cynthia J.,. El Salvador: A Revolution Confronts the United States . Institute for Policy Studies and Transnational Institute, 1982. [Sawyer Library F1488.A76]
Lungo, Mario Uclés. El Salvador in the Eighties: Counterinsurgency and Revolution. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. [Sawyer Library F1488.3 .L8713 1996]
Rose, Lance. El Salvador's Decade of Terror : Human Rights Since the Assassination of Archbishop Romero / Americas Watch. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1991. [Sawyer Library JC599.S2 E42 1991]
Stephen, Lynn. Hear My Testimony : The Story of María Teresa Tula, Human Rights Activist of El Salvador. Boston, MA : South End Press, 1994. [Sawyer Library JC599.S22 TB5 1994]
Whitfield, Theresa. Paying the Price: Ignacio Ellacuria and the Murdered Jesuits of El Salvador. Philadelpiha: Temple University Press, 1994. [Moakley Archives F1488.3.W48 1994]
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Citations to articles about El Salvador can be found by searching on, among others, Westlaw, Lexis, Legaltrac and Wilson's Index to Legal Periodical databases.
Alexander, Barbara Cochrane , Legislative Focus: Attempts to Close the United States Army School of the Americas. 7 Hum. Rts. Br. 26 Fall, 1999.
Buergenthal, Thomas , The United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador. 27 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 497, October, 1994.
Romig, Jeffrey L., Salvadoran Illegal Aliens: A Struggle to Obtain Refuge in the United States. 47 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 295, Fall 1985.
Weiner, Robert, The Agony and the Exodus: Deporting Salvadorans in Violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. 18 N.Y.U. J. Int'l. L. & Politics 703, 1986.
U.S. LEGISLATIVE MATERIALS
Some citations to legislative materials on El Salvador have been provided. Some of these materials are available in the Moakley Law Library or accessible through the Internet.
Temporary Suspension of Deportation of Certain Aliens, Hearings on H.R. 4447 Before the Subcomm. on the Judiciary House of Representatives, 98th Cong. 2d Sess. 42 (1984).
Law Microforms: CIS 84 H521-45 also known as:
H.R. 4447 Moakley- DeConcini Bill
98th Congress (introduced Nov. 17, 1983)
linked with S. 2131 (introduced by Sen. DeConcicni)
Title: A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of deportation for certain aliens who are nationals of El Salvador, and to provide for Presidential and Congressional review of conditions in El Salvador and for other purposes. Not passed
Extended Voluntary Departure Issues: Hearings on § 377 Before the Subcomm. on Immigration Refugee Policy of the Senate Comm. on the Judiciary, 99th Cong., 1st Sess. 111 (1985).
Temporary Suspension of Deportation for Nationals of Certain Countries: Hearing on H.R. 822 Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, 99th Cong., 1st Sess., November 7, 1985.
Law Microforms: CIS 86 H521-20 also known as:
H.R. 822 Moakley- DeConcini Bill
99th Congress (introduced Jan. 30, 1985)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
linked with S. 377 (sponsored by Sen. DeConcicni)
Title: A bill to provide for a General Accounting Office investigation and report on conditions of displaced Salvadorans, to provide certain rules of the House of Representatives and of the Senate with respect to review of the report, to provide for the temporary stay of detention and deportation of certain Salvadorans. Not passed
Resolution of inquiry concerning the 1980 slayings of four American churchwomen in El Salvador adverse report (to accompany H. Res. 464)
Law Microforms: CIS 84 H383-3
H.R. 45 Moakley-DeConcini Bill
101st Congress (introduced January 3, 1989)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Title: To provide for a General Accounting Office investigation and report on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, to provide certain rules of the House of Representatives and of the Senate with respect to review of the report, to provide for the temporary stay of detention and deportation of certain Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, and for other purposes. Latest Major Action: 11/3/1989 Referred to Senate Subcommitte. Not passed.
Immigration Act of 1990: Conference Report (to accompany S. 358).
Law Microforms: CIS 90 H523-39 also known as:
S. 358 Immigration Act of 1990
101st Congress (introduced Feb. 17, 1989)
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M.
Title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purposes. Latest Major Action: 11/29/1990 Signed by President, Public Law 101-649
H.R. 3506 Moakley-DeConcini Bill
101st Congress (introduced October 23, 1989)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Title: To establish a statutory framework for the Attorney General to afford temporary protected status to nationals of countries subject to extraordinary and temporary conditions, including armed conflicts, to provide for certain studies and for congressional review of such studies, to provide temporary transition protection for nationals of certain countries, and for other purposes. Latest Major Action: 10/24/1989 Referred to House Subcommitte.
H. AMDT. 459 to H.R. 4636
101st Congress (introduced May 22, 1990)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Amendment Description: Amendment provided for the withholding of 50% of the military assistance authorized for El Salvador; added conditions on aid to El Salvador including the elimination of assistance if military or security forces engaged in acts of violence against civilian targets; required the approval of the President of El Salvador before any military assistance could be delivered to the Armed Forces; and authorized $2 million for the Support Democracy program for election voter registration and monitoring. Latest Major Action: 5/22/1990 House amendment agrred to. Status: On agreeing to Moakley amendment (A005). Agreed to by recorded vote: 250-163 (Roll no. 127). Not passed.
H. Res. 531
101st Congress (introduced October 25, 1990)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Title: Waiving certain points of order against consideration of the conference report on the bill (S. 358) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for admission, of immigrants to the United States, and to provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purposes, and against its consideration. Latest Major Action: 10/26/1990 Failed of passage/ not agreed to in House.
Extension of Application Deadline for Special Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans: Report Together with Dissenting Views (to accompany H.R. 2332)
Law Microforms: CIS 91 H523-5 also known as:
H. R. 2332
101st Congress (introduced October 25, 1990)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Title: To amend the Immigration Act of 1990 to extend for 4 months the application deadline for special temporary protected status for Salvadorans. Latest Major Action: Passed Public Law 102-65 on July 2, 1991
H. R. 3782
102nd Congress (introduced November 14, 1991)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Title: To promote peace and reconciliation in El Salvador. Latest Major Action: 11/20/1991 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
H. R. 732
106th Congress (introduced Februrary 11, 1999)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Title: To close the United States Army School of the Americas. Latest Major Action: 2/23/1999 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
H. AMDT.368 to H.R. 2606
106th Congress (introduced September 29, 1999)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Amendment Description: Amendment prohibits any funding for the United States Army School of the Americas located at Fort Benning, Georgia. Latest Major Action: 7/30/1999 House amendment agreed to by recorded vote: 230-197 (Roll no. 352)
H. AMDT.723 to H.R. 4205
106th Congress (introduced May 18, 2000)
Sponsor: Rep. Moakley, John Joseph
Amendment Description: Amendment sought to require the Army to close the United States Army School of the Americas. Latest Major Action: 5/18/2000 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Moakley amendment (A010) Failed by recorded vote: 204 -214
UNITED NATIONS MATERIALS
Chapultepec Agreement Peace Agreements Digital Collection: El Salvador
U.N. Doc. No. A/46/864-S/23501, 1992.
Posted by USIP Library on: April 16 2001.
Mexico Agreements
El Salvador: Mexico Peace Agreements
--Provisions Creating the Commission On Truth, U.N. Doc. S/25500, April 1, 1993.
Posted by USIP Library on: August 27 1999.
Report of the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador: From Madness to Hope
U.N. Doc. S/25500, Annexes, 1993.
Posted by USIP Library on: January 26 2001.
United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights
Search for reports involving El Salvador.
INTERNET SITES
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador - http://www.cispes.org/english/index.html
Modern challenges in El Salvador.
El Mozote - http://mikeoso.homestead.com/mozote.html
Fotots of the Community Center in El Mozote by Mike Oso.
El Salvador: "A Blindness of Conscience" -
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR02/001/1996/en
Central America and Mexico Human Rights Defenders on the Front Line, London: 10 December 1996. AI Index: AMR 02/01/96, 1996.
El Salvador's Humanity and Dignity, by Joe Moakley
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/enemiesofwar/perspectivesH.html
Enemies of War - http://www.pbs.org/itvs/enemiesofwar/
Enemies of War - A Film and Website about the El Salvadoran Civil War by PBS.
FMLN - http://www.fmln.org.sv/
Official Site for the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional.
Mártires de la Universidad Centroamericana El Caso Jesuitas http://www.uca.edu.sv/martires/new/caso/fcronica.htm
School of the Americas Watch - http://soaw.org/
The US Army School of Americas (SOA), based in Fort Benning, Georgia, trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. Graduates of the SOA are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America. Among the SOA's nearly 60,000 graduates are notorious dictators Manuel Noriega and Omar Torrijos of Panama, Leopoldo Galtieri and Roberto Viola of Argentina, Juan Velasco Alvarado of Peru, Guillermo Rodriguez of Ecuador, and Hugo Banzer Suarez of Bolivia. Lower-level SOA graduates have participated in human rights abuses that include the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the El Mozote Massacre of 900 civilians.
Statement of Joe Moakley
Chairman of the Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador, November 18, 1991.
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