RELEASE OF PRISONERS HELD IN IRAQ.

SEC. 356. RELEASE OF PRISONERS HELD IN IRAQ. (a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) in addition to other requirements of law, the President should not lift United States economic sanctions currently in place against the Iraqi government, and should continue to make every effort to ensure the multinational coalition maintains the full range of economic sanctions as embodied in the appropriate United Nations Security Council resolutions; and (2) such sanctions should remain in effect until the Iraqi government has released all individuals held prisoner and has accounted as fully as possible for all those missing as a result of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, including those Kuwaiti citizens and other Kuwaiti residents captured or detained by Iraq. (b) Report to Congress.—The Secretary of State shall— (1) continue to consult with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the status of a detailed list of all Kuwaiti citizens and other residents of Kuwait believed to have been captured or detained by the government of Iraq; and (2) to the extent such information is available, submit a report on the steps which have been taken and planned actions to effect the release of remaining prisoners held by Iraq to the appropriate committees of the Congress not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Definition.—For the purposes of this section the term “appropriate committees of the Congress” means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.