IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 181 
Calling for the immediate extradition or rendering to the United States 
of convicted felon William Morales and all other fugitives from justice 
who are receiving safe harbor in Cuba in order to escape prosecution 
or confinement for criminal offenses committed in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. LOBIONDO, and Mr. LANCE) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the immediate extradition or rendering to the 
United States of convicted felon William Morales and 
all other fugitives from justice who are receiving safe 
harbor in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confine-
ment for criminal offenses committed in the United 
States. 
Whereas William Morales, leader and chief bomb-maker for 
the terrorist organization FALN, committed numerous 
terrorist attacks on United States soil, including the 
bombings of Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan in 
1975 and the Mobil Oil employment office in New York 
in 1977, which killed 5 people and injured over 60 others; 
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Whereas more than 70 fugitives from the United States, 
charged with offenses ranging from hijacking to kidnap-
ping to drug offenses to murder, are believed to be receiv-
ing safe harbor in Cuba; 
Whereas other fugitives from United States justice who are 
receiving safe harbor in Cuba include Joanne Chesimard, 
one of the FBI’s ‘‘Most Wanted Terrorists’’ who was 
convicted for the killing of a New Jersey state trooper; 
Charles Hill, wanted for the killing of a state trooper in 
New Mexico, and Victor Manuel Gerena, on the FBI’s 
list of the ‘‘Ten Most Wanted’’ fugitives for carrying out 
a brutal robbery of a Wells Fargo armored car in Con-
necticut; 
Whereas the House of Representatives condemns the Admin-
istration’s move to re-establish diplomatic relations with 
Cuba, as the country continues to provide refuge to these 
fugitives from the United States justice system; 
Whereas Cuba remains a United States-designated State 
Sponsor of Terrorism, in part due to its harboring of ter-
rorists, 
including 
William 
Morales 
and 
Joanne 
Chesimard; 
Whereas according to treaties enacted in 1905 and 1926 (33 
Stat. 2265, 33 Stat. 2273, and 44 Stat. 2392), the 
United States has a bilateral extradition treaty with 
Cuba; 
Whereas in January 2002, Cuba deported to the United 
States Jesse James Bell, a United States fugitive wanted 
on drug charges; 
Whereas in March 2002, Cuba extradited drug trafficker 
Luis Hernando Go´mez Bustamante to Colombia, and 
Go´mez Bustamante was subsequently extradited to the 
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United States in July 2007 to face drug trafficking 
charges; and 
Whereas it is imperative that Cuba abide by its extradition 
treaty with the United States and immediately extradite 
or render to the United States those legally indicted or 
convicted of serious criminal offenses in the United 
States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls for the immediate extradition or ren-
dering to the United States of convicted felon Wil-
liam Morales and all other fugitives from justice who 
are receiving safe harbor in Cuba in order to escape 
prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses 
committed in the United States; 
(2) urges the international community to con-
tinue to press for the immediate extradition or ren-
dering of all fugitives from justice that are receiving 
safe harbor in Cuba; and 
(3) calls on the Secretary of State and the At-
torney General of the United States to continue to 
press for the immediate extradition or rendering of 
all fugitives from United States justice so that they 
may be tried or, if convicted, serve out their sen-
tences. 
Æ 
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