H. Res. 54 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 3, 2017. 
Whereas, on November 22, 2015, the citizens of the Argen-
tine Republic elected Mauricio Macri as their President; 
Whereas President Macri has pledged to promote greater na-
tional unity, rebuild the economy, combat domestic cor-
ruption, strengthen freedom of the press, defend human 
rights abroad, attract foreign direct investment, return to 
international credit markets, and reassert Argentina’s 
leadership globally; 
Whereas President Macri has emphasized his intention to 
seek closer ties with the United States and restore the bi-
lateral partnership previously enjoyed by both countries; 
Whereas the Argentine Republic has been a major non-NATO 
ally of the United States since 1998 and is the only coun-
try designated as such in Latin America; 
Whereas United States-Argentina relations are historically 
characterized by comprehensive commercial ties and 
strong bilateral cooperation on human rights, peace-
keeping, science and technology, non-proliferation, and 
education, as well as on regional and global issues; 
Whereas, in an appearance with President Macri at the Casa 
Rosada in Buenos Aires in March 2016, President 
Barack Obama said that ‘‘our countries share profound
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values in common—respect for human rights, for indi-
vidual freedoms, for democracy, for justice, and for 
peace’’; 
Whereas Secretary of State John Kerry visited Argentina in 
August 2016 to launch a High-Level Dialogue to develop 
and sustain cooperation on bilateral, regional, and global 
challenges, including democratic development and protec-
tion of human rights in Latin America; 
Whereas Secretary Kerry, during his visit, stated that ‘‘the 
United States strongly supports President Macri’s effort 
to deepen Argentina’s integration with the global econ-
omy’ ’’ and that ‘‘our governments will be supporting 
policies that are aimed at strong, sustainable, and bal-
anced economic growth’’; 
Whereas the United States Department of the Treasury no 
longer opposes multilateral development banks lending to 
Argentina because of the Government of Argentina’s 
‘‘progress on key issues and positive economic policy tra-
jectory’’; 
Whereas President Macri prioritized Argentina resolving its 
15-year standoff with private creditors stemming from 
the 2001-2002 economic crisis, which facilitated Argen-
tina’s return to international financial markets; 
Whereas the Macri Administration lifted controls on trade, 
currency, and poultry, enhanced the quality and trans-
parency of government data, and eliminated subsidies on 
electricity, water, and gas; 
Whereas Argentina is Latin America’s third largest economy 
and the International Monetary Fund, in April 2016, 
claimed the Macri Administration ‘‘embarked on an am-
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bitious, much needed transition to remove domestic im-
balances and distortions and correct relative prices’’; and 
Whereas the Government of Argentina has expressed a re-
newed commitment to bring the perpetrators of the 1994 
bombing of the Asociacio´n Mutual Israelita Argentina 
(AMIA) building, that occurred in Buenos Aires on July 
18, 1994, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds, to jus-
tice: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) upholds its commitment to the partnership be-
tween the United States and Argentina and reaffirms 
that the Argentine Republic is a major non-NATO ally 
of the United States; 
(2) encourages the Department of State to coordi-
nate a new interagency strategy to increase cooperation 
with the Government of Argentina on areas of bilateral, 
regional, and global concern; 
(3) commends the Government of Argentina for 
making far-reaching economic reforms that will benefit 
the people of Argentina, stimulate economic growth, and 
deepen Argentina’s integration with the global economy; 
(4) praises the Government of Argentina for resolv-
ing most of its business disputes at the World Bank’s 
International Centre for the Settlement of Investment 
Disputes (ICSID) thereby hastening their re-entry into 
world financial markets to the benefit of the Argentine 
people; and
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(5) encourages the Government of Argentina to con-
tinue to investigate and prosecute those responsible for 
the 1994 bombing of the Asociacio´n Mutual Israelita Ar-
gentina (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires, as well as the 
January 2015 death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto 
Nisman. 
Attest: 
Clerk.