Officials of the two sides met in New Delhi for talks on the 123 Agreement during which they will seek to iron out differences over various elements in the Henry Hyde Act.
Hyde retired from Congress at the end of the last session and was major player and quite instrumental in steering the Henry J Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006 through the second session of Congress in 2006.
Ashok Mago, chairman of the Dallas-based US-India Forum and a community leader, has been nominated for the "Apostle of International Understanding" by the Unity International Foundation for his "exceptional role in bring India closer to the US".
Lantos was one of the critical law makers involved in the passage of the Henry Hyde Act of 2006 on the Indo-US nuclear deal. A strong supporter of India, he had made no bones of his displeasure on New Delhi's relations with Iran.
In a resolution adopted at its Central Committee meeting late last month, the CPI(M) noted that it was the Hyde Act which would set the parameters for future American Presidents and the US Congress to act upon.
The tough terms and conditions for the civilian nuclear engagement with India as laid out in the Henry Hyde Act passed by US Congress in December 2006 and intent of the July 18, 2005 statement are at complete divergence with each other and so it is
Though it is seen as a positive for India, the bill authored by Congressmen Henry Hyde and Tom Lantos has its negatives too.
California representative Lantos was one of the key members of the Congress who were instrumental in getting the Henry J Hyde Act pertaining to the civilian nuclear initiative between India and the United States passed in 2006.
'We had to convince our people that we were doing nothing that would erode our strategic programme. We were all the time arguing that we are not doing anything, which will remotely impact on our strategic programme.'
The Hyde Act, signed into law by President Bush in December last year, grants the President authority to waive certain sections of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the 1978 Nuclear Nonproliferation Act
'India should not succumb to the US ploy and help their approach by over-dramatizing the importance of the 123 Agreement to the Indian public.'
Key provisions of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
USIBC officials attended the White House Signing Ceremony to witness President Bush's endorsement of the legislation passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the US Congress on December 9, 2006.
The year 2007 did not turn out to be much different than 2006 in that much of the time was spent on figuring out whether Washington and New Delhi will come to terms with the so-called 123 Agreement that would formalise the Henry J Hyde Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act that the President George W Bush signed into law in the closing days of 2006.
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