HCONRES 69 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Expressing the sense of the Congress on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and urging all Contracting States to the Convention to recommend the production of practice guides.

Introduced Mar 20, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Nick Lampson D-TX

Latest action · Mar 26, 2001 Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 20, 2001
Agreed to in HouseMar 22, 2001
Agreed to in SenateMar 23, 2001

Summary

Urges all Contracting States to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to adopt a resolution recommending that: (1) the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on Private International Law produce and promote practice guides to assist in the implementation and operation of the Convention; and (2) such a proposal to produce practice guides be adopted by the Fourth Special Commission at The Hague in March 2001.

Cosponsors 52

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2001 to Mar 22, 2001; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Chet Edwards	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-PA	James C. Greenwood	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-CA	Joe Baca	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-IL	Mark Kirk	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Max Sandlin	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Borski	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Mar 20, 2001
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn	Original	Mar 20, 2001
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Mar 20, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Mar 22, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Mar 22, 2001
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Mar 22, 2001
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Mar 22, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Mar 22, 2001
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.		Mar 22, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 22, 2001
D-FL	Jim Davis		Mar 22, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Mar 22, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson		Mar 22, 2001
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Mar 22, 2001
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 22, 2001
R-NY	Peter T. King		Mar 22, 2001
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Mar 22, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Mar 22, 2001
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Mar 22, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 20, 2001Discharged Mar 22, 2001

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 26, 2001Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 23, 2001Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2833)
Mar 22, 2001Committee on International Relations discharged.
Mar 22, 2001Mr. Chabot asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Mar 22, 2001Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1087-1088, text of measure as introduced: CR H1087)

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In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S2831–S2833	Mike DeWine R-OH	Mar 23, 2001
House	Debate and remarks H1064, H1087, H1088Text printed H1087Amendments H1088	Nick Lampson D-TX, Steve Chabot R-OH (amendment)	Mar 22, 2001

Amendments 2

Amendments offered to this resolution.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 14	An amendment to clarify that the provisions of the amended paragraph apply to The Hague Conference on Private International Law.	Steve Chabot R-OH	On agreeing to the Chabot amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.
HAmdt 15	An amendment to the preamble.	Steve Chabot R-OH	On agreeing to the Chabot amendment (A002) Agreed to without objection.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Expressing the sense of the Congress on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and urging all Contracting States to the Convention to recommend the production of practice guides.

Subjects

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Text 4

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