To establish a Department of Peace.
Latest action · Jun 27, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4078-4079)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes in the Department the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace, which shall provide assistance and make recommendations to the Secretary and the President concerning intergovernmental policies relating to peace and nonviolent conflict resolution.
Transfers to the Department the functions, assets, and personnel of various Federal agencies.
Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Peace.
Establishes Peace Day. Urges all citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on such day.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2001 to Jul 8, 2002; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Jul 11, 2001 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2001 |
| Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee | Referred Jul 20, 2001 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2001 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2001 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Aug 6, 2001 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2001 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Sep 28, 2001 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4078-4079)
- Mar 21, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E420-421)
- Sep 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Aug 6, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- Jul 20, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1332 | Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH | Jul 24, 2002 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4078 | Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH | Jun 27, 2002 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E588 | Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH | Apr 18, 2002 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E419 | Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH | Mar 21, 2002 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Department of Peace.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administration of justice
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholism treatment
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control
- Arms control agreements
- Arms control verification
- Arms sales
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Block grants
- Cabinet officers
- Child abuse
- Child health
- Child welfare
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil rights movements
- Commemorations
- Community organization
- Community policing
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conservation of natural resources
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against women
- Cultural relations
- Curricula
- Curriculum planning
- Democracy
- Department of Justice
- Department of State
- Department of the Treasury
- Dispute settlement
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drug abuse treatment
- Economic research
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elder abuse
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Embargo
- Employee rights
- Employee training
- Energy
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection
- Ethics
- Ethnic relations
- Exchange of persons programs
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Family violence
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to research
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Firearms control
- Foreign loans
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Freedom of the press
- Gangs
- Gays
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publications
- Government publicity
- Hate crimes
- Health
- Higher education
- Human rights
- Inspectors general
- Intergovernmental relations
- International Affairs
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legal assistance to women
- Lesbians
- Mediation
- Minorities
- Nature conservation
- Nonviolence
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- Peace
- Peace Corps
- Peace negotiations
- Peace treaties
- Peacekeeping forces
- Police-community relations
- Presidential appointments
- Protection of animals
- Public health
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Punishment
- Rehabilitation of criminals
- Research and development
- School violence
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Service academies
- Service learning
- Social Welfare
- Space activities
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- Special days
- Storage
- Summit diplomacy
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- Violence
- Violence in mass media
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- Wife abuse
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2001Introduced in House
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