Strongly supporting the decision of the United States Government to offer and solicit cosponsorship for a resolution at the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, calling upon the People's Republic of China to end its human rights abuses in China and Tibet, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 3, 2001 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2001
- Agreed to in HouseApr 3, 2001
Summary
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 78 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Passed406–6 | Apr 3, 2001 |
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2001 to Apr 3, 2001; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| D-MI | Lynn N. Rivers | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Feb 26, 2001 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Mar 14, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-TN | Bob Clement | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-PA | William J. Coyne | Mar 20, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| R-NY | Benjamin A. Gilman | Mar 29, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Apr 3, 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 Feb 26, 2001Markup Mar 28, 2001 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2001Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Apr 3, 2001Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1368-1374)
- Apr 3, 2001DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 56.
- Apr 3, 2001At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 3, 2001Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1385-1386)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E563, E582 | Frank R. Wolf R-VA, Joe Scarborough R-FL | Apr 5, 2001 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1368–H1374Text printed H1368Amendments H1386Recorded votes H1385support | Benjamin A. Gilman R-NY, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Jim McDermott D-WA, Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL, Mark Kirk R-IL, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Tom Davis R-VA, Tom Lantos D-CA | Apr 3, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce at the annual meeting of the Commission a resolution calling upon the People's Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China and Tibet, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- Strongly supporting the decision of the United States Government to offer and solicit cosponsorship for a resolution at the 57th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, calling upon the People's Republic of China to end its human rights abuses in China and Tibet, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2001Engrossed in House
- Feb 26, 2001Introduced in House
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