A concurrent resolution commemorating the independence of East Timor, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jun 4, 2002 Held at the desk.
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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2002
- Agreed to in SenateMay 23, 2002
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Urges the President to: (1) maintain an appropriate level of U.S. assistance for East Timor; (2) work to fund East Timor's financing gap in its recurrent and development budgets; (3) focus bilateral assistance on specified areas; (4) urge the Indonesian Government to step up efforts to disarm and disband all militia, hold them accountable to the rule of law, ensure stability along the border, and promptly reunite East Timorese children separated from their parents through coercion or force; and (5) review information from the East Timorese Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation and use all diplomatic resources to ensure that officials responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes against the East Timorese people are held accountable and that the Indonesian Government cooperates with the East Timorese judicial system.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2002 to May 20, 2002, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | May 9, 2002 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | May 20, 2002 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2002Held at the desk.
- Jun 4, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 4, 2002Received in the House.
- May 23, 2002Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 23, 2002Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 405 | Commemorating the independence of East Timor and commending the President for promptly establishing diplomatic relations with East Timor. | Related bill | May 22, 2002 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administration of justice
- American economic assistance
- American military assistance
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Boundaries
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional tributes
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against humanity
- Debt relief
- Diplomacy
- Due process of law
- East Asia
- East Timor
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Embassies
- Environmental Protection
- Families
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Housing and Community Development
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Indonesia
- International Affairs
- International military forces
- Job creation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Military agreements
- Military training
- Parent and child
- Peace
- Peacekeeping forces
- President and foreign policy
- Recognition (International law)
- Refugee children
- Refugee resettlement
- Refugees
- Repatriation
- Rural economic development
- Small business
- Sovereignty
- Sustainable development
- United Nations
- United Nations economic assistance
- War crime trials
- War crimes
- War relief
- Women
- Women in public life
- Women's rights
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.