Remembering the victims of the genocide that occurred in 1994 in Rwanda and pledging to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again.
Latest action · Apr 2, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2004
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
States that Congress: (1) remembers the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and pledges to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again; (2) acknowledges that the international community, including the United States, failed the people of Rwanda and watched with indifference while hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians were being killed; (3) supports assistance to the survivors of the Rwandan genocide; (4) urges political and financial support for the Gacaca courts; (5) acknowledges the heroic work of many individuals and human rights organizations for their campaign to help stop the genocide; (6) expresses deep appreciation to General Romeo Dallaire for his efforts to stop the genocide and for helping many Rwandese civilians; (7) accepts the fact that General Dallaire warned the United Nations on a number of occasions of an impending genocide and was ordered by his superiors not to take action; (8) calls for an investigation of the role played by the United States prior to and during the Rwandan genocide, noting that the parliaments of Belgium and France both created commissions of inquiry to investigate the roles played by their respective governments; and (9) urges the creation of a bi-partisan Commission of Inquiry for Rwanda to investigate all aspects of the role played by the United States prior to and during the Rwandan genocide.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2004 to May 18, 2004, with 37 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-GA | Denise L. Majette | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Apr 2, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2004Introduced in House
- Apr 2, 2004Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional tributes
- Courts of special jurisdiction
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economic assistance
- Genocide
- Governmental investigations
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International relief
- Law
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Officer personnel
- Peacekeeping forces
- Rwanda
- Subpoena
- United Nations
- Victims of crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2004Introduced in House
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.