HRES 164 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the human rights situation in Cuba, and for other purposes.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 26, 2003 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 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 26, 2003
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Calls on the Cuban Government to release immediately all prisoners of conscience, including those detained in March 2003, and to provide its citizens with internationally-accepted standards for civil, political, and human rights, and the opportunity to vote in free and fair elections.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 3, 2003 to Apr 11, 2003.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAJames P. McGovernApr 3, 2003
R-CTChristopher ShaysApr 11, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroApr 11, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 26, 2003Introduced in House
  2. Mar 26, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

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