Calling on the United Nations Security Council to immediately consider and take appropriate action to respond to the growing threat that the ruling State Peace and Development Council in Burma poses to the Southeast Asia region and to the people of Burma.
Latest action · Oct 7, 2004 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 13, 2004
- Agreed to in HouseOct 7, 2004
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations Security Council should immediately consider and take appropriate action to respond to the growing threat that the ruling State Peace and Development Council in Burma poses to the Southeast Asia region and to the people of Burma.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 13, 2004 to Oct 6, 2004, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-WI | Mark Green | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Sep 13, 2004 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2004Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8401-8403)
- Oct 7, 2004DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 768.
- Oct 7, 2004Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 7, 2004Mr. Tancredo moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- Oct 7, 2004On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8401)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- AIDS (Disease)
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- Burma
- Child labor
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Drug abuse
- Drug traffic
- East Asia
- Families
- Forced labor
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Military regimes
- Murder
- Political violence
- Rape
- Refugees
- Relocation
- Southeast Asia
- Torture
- United Nations
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2004Introduced in House
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