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
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.
- 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; 15 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| R-NC | Cass Ballenger | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Sep 24, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 6, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Peter Deutsch | Oct 6, 2004 |
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 Sep 13, 2004 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2004Mr. Tancredo moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- 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, 2004Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8401)
- Oct 7, 2004Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8401–H8403Text printed H8401 | Donald M. Payne D-NJ, Frank R. Wolf R-VA, James A. Leach R-IA, Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO | Oct 6, 2004 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
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 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2004Engrossed in House
- Sep 13, 2004Introduced in House
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