A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United Nations Security Council should immediately consider and take appropriate actions to respond to the growing threats posed by conditions in Burma under the illegitimate rule of the State Peace and Development Council.
Latest action · Sep 22, 2004 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9538)
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 21, 2004
- Agreed to in SenateSep 22, 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 Senate that the United Nations Security Council should take responsive actions to the growing threats posed to the Southeast Asia region by conditions in Burma under the illegitimate rule of the State Peace and Development Council, including the threats posed by: (1) human rights violations; (2) the spread of HIV/AIDS; (3) the illicit production and trafficking in narcotics, and trafficking in persons; and (4) alleged efforts by the State Peace and Development Council to purchase weapons from North Korea, China, and Russia.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2004 to Sep 22, 2004; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Sep 21, 2004 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Sep 22, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Sep 21, 2004Discharged Sep 22, 2004 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2004Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9537-9538)
- Sep 22, 2004Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9537-9538)
- Sep 22, 2004Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9538)
- Sep 21, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Sep 21, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9454-9455)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9537, S9538Text printed S9538 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Sep 22, 2004 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9454, S9455Text printed S9453 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA, Mitch McConnell R-KY | Sep 21, 2004 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United Nations Security Council should immediately consider and take appropriate actions to respond to the growing threats posed by conditions in Burma under the illegitimate rule of the State Peace and Development Council.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- AIDS (Disease)
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- Burma
- Child labor
- China
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Democracy
- Drug abuse
- Drug traffic
- East Asia
- Families
- Forced labor
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Military regimes
- Murder
- North Korea
- Political prisoners
- Political violence
- Rape
- Relocation
- Russia
- Southeast Asia
- Torture
- United Nations
- Women
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2004Agreed to Senate
- Sep 21, 2004Introduced in Senate
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