HCONRES 435 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Congratulating Israel's Magen David Adom Society for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 26, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Gary L. Ackerman D-NY

Latest action · Jul 19, 2006 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign 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.

IntroducedJun 26, 2006
Agreed to in HouseJul 18, 2006
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Commends the Magen David Adom Society for its long and distinguished record of humanitarian assistance to all in need, even those responsible for atrocities against Israeli civilians.

Congratulates the Magen David Adom Society, and the government and the people of Israel, for securing full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation.

Thanks the President, the Secretary of State, U.S. diplomatic representatives, and the American Red Cross for their efforts that culminated in the Magen David Adom Society's acceptance as a full member in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation.

Thanks the government of Switzerland, and officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross, for helping to prepare the necessary consensus and carrying to completion the adoption of the Third Additional Protocol by the states parties to the Geneva Conventions and the rules for its implementation.

Commends the President for: (1) submitting the Geneva Protocol III to the Senate for its advice and consent; and (2) preparing related legislation for congressional consideration and enactment.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2006 to Jul 18, 2006; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NC	Bob Etheridge	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Jun 26, 2006
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Jun 26, 2006
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jun 26, 2006
R-FL	Katherine Harris	Original	Jun 26, 2006
R-IL	Mark Kirk	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jun 26, 2006
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Jun 26, 2006
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jun 26, 2006
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Original	Jun 26, 2006
D-TX	Al Green		Jun 27, 2006
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jun 27, 2006
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Jun 27, 2006
D-CA	Jane Harman		Jun 27, 2006
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Jun 28, 2006
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 10, 2006
R-NY	Vito Fossella		Jul 18, 2006

Committees 2

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 Jun 26, 2006Markup Jun 27, 2006
Senate	Foreign Relations Committee	Referred Jul 19, 2006

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 19, 2006Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jul 18, 2006Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Jul 18, 2006Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5341-5345)
Jul 18, 2006DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 435.
Jul 18, 2006DEBATE - The House continued with debate on H. Con. Res. 435.

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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 H4554	—	Jun 26, 2006

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-216	SUPPORTING AN UPGRADE IN ISRAEL'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO; ETHIOPIA FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT OF 2006; CONGRATULATING THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE; CALLING ON GERMANY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO COMBAT SEX TRAFFICKING IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP; CONGRATULATING ISRAEL'S DAVID ADOM SOCIETY; UNITED STATES AND INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION PROMOTION ACT OF 2006; AND MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005191 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jun 27, 2006

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SCONRES 113	A concurrent resolution congratulating the Magen David Adom Society in Israel for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Aug 2, 2006

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Congratulating Israel's Magen David Adom Society for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and for other purposes.
Official Titles as Amended by House: Congratulating Israel's Magen David Adom Society for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 19, 2006Referred in Senate
Jul 18, 2006Engrossed in House
Jun 26, 2006Introduced in House

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