HRES 228 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Honoring the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to American society over the past three decades.

Introduced Apr 21, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Tom Davis R-VA

Latest action · May 3, 2005 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 21, 2005
Agreed to in HouseMay 3, 2005

Summary

Honors the significant contributions of Vietnamese Americans to American society.

Observes the 30th anniversary of the refugee exodus when the Republic of Vietnam fell to the Communist forces of North Vietnam, and honors the memory of those Vietnamese who lost their lives in that exodus.

Supports all individuals taking part in events in Washington, D.C. and across the United States to commemorate these momentous events.

Urges all U.S. citizens to share in remembering these events and working toward the full realization of freedom for all the people of Vietnam.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 152	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, As Amended	Passed416–0	May 3, 2005

Cosponsors 53

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2005 to Apr 26, 2005; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-TX	Chet Edwards	Original	Apr 21, 2005
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Apr 21, 2005
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Apr 21, 2005
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Apr 21, 2005
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Xavier Becerra	Original	Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Apr 21, 2005
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Apr 25, 2005
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Apr 25, 2005
R-TX	Tom DeLay		Apr 25, 2005
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Apr 26, 2005
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 26, 2005
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Apr 26, 2005
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Apr 26, 2005
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Apr 26, 2005
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Apr 26, 2005
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Apr 26, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Apr 26, 2005
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Apr 26, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green		Apr 26, 2005
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Apr 26, 2005
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Apr 26, 2005
R-NC	Howard Coble		Apr 26, 2005
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Apr 26, 2005
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Apr 26, 2005
D-FL	Jim Davis		Apr 26, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Apr 26, 2005
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Apr 26, 2005
D-GA	John Lewis		Apr 26, 2005
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Apr 26, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 26, 2005
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Apr 26, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Apr 26, 2005
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Apr 26, 2005
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Apr 26, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Apr 26, 2005
D-NY	Steve Israel		Apr 26, 2005
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Apr 26, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Apr 26, 2005

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 Apr 21, 2005Markup Apr 27, 2005
	East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee	Referred Apr 26, 2005Discharged Apr 27, 2005

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 3, 2005Mr. Fortenberry moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
May 3, 2005Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2758-2762)
May 3, 2005DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 228.
May 3, 2005At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
May 3, 2005Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2778-2779)

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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
House	Debate and remarks H3339	David G. Reichert R-WA	May 17, 2005
House	Debate and remarks H2758–H2762Text printed H2758Recorded votes H2778anniversary	Edward R. Royce R-CA, Jeff Fortenberry R-NE, Loretta Sanchez D-CA, Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU, Michael M. Honda D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Tom Davis R-VA, Tom Lantos D-CA, Zoe Lofgren D-CA	May 3, 2005

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. 109-18	RECOGNIZING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN EUROPE (VE) DAY AND LIBERATION OF WESTERN BOHEMIA; RECOGNIZING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VE DAY DURING WORLD WAR II; SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY TO PROMOTE THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA; CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA TO TRANSFER CHARLES TAYLOR TO THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE; AND OBSERVING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM TO THE COMMUNIST FORCES OF NORTH VIETNAM30 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Apr 27, 2005

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: Observing the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Republic of Vietnam to the Communist forces of North Vietnam.
Official Titles as Amended by House: Honoring the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to American society over the past three decades.

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 3, 2005Engrossed in House
Apr 21, 2005Introduced in House

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