HRES 575 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Asserting that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.

Introduced Nov 18, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Eric Cantor R-VA

Latest action · Dec 16, 2005 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Progress

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IntroducedNov 18, 2005
Agreed to in HouseDec 16, 2005

Summary

Reaffirms the House of Representatives' commitment to the security of Israel.

Asserts that: (1) terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, should not be permitted to participate in Palestinian elections until such organizations recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, cease incitement, condemn terrorism, and disarm and dismantle their terrorist infrastructure; and (2) the inclusion of Hamas or any other terrorist group on the Department of State's list of foreign terrorist organizations in the Palestinian Authority's (PA) government will inevitably raise serious U.S. questions about the commitment of the PA and its leadership to peace with Israel, and will potentially undermine U.S. ability to have a constructive relationship with, or provide further assistance to, the PA.

Calls on President Abbas, before the election, to declare openly his intention to dismantle terrorist organizations.

States that: (1) progress in the peace process requires sustained Palestinian effort to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure; and (2) delay in confronting that principal obligation only emboldens the opponents of peace and threatens its realization.

Recorded votes 1

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

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 650	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Passed397–17	Dec 16, 2005

Cosponsors 163

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2005 to Dec 15, 2005; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Nov 18, 2005
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Nov 18, 2005
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Nov 18, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Nov 18, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Nov 18, 2005
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Dec 6, 2005
D-AL	Artur Davis		Dec 6, 2005
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Dec 6, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Dec 6, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Dec 6, 2005
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Dec 6, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Dec 6, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Dec 6, 2005
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Dec 6, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Dec 6, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton		Dec 6, 2005
D-GA	David Scott		Dec 6, 2005
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 6, 2005
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Dec 6, 2005
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Dec 6, 2005
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Dec 6, 2005
R-CA	George Radanovich		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Dec 6, 2005
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Dec 6, 2005
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Dec 6, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Dec 6, 2005
R-IA	Jim Nussle		Dec 6, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Dec 6, 2005
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg		Dec 6, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Dec 6, 2005
D-GA	John Barrow		Dec 6, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus		Dec 6, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Dec 6, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Dec 6, 2005
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Dec 6, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green		Dec 6, 2005
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Dec 6, 2005
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Dec 6, 2005
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean		Dec 6, 2005
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Dec 6, 2005
R-IN	Mike Pence		Dec 6, 2005
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Dec 6, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Dec 6, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Dec 6, 2005
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Dec 6, 2005
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Dec 6, 2005
R-MO	Sam Graves		Dec 6, 2005
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Dec 6, 2005
R-IA	Steve King		Dec 6, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Dec 6, 2005
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Dec 6, 2005
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Dec 6, 2005
R-IA	Tom Latham		Dec 6, 2005
R-CA	Wally Herger		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Dec 6, 2005
D-TX	Al Green		Dec 8, 2005
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Dec 8, 2005
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Dec 8, 2005
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Dec 8, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 8, 2005
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Dec 8, 2005
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Dec 8, 2005
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Dec 8, 2005
R-IN	Chris Chocola		Dec 8, 2005
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Dec 8, 2005
R-PA	Don Sherwood		Dec 8, 2005
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Dec 8, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Dec 8, 2005
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Dec 8, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green		Dec 8, 2005
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Dec 8, 2005
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Dec 8, 2005
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Dec 8, 2005
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Dec 8, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Dec 8, 2005
R-MN	John Kline		Dec 8, 2005
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Dec 8, 2005
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Dec 8, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Dec 8, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry		Dec 8, 2005
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Dec 8, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Dec 8, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley		Dec 8, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Dec 8, 2005
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Dec 8, 2005
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Dec 8, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Dec 8, 2005
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Dec 8, 2005
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Dec 8, 2005
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Dec 8, 2005
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Dec 8, 2005
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Dec 8, 2005
D-NY	Steve Israel		Dec 8, 2005
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Dec 8, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Dec 8, 2005
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Dec 8, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Dec 8, 2005
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Dec 8, 2005
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Dec 8, 2005
R-OK	Tom Cole		Dec 8, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Dec 13, 2005
D-WA	Adam Smith		Dec 13, 2005
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Dec 13, 2005
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Dec 13, 2005
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Dec 13, 2005
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Dec 13, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Dec 13, 2005
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Dec 13, 2005
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Dec 13, 2005
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Dec 13, 2005
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Dec 13, 2005
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Dec 13, 2005
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Dec 13, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Dec 13, 2005
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Dec 13, 2005
D-CA	Jim Costa		Dec 13, 2005
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Dec 13, 2005
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Dec 13, 2005
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Dec 13, 2005
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Dec 13, 2005
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Dec 13, 2005
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Dec 13, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Dec 13, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Dec 13, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Dec 13, 2005
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Dec 13, 2005
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		Dec 13, 2005
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Dec 13, 2005
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Dec 13, 2005
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Dec 13, 2005
R-AL	Terry Everett		Dec 13, 2005
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Dec 13, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Dec 13, 2005
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Dec 13, 2005
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Dec 14, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner		Dec 14, 2005
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Dec 14, 2005
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Dec 14, 2005
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Dec 14, 2005
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Dec 14, 2005
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Dec 14, 2005
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Dec 14, 2005
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Dec 14, 2005
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Dec 14, 2005
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Dec 14, 2005
D-GA	John Lewis		Dec 14, 2005
R-GA	John Linder		Dec 14, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Dec 14, 2005
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Dec 14, 2005
R-CA	Mary Bono		Dec 14, 2005
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Dec 14, 2005
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Dec 14, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Dec 14, 2005
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Dec 14, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Dec 14, 2005
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Dec 14, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Dec 14, 2005
R-GA	Tom Price		Dec 15, 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 Nov 18, 2005

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 16, 2005Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H11921-11922)
Dec 16, 2005Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 17, 7 Present (Roll no. 650). (text: CR 12/14/2005 H11637)
Dec 16, 2005Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 16, 2005The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Dec 14, 2005Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.

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In the Congressional Record 5

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 H283–H285	Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Joseph Crowley D-NY, Scott Garrett R-NJ, Tom Lantos D-CA	Feb 15, 2006
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2625	Scott Garrett R-NJ	Dec 19, 2005
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2565, E2571, E2583, E2589	Barbara Lee D-CA, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, John D. Dingell D-MI, Robert Wexler D-FL	Dec 17, 2005
House	Recorded votes H11921assert	—	Dec 16, 2005
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E2535, H11637–H11642Text printed H11637	Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Brian Higgins D-NY, Christopher Shays R-CT, Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH, Eric Cantor R-VA, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Michael T. McCaul R-TX, Robert Menendez D-NJ, Sam Farr D-CA, Shelley Berkley D-NV, Tom Lantos D-CA	Dec 14, 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.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R41514	Hamas: Background and Issues for Congress Archived	Report	Dec 2, 2010

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: Providing that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
Official Titles as Amended by House: Asserting that Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 16, 2005Engrossed in House
Nov 18, 2005Introduced in House

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