Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning Syria and Lebanon.
Latest action · Dec 15, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 15, 2005
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Supports Lebanese government efforts to respect the victims' remains in the Anjar mass graves and protect the viability of the evidence.
Calls on the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to seek adoption of a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an investigation into the Lebanese disappeared and all mass graves.
Urges that revisions be made to the 1991 Amnesty Law to allow for the prosecution of those responsible for the murder and disappearance of Lebanese citizens prior to 1991.
Insists that the government of Syria cease its continued efforts to silence Lebanese critics, and to otherwise hold Lebanon captive.
Demands that the government of Syria be further sanctioned under U.S. law for its continuing infringement of Lebanese sovereignty and be held accountable for its continuing violations of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1559, 1595, and 1636.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 15, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Dec 15, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 15, 2005Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Aggression
- Amnesties
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Dissenters
- Evidence (Law)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Lebanon
- Middle East and North Africa
- Missing persons
- Murder
- Political persecution
- Prosecution
- Sanctions (International law)
- Sovereignty
- Syria
- United Nations
- Victims of crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in House
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