A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995.
Latest action · Jun 22, 2005 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S7199-7200)
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.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2005
- Agreed to in SenateJun 22, 2005
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: (1) the thousands of innocent people murdered at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995, along with all individuals who were victimized during the conflict and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, should be remembered and honored; (2) the Serbian policies of aggression and ethnic cleansing meet the terms defining genocide; (3) foreign nationals, including U.S. citizens, who have risked, and in some cases lost, their lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be remembered and honored; (4) the United Nations (UN) and its member states should accept their share of responsibility for allowing the Srebrenica massacre and genocide to occur; (5) it is in the U.S. national interest that the responsible individuals should be held accountable for their actions; (6) persons indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) should be apprehended and transferred to The Hague without further delay, and countries should meet their obligations to cooperate with the ICTY; and (7) the United States should support the independence and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and peace and stability in southeastern Europe.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2005 to Jun 23, 2005, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | May 9, 2005 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Jun 7, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Jun 7, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 15, 2005 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Jun 23, 2005 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S7199-7200)
- Jun 22, 2005Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S7199-7200)
- Jun 22, 2005Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7199-7200)
- Jun 22, 2005Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7199-7200)
- May 9, 2005Introduced in Senate
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 199 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995. | Related bill | Jun 27, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Americans in foreign countries
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arrest
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil War
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional tributes
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against humanity
- Democracy
- Ethnic relations
- Europe
- Genocide
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- International courts
- Law
- Minorities
- Missing persons
- Peacekeeping forces
- Prosecution
- Rule of law
- Serbia
- Sovereignty
- Treaties
- United Nations
- Victims of crimes
- War crimes
- Yugoslavia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2005Introduced in Senate
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