A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Forces' coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II.
Latest action · Jul 30, 2007 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 31, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseJul 30, 2007
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the government of Japan should: (1) formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility for its Imperial Armed Force's coercion of young women into sexual slavery (comfort women) during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II; (2) have this official and public apology presented by the Prime Minister of Japan; (3) refute any claims that the sexual enslavement and trafficking of the comfort women never occurred; and (4) educate current and future generations about this crime while following the international community's recommendations with respect to the comfort women.
Cosponsors 167
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2007 to Jul 25, 2007; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Jan 31, 2007 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | May 14, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | May 16, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | May 22, 2007 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Jul 25, 2007 |
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 Jan 31, 2007Markup Jun 26, 2007 |
| East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee | Referred Apr 17, 2007 | |
| Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee | Referred Apr 17, 2007 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2007Mr. Lantos moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Jul 30, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8870-8876)
- Jul 30, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 121.
- Jul 30, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2007 H8870-8871)
- Jul 30, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1768, E1777 | Al Green D-TX, Betty McCollum D-MN | Aug 4, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1698, E1702 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, David Wu D-OR | Aug 2, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1664 | John B. Larson D-CT | Jul 31, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8870–H8876Text printed H8870 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA, Michael M. Honda D-CA, Scott Garrett R-NJ, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Stevan Pearce R-NM, Tom Davis R-VA, Tom Lantos D-CA | Jul 30, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8789–S8791 | Daniel K. Inouye D-HI | Jul 9, 2007 |
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. 110-91 | VARIOUS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS398 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jun 26, 2007 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33436 | Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress | Report | Jan 6, 2023 |
| R41481 | U.S.-South Korea Relations | Report | Feb 24, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Force's coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Forces' coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Child sexual abuse
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Compensation for victims of crime
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against humanity
- Crimes against women
- East Asia
- Families
- Government liability (International law)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- History
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Japan
- Military history
- Military occupation
- Prostitution
- Rape
- Reparations
- Sex crimes
- Slavery
- War crimes
- Women
- World War II
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2007Engrossed in House
- Jan 31, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
