Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should take action to meet its obligations, and to ensure that all other member states of the United Nations meet their obligations, to women as agreed to in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 relating to women, peace, and security, and the United States should fully assume the implementation of international law relating to human rights that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 17, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) member states of the United Nations should meet their obligations to women as agreed to in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325, including increased representation of women at all decision-making levels in conflict resolution and peace processes; and (2) the United States should fully implement international law relating to human rights that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts.
Urges U.S. representatives at the United Nations to call upon all parties to armed conflict to protect women and girls from gender-based violence.
Requests the Secretary of State to study and report to Congress on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls, the role of women in peace-building, the gender dimensions of peace processes and conflict resolution, and progress on gender mainstreaming throughout peacekeeping missions.
Cosponsors 66
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2007 to Apr 9, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 8, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Feb 16, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 28, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 7, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 14, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Mar 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Mar 14, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jul 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 23, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Feb 28, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Mar 11, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Mar 11, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Apr 9, 2008 |
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 Feb 8, 2007 |
| Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee | Referred Apr 17, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.
- Feb 8, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 8, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Titles 1
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 United States should take action to meet its obligations, and to ensure that all other member states of the United Nations meet their obligations, to women as agreed to in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 relating to women, peace, and security, and the United States should fully assume the implementation of international law relating to human rights that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against women
- Diplomats
- Economic assistance
- Employee training
- Genocide
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International law
- Labor and Employment
- Peace
- Peace negotiations
- Peacekeeping forces
- Prosecution
- Rape
- Refugees
- Sex crimes
- Technical assistance
- United Nations
- United Nations finances
- United Nations officials
- War
- Women
- Women in government
- Women's employment
- Women's rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2007Introduced in House
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