Urging all member countries of the International Commission of the International Tracing Service (ITS) who have yet to ratify the May 2006 Amendments to the 1955 Bonn Accords Treaty, to expedite the ratification process to allow for open access to the Holocaust archives located at Bad Arolsen, Germany.
Latest action · Apr 25, 2007 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 13, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseApr 25, 2007
Summary
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Commends those countries that have: (1) ratified the amendments to the Bonn Accords for open access to the Holocaust archives of the International International Tracing Service (ITS) located at Bad Arolsen, Germany; and (2) committed to expedite such archives' release.
Urges all: (1) countries that have not ratified the amendments to abide by their May 2006 treaty obligations and expedite such ratification; and (2) International Commission of the International Tracing Service members to consider the short time left to Holocaust survivors and unanimously consent to open the ITS archives should all countries not ratify the amendments by May 2007.
Expresses the hope that bureaucratic and diplomatic processes will not further delay this process.
Refuses to forget the murder of 6 million Jews and more than 5 million other victims during the Holocaust.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2007 to Mar 19, 2007; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-GA | John Linder | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Mar 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 15, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 19, 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 Mar 13, 2007Markup Mar 27, 2007 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2007Mr. Ackerman moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- Apr 25, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4073-4076)
- Apr 25, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 240.
- Apr 25, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4073-4074)
- Apr 25, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 E880 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 26, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4073–H4076Text printed H4073 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Gary L. Ackerman D-NY, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL, John Boozman R-AR, Mark Kirk R-IL, Scott Garrett R-NJ | Apr 25, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E535 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL | Mar 13, 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. 110-40 | VARIOUS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS187 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 27, 2007 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS22638 | Opening of the International Tracing Service’s Holocaust-Era Archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany Archived | Report | Dec 11, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Urging all member countries of the International Commission of the International Tracing Service (ITS) who have yet to ratify the May 2006 Amendments to the 1955 Bonn Accords Treaty, to expedite the ratification process to allow for open access to the Holocaust archives located at Bad Arolsen, Germany.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2007Engrossed in House
- Mar 13, 2007Introduced in House
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