HCONRES 156 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 17, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 20, 2009 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 17, 2009
  2. Agreed to in HouseJul 17, 2009
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Reiterates condemnation of the 1994 attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, honors the victims of the attack, and expresses sympathy to the victims' relatives.

Applauds the government of Argentina for its onging investigative efforts.

Expresses concern regarding the government of Saudi Arabia's failure to detain certain Iranian officials in connection with the AMIA case.

Urges: (1) all nations to cooperate fully with the AMIA investigation; and (2) governments in the Western Hemisphere to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and to penalize those providing support for Hezbollah and other Islamist terrorist organizations.

Encourages the President to direct U.S. law enforcement agencies, upon Argentine request, to cooperate in the AMIA investigation.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2009 to Jul 13, 2009, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-SCBob InglisOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 17, 2009
R-FLConnie MackOriginalJun 17, 2009
R-INDan BurtonOriginalJun 17, 2009
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJun 17, 2009
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-CAJane HarmanOriginalJun 17, 2009
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJun 17, 2009
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-FLRon KleinOriginalJun 17, 2009
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalJun 17, 2009
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Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 20, 2009Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  2. Jul 17, 2009Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
  3. Jul 17, 2009Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8340-8342)
  4. Jul 17, 2009Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Jul 17, 2009Mr. Berman asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HCONRES 295Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 1994, and for other purposes.Related billJul 1, 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 20, 2009Referred in Senate
  2. Jul 17, 2009Engrossed in House
  3. Jun 17, 2009Introduced in House

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