Welcoming the release of Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on November 13, 2010, and calling for a continued focus on securing the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Burma.
Latest action · Dec 15, 2010 Referred to House Judiciary
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- IntroducedDec 15, 2010
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Welcomes the release of Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Honors Aung San Suu Kyi for her work in pursuit of human rights and democracy in Burma.
Calls on the United Nations and governments around the world to strengthen sanction regimes against Burma.
Calls for the Administration to fully implement the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act to include financial sanctions as well as the appointment of a United States Special Coordinator for Burma.
Calls for the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Burma.
Recognizes that Aung San Suu Kyi's release alone does not ensure democratic progress for the country unless accompanied by an end to crimes against humanity and genuine national reconciliation.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 15, 2010 to Dec 21, 2010, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| R-LA | Anh "Joseph" Cao | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Dec 15, 2010 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2010Introduced in House
- Dec 15, 2010Referred to House Foreign Affairs
- Dec 15, 2010Referred to House Judiciary
- Dec 15, 2010Referred to House Ways and Means
- Dec 15, 2010Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- Burma
- Congressional tributes
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Federal officials
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Political movements and philosophies
- Protest and dissent
- Sanctions
- United Nations
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2010Introduced in House
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