Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution
Latest action · Sep 22, 2010 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 240.
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.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution - Calls upon the President: (1) to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution; and (2) in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide, to characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history of U.S. intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide.
Cosponsors 148
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2009 to Sep 16, 2010; 75 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 17, 2009 |
Withdrew 1 J. Gresham Barrett R-SC Mar 23, 2009
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 17, 2009Markup Mar 4, 2010Reported Sep 23, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2010Reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 111-622.
- Sep 22, 2010Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 240.
- Mar 4, 2010Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 4, 2010Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 22.
- Mar 17, 2009Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2888 | Jim Costa D-CA | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E662 | Jerry F. Costello D-IL | Apr 26, 2010 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E623 | Henry A. Waxman D-CA | Apr 22, 2010 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E319 | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA | Mar 5, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1033 | Jackie Speier D-CA | Mar 3, 2010 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E993 | Frank R. Wolf R-VA | Apr 28, 2009 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E962 | Edward J. Markey D-MA | Apr 23, 2009 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E922, E924, E937 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Jerry F. Costello D-IL, Jim Costa D-CA | Apr 22, 2009 |
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.
Committee report
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. 111-16 | THE UNITED STATES AND TURKEY: A MODEL PARTNERSHIP67 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | May 14, 2009 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41761 | Turkey-U.S. Defense Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges Archived | Report | Apr 8, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 316 | Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution | Related bill | Oct 21, 2009 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2010Reported in House
- Mar 17, 2009Introduced 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.
