Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation.
Latest action · Dec 16, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 16, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President and the Secretaries of State and Defense (DOD) should urge France and the other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European Union (EU) members not to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation until that country has: (1) withdrawn its troops from Georgia and revoked its recognition as sovereign states of the separatist regions within Georgia; (2) fulfilled its commitments to withdraw its military forces from the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova; (3) ceased actions that violate or threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighboring states; (4) halted weapons and related technology sales to state sponsors of terrorism; and (5) taken steps to enforce the rule of law and human rights within the Russian Federation.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2009 to Jul 20, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | Dec 16, 2009 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-GA | John Linder | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Mar 25, 2010 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Apr 15, 2010 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Jun 29, 2010 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Jul 20, 2010 |
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 Dec 16, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2009Introduced in House
- Dec 16, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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. 111-86 | TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DO NEW THREATS REQUIRE NEW APPROACHES?88 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 17, 2010 |
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 France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Alliances
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- European Union
- France
- Georgia (Republic)
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Military operations and strategy
- Moldova
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Terrorism
- Trade restrictions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 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.
