A resolution calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject the proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill", and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 13, 2010 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2249; text as passed Senate: CR S2249)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2010
- Agreed to in SenateApr 13, 2010
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Calls on the Ugandan Parliament to reject the proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill."
Urges all governments to reject and repeal similar criminalization laws.
Encourages the Secretary of State to closely monitor human rights abuses that occur because of sexual orientation and to encourage the repeal or reform of laws such as the proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" in Uganda.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2010 to Apr 12, 2010; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-OK | Tom Coburn | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Feb 9, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Feb 9, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Feb 9, 2010 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Feb 9, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Roland Burris | Feb 9, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Mar 1, 2010 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 4, 2010 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Mar 11, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Mar 18, 2010 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Mar 22, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Apr 12, 2010 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Apr 12, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2010Markup Apr 13, 2010Reported Apr 13, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 13, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- Apr 13, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.
- Apr 13, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2249; text as passed Senate: CR S2249)
- Feb 4, 2010Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2249Text printed S2249 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Senate | Text printed S501 | — | Feb 4, 2010 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject the proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill", and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2010Agreed to Senate
- Apr 13, 2010Reported to Senate
- Feb 4, 2010Introduced in Senate
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