Calling for the safe and immediate return of Noor and Ramsay Bower to the United States.
Latest action · Dec 31, 2012 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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 31, 2011
- Agreed to in HouseDec 31, 2012
Summary
Calls on government officials and competent courts in Egypt to assist in the safe and immediate return of Noor and Ramsay Bower to the United States.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2011 to Dec 13, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Mar 31, 2011 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Apr 6, 2011 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Ann Marie Buerkle | Jun 26, 2012 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Dec 11, 2012 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Dec 13, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Dec 13, 2012 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Dec 13, 2012 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Dec 13, 2012 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Dec 13, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Dec 13, 2012 |
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 31, 2011 |
| Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee | Referred May 13, 2011 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 31, 2012Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Dec 31, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7506-7508)
- Dec 31, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 193.
- Dec 31, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7506-7507)
- Dec 31, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H7506–H7508Text printed H7506 | Barney Frank D-MA, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL | Dec 31, 2012 |
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. 112-72 | INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION: BROKEN LAWS AND BEREAVED LIVES178 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | May 24, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Calling on the new Government of Egypt to honor the rule of law and immediately return Noor and Ramsay Bower to the United States.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- Calling for the safe and immediate return of Noor and Ramsay Bower to the United States.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 31, 2012Engrossed in House
- Mar 31, 2011Introduced in House
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