Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution
Latest action · Mar 19, 2012 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1792-1793)
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 19, 2012
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution - Calls upon the President to: (1) ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects 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 (2) accurately characterize in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide 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 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2012 to Aug 1, 2012; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 19, 2012 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Mar 29, 2012 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | May 15, 2012 | |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | May 16, 2012 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | May 17, 2012 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Aug 1, 2012 |
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 Mar 19, 2012 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Mar 19, 2012Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1792-1793)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S1792 | — | Mar 19, 2012 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 304 | Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution | Related bill | Jun 14, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution 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, crimes against humanity, 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
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
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