Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions.
Latest action · Jul 15, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 27, 2013
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) it is U.S. policy to oppose slavery, torture, racism, discrimination, and xenophobia; (2) the United States reaffirms its commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (3) the United States should give thorough review to domestic policy and legislative proposals that would improve the economic, social, political, cultural, and civil rights and lives of marginalized U.S. communities; (4) the Senate should give its advice and consent to ratifying specified United Nations (U.N.) and International Labor Organization conventions; and (5) the United States should fully support the Inter-American human rights system.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2014 to May 22, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 26, 2014 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 4, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 22, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Jul 9, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
- Jun 27, 2013Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2013Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Canada
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- International organizations and cooperation
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Latin America
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Senate
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- United Nations
- Women's rights
- Youth employment and child labor
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2013Introduced in House
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