HRES 665 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Condemning the murder of Israeli and Palestinian children in Israel and the ongoing and escalating violence in that country.

Introduced Jul 10, 2014 Originated House Sponsor David B. McKinley R-WV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 25, 2014 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .

Progress

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IntroducedJul 10, 2014
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Condemns the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrach by terrorists associated with Hamas and the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir by extremists.

Commends Israeli authorities for acting swiftly to apprehend the killers of Mohammed Abu Khdeir and expects that the murderers will be punished to the full extent of the law.

Calls on the Hamas-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) to cooperate with the Israeli government to apprehend the murderers of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrach and bring them to justice.

Calls on Hamas to halt its attacks on Israel and stop provoking Israel into a conflict.

Urges the PA to sever ties with Hamas until it recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terrorism.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2014 to Aug 1, 2014, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Jul 10, 2014
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-AR	Tim Griffin	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jul 10, 2014
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jul 14, 2014
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jul 15, 2014
R-MO	Billy Long		Jul 15, 2014
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Jul 15, 2014

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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 25, 2014Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
Jul 25, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
Jul 10, 2014Introduced in House
Jul 10, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Subjects

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Jul 10, 2014Introduced in House

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