SRES 184 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

A resolution recognizing refugee women and girls on World Refugee Day.

Introduced Jun 24, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Barbara Boxer D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 24, 2013 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5098; text as passed Senate: CR S5027-5028)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 24, 2013
  2. Agreed to in SenateJun 24, 2013

Summary

Supports the goals of World Refugee Day.

Reaffirms the Senate's commitment to the protection, well-being, and self-reliance of refugee women and girls and their families in U.S. humanitarian policy, programs, and diplomacy and recognizes the work of the United States Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to this end.

Reiterates the importance of targeted programs for refugee women and girls that prevent and respond to gender-based violence, support self-reliance, and promote leadership skills.

Recognizes the work of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), nongovernmental organizations, advocacy groups, and communities across the United States in resettling refugees in the United States.

Celebrates the contributions that refugee women and girls make to their families and communities.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 24, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-NDHeidi HeitkampOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 24, 2013
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 24, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 24, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 24, 2013Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5098; text as passed Senate: CR S5027-5028)
  3. Jun 24, 2013Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5098; text as passed Senate: CR S5027-5028)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

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  1. Jun 24, 2013Agreed to Senate

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