Encouraging reunions of divided Korean American families.
Latest action · Dec 12, 2016 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2015
- Agreed to in HouseNov 29, 2016
- Agreed to in SenateDec 10, 2016
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Encourages North Korea to allow Korean Americans to meet with their family members from North Korea.
Calls on North Korea to take steps to build goodwill that is conducive to peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Cosponsors 157
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2015 to Nov 29, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Apr 22, 2015 |
Committees 2
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 Apr 21, 2015Markup Apr 23, 2015 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Dec 6, 2016Markup Dec 7, 2016Reported Dec 7, 2016 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 10, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7127)
- Dec 7, 2016Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- Dec 7, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
- Dec 6, 2016Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Dec 6, 2016Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Nov 30, 2016Received in the Senate.
- Nov 29, 2016Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- Nov 29, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6349-6351)
- Nov 29, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 40.
- Nov 29, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text of measure as passed: CR H6349)
- Nov 29, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 23, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 23, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 | Debate and remarks S7127 | Rob Portman R-OH | Dec 9, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6349–H6351Text printed H6349 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Brad Sherman D-CA, Charles B. Rangel D-NY, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Robert J. Dold R-IL | Nov 29, 2016 |
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.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Encouraging reunions of divided Korean American families.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2016Enrolled Bill
- Dec 7, 2016Reported to Senate
- Dec 6, 2016Referred in Senate
- Nov 30, 2016Received in Senate
- Nov 29, 2016Engrossed in House
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
