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 | |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Rob Woodall | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 27, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Apr 27, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 27, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jul 28, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Oct 27, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 11, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | May 11, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | May 12, 2016 | |
| R-NV | Joseph J. Heck | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 17, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | May 19, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | May 23, 2016 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | May 24, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | May 25, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 26, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 26, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 26, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | May 26, 2016 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 28, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Sep 9, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 15, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Sep 21, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Sep 27, 2016 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Nov 29, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Nov 29, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Mimi Walters | Nov 29, 2016 |
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.
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.
