A concurrent resolution expressing support for the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of Germany to continue to reaffirm its commitment to comprehensively address the unique health and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust victims, including home care and other medically prescribed needs.
Latest action · Sep 12, 2016 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2016
- Agreed to in SenateJul 14, 2016
- Agreed to in HouseSep 12, 2016
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Acknowledges the financial and moral commitment of the Federal Republic of Germany over the past seven decades to provide a measure of justice for Holocaust victims.
Expresses support for the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims are able to live with dignity, comfort, and security.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2016 to Jul 13, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jul 12, 2016 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jul 13, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2016Markup Jul 14, 2016Reported Jul 14, 2016 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 18, 2016 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2016Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- Sep 12, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5263-5266)
- Sep 12, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. Con. Res. 46.
- Sep 12, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5263)
- Sep 12, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 18, 2016Received in the House.
- Jul 18, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Jul 15, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jul 14, 2016Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 14, 2016Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
- Jul 14, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.
- Jul 14, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5187)
- Jul 12, 2016Introduced in Senate
- Jul 12, 2016Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5009-5010)
In the Congressional Record 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1308 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Sep 20, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5263–H5266Text printed H5263 | Edward R. Royce R-CA, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Theodore E. Deutch D-FL | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5187 | Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Jul 14, 2016 |
| Senate | Text printed S5009 | — | Jul 12, 2016 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A concurrent resolution expressing support for the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of Germany to continue to reaffirm its commitment to comprehensively address the unique health and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust victims, including home care and other medically prescribed needs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Crime victims
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Germany
- Government liability
- Health programs administration and funding
- Home and outpatient care
- International Affairs
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Mental health
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jul 18, 2016Referred in House
- Jul 14, 2016Reported to Senate
- Jul 14, 2016Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 12, 2016Introduced in Senate
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.
