Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan.
Latest action · Apr 25, 2017 On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 2 (Roll no. 222). (text: CR H2832)
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 9, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseApr 25, 2017
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Agency for International Development should: (1) continue to provide immediate and robust assistance to respond to the famine in South Sudan by providing food and other essential resources and to collaborate with international relief organizations to reach vulnerable populations, and (2) be encouraged to continue to provide needed and locally appropriate food aid through the Food for Peace and Emergency Food Security Programs.
Calls upon the government of South Sudan to: (1) declare and observe a cessation of hostilities to allow food and essential supplies to reach affected civilians; and (2) allow immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to southern Unity, where the famine is underway.
Condemns: (1) all threats and violence against civilian populations and aid workers, including the over 70 humanitarian aid workers killed since the conflict began and the brutal attack by the South Sudanese military on humanitarian aid workers at the Terrain Camp in July 2016; and (2) the looting by security forces of humanitarian assistance destined for civilians in need.
Supports the U.S. government effort, with partners in the international community, to facilitate humanitarian access to affected areas and encourages greater diplomatic pressure on the parties to return to the negotiation table to stop the violence and allow full humanitarian access.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 222 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Passed411–2 | Apr 25, 2017 |
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2017 to Apr 25, 2017; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 15, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Apr 25, 2017 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 9, 2017Markup Mar 29, 2017 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 187.
- Apr 25, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2832-2837)
- Apr 25, 2017Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Apr 25, 2017At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 25, 2017Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2837-2838)
In the Congressional Record 3
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 E585 | Barbara Lee D-CA | May 2, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2832–H2837Text printed H2832Recorded votes H2837increase and call for | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Gwen Moore D-WI, Joseph Crowley D-NY, Karen Bass D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY | Apr 25, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2072 | Karen Bass D-CA | Mar 15, 2017 |
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.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-8 | VARIOUS MEASURES211 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 29, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2017Engrossed in House
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
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