Reaffirming the United States-Argentina partnership and recognizing Argentina's economic reforms.
Latest action · Apr 3, 2017 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 simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJan 23, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseApr 3, 2017
Summary
Declares that the House of Representatives:
- upholds its commitment to the partnership between the United States and Argentina and reaffirms that Argentina is a major U.S. ally;
- encourages the Department of State to coordinate a new interagency strategy to increase cooperation with the government of Argentina on areas of bilateral, regional, and global concern;
- commends the government of Argentina for making far-reaching economic reforms that will benefit the people of Argentina, stimulate economic growth, and deepen Argentina's integration with the global economy;
- praises such government for resolving most of its business disputes at the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes; and
- encourages such government to continue to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the 1994 bombing of the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires and the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2017 to Mar 29, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jan 23, 2017 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jan 23, 2017 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Jan 23, 2017 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Mar 29, 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 Jan 23, 2017Markup Mar 29, 2017 |
| Western Hemisphere Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2017 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2017Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- Apr 3, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2609-2611)
- Apr 3, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 54.
- Apr 3, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text as passed House: CR H2609)
- Apr 3, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 29, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 29, 2017Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
- Jan 23, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2017Referred 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2691 | Albio Sires D-NJ | Apr 4, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2609–H2611Text printed H2609 | Albio Sires D-NJ, Brad Sherman D-CA, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Jeff Duncan R-SC | Apr 3, 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 2
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 |
| Serial No. 115-23 | ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE67 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Feb 28, 2017 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11184 | Argentina’s 2019 Elections Archived | Insight | Oct 31, 2019 |
| R45120 | Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 22, 2019 |
| R43816 | Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations Archived | Report | Jun 16, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 18 | A resolution reaffirming the United States-Argentina partnership and recognizing Argentina's economic reforms. | Related bill | Jun 5, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Reaffirming the United States-Argentina partnership and recognizing Argentina's economic reforms.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 3, 2017Engrossed in House
- Jan 23, 2017Introduced 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.
