HRES 296 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide.

Introduced Apr 8, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Adam B. Schiff D-CA

Latest action · Oct 29, 2019 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 8, 2019
Agreed to in HouseOct 29, 2019

Summary

This resolution states that it is U.S. policy to (1) commemorate the Armenian Genocide, the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923; (2) reject efforts to associate the U.S. government with efforts to deny the existence of the Armenian Genocide or any genocide; and (3) encourage education and public understanding about the Armenian Genocide.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 591	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Passed405–11	Oct 29, 2019

Cosponsors 141

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2019 to Oct 29, 2019; 76 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-OK	Kevin Hern	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-FL	Ross Spano	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Apr 8, 2019
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Apr 9, 2019
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 9, 2019
D-CA	Harley Rouda		Apr 9, 2019
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Apr 9, 2019
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Apr 10, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Apr 10, 2019
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Apr 10, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Apr 12, 2019
D-MD	David J. Trone		Apr 12, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill		Apr 12, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Apr 12, 2019
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Apr 18, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Apr 22, 2019
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Apr 25, 2019
D-CO	Jason Crow		Apr 25, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter		Apr 25, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Apr 25, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Apr 29, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Apr 29, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		May 7, 2019
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		May 7, 2019
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		May 8, 2019
R-CA	Ken Calvert		May 17, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 28, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley		May 30, 2019
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jun 6, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Jun 19, 2019
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Jun 25, 2019
D-NV	Susie Lee		Jun 25, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 10, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Aug 2, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Aug 13, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		Aug 27, 2019
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Sep 18, 2019
D-CA	Karen Bass		Sep 24, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Oct 15, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Oct 23, 2019
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Oct 23, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Oct 23, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Oct 23, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Oct 23, 2019
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Oct 28, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Oct 28, 2019
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Oct 28, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Oct 28, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Oct 28, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Oct 28, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Oct 28, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Oct 28, 2019
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Oct 28, 2019
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Oct 28, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Oct 28, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Oct 28, 2019
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Oct 28, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 28, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Oct 28, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Oct 28, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Oct 28, 2019
R-TX	Van Taylor		Oct 28, 2019
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Oct 28, 2019
R-TX	Will Hurd		Oct 28, 2019
R-TX	Brian Babin		Oct 29, 2019
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Oct 29, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		Oct 29, 2019
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Oct 29, 2019

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 Apr 8, 2019

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 29, 2019Rule H. Res. 655 passed House.
Oct 29, 2019Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 655. (consideration: CR H8559-8568)
Oct 29, 2019Rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 296 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered.
Oct 29, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 296.
Oct 29, 2019The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

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In the Congressional Record 5

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 H8683, H8708	Barbara Lee D-CA, Tulsi Gabbard D-HI	Oct 31, 2019
House	Debate and remarks H8608	Josh Gottheimer D-NJ	Oct 30, 2019
House	Debate and remarks H8547, H8549, H8552–H8558, H8559–H8568Text printed H8552, H8560Amendments H8557Recorded votes H8557, H8583consideration (H. Res. 655), previous questionenact	Adam B. Schiff D-CA, Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, Brad Sherman D-CA, Brenda L. Lawrence D-MI, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, David N. Cicilline D-RI, Donna E. Shalala D-FL, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Grace F. Napolitano D-CA, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Jackie Speier D-CA, James P. McGovern D-MA, Jim Costa D-CA, John P. Sarbanes D-MD, Judy Chu D-CA, Katherine M. Clark D-MA, Linda T. Sánchez D-CA, Michael C. Burgess R-TX (amendment), Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD, Ted Lieu D-CA	Oct 29, 2019
House	Debate and remarks H8392	Jim Costa D-CA	Oct 23, 2019
Extensions	Debate and remarks E489	Tj Cox D-CA	Apr 25, 2019

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.

CRS reports 2

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Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R41368	Turkey (Türkiye): Background and U.S. Relations Archived	Report	Jan 9, 2023
R46651	Azerbaijan and Armenia: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Archived	Report	Jan 7, 2021

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SRES 150	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance.	Identical bill	Dec 12, 2019
HRES 655	Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 296) affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide.	Procedurally related	Oct 29, 2019

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 29, 2019Engrossed in House
Apr 8, 2019Introduced in House

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