A resolution expressing support for free, fair, and transparent elections in the Republic of Guatemala in order to increase prosperity, security, and access to justice for all Guatemalans.
Latest action · Jun 11, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S3324-3325)
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.
- IntroducedJun 11, 2019
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution supports the people of Guatemala as they prepare to exercise their fundamental democratic right to vote in their country's June 16, 2019, general elections.
It encourages all Guatemalan political actors and institutions to take continued steps to uphold a free, fair, and transparent electoral process and calls upon political leaders of Guatemala and the United States to support Guatemalan human rights and the rule of law.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 11, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 11, 2019 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 11, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 11, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S3324-3325)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Text printed S3324 | — | Jun 11, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing support for free, fair, and transparent elections in the Republic of Guatemala in order to increase prosperity, security, and access to justice for all Guatemalans.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- El Salvador
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Latin America
- Organized crime
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- United Nations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2019Introduced 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.
