A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
Latest action · Jul 8, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 29, 2019
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution condemns the violence perpetrated against the Rohingya in Burma (Myanmar) and calls on Burma to take certain actions to address the humanitarian crisis there. The resolution also urges the United States to develop a more robust diplomatic strategy to mitigate this crisis.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2019 to Jun 25, 2019, with 21 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2019Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
- Jul 8, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
- Jun 25, 2019Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Jan 29, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 29, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional tributes
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Military operations and strategy
- News media and reporting
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Sanctions
- Terrorism
- United Nations
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2019Reported to Senate
- Jan 29, 2019Introduced in Senate
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