A resolution expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts of repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained Cuban citizens.
Latest action · Aug 3, 2021 Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5699-5701; text: CR S5699-5700)
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.
- IntroducedJul 21, 2021
- Agreed to in SenateAug 3, 2021
Summary
This resolution recognizes and expresses support for efforts to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 21, 2021 to Jul 30, 2021; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Jul 21, 2021 |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jul 30, 2021 |
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 Jul 21, 2021Markup Jul 28, 2021Reported Jul 28, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2021Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5699-5701; text: CR S5699-5700)
- Jul 28, 2021Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Jul 28, 2021Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with a preamble. Without written report.
- Jul 28, 2021Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 111.
- Jul 21, 2021Introduced in Senate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S183 | Robert Menendez D-NJ | Jan 12, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6153 | Mark E. Green R-TN, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Nov 3, 2021 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5699–S5701Text printed S5699 | Rick Scott R-FL, Robert Menendez D-NJ | Aug 3, 2021 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5132–S5135 | Robert Menendez D-NJ | Jul 28, 2021 |
| Senate | Text printed S5021 | — | Jul 21, 2021 |
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 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10045 | Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview Archived | Resource | Jan 8, 2025 |
| IF10460 | Latin America and the Caribbean: U.S. Policy Overview Archived | Resource | Dec 29, 2022 |
| R46781 | Latin America and the Caribbean: U.S. Policy and Key Issues in the 117th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 28, 2022 |
| R47246 | Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 117th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 28, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 534 | Expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts of repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained Cuban citizens. | Identical bill | Jul 16, 2021 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts of repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained Cuban citizens.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Caribbean area
- Cuba
- Detention of persons
- Digital media
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Latin America
- Militias and paramilitary groups
- Protest and dissent
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2021Agreed to Senate
- Jul 28, 2021Reported to Senate
- Jul 21, 2021Introduced 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.
