A resolution calling on the Government of Ethiopia, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and other belligerents in the conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity allegations.
Latest action · May 19, 2021 Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3171-3172; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3171-3172)
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2021
- Agreed to in SenateMay 19, 2021
Summary
This resolution calls for the immediate cessation of hostilities in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and condemns all violence against civilians. Further, the resolution calls on Eritrea to withdraw its military forces from Ethiopia, and it urges all parties to the conflict to cease hostilities and work to protect human rights. The resolution also calls on relevant U.S. agencies to take specified actions that encourage an end to the conflict and provide humanitarian support.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2021 to May 13, 2021; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Mar 9, 2021 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Mar 15, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Mar 15, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Mar 15, 2021 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 18, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | May 13, 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 Mar 9, 2021Markup Mar 24, 2021Reported Mar 25, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2021Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3171-3172; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3171-3172)
- Mar 24, 2021Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 24, 2021Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
- Mar 24, 2021Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 25.
- Mar 9, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
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 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-54 | AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP: REVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGET REQUEST129 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Mar 22, 2023 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45428 | Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview and U.S. Engagement Archived | Report | Jul 21, 2023 |
| R46905 | Ethiopia’s Transition and the Tigray Conflict Archived | Report | Sep 9, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution calling on the Government of Ethiopia, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and other belligerents to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity allegations pertaining to the conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- A resolution calling on the Government of Ethiopia, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and other belligerents in the conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity allegations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Conflicts and wars
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- News media and reporting
- Political parties and affiliation
- Protest and dissent
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Sudan
- Telephone and wireless communication
- United Nations
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2021Agreed to Senate
- Mar 24, 2021Reported to Senate
- Mar 9, 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.
