Highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
Latest action · Mar 30, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2023
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This concurrent resolution commends and expresses solidarity with environmental defenders. Condemning the targeting, harassment, and unlawful detention of any individual or group for exercising rights of free association and expression, the resolution recognizes the role that environmental defenders play as human rights defenders.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | May 15, 2023 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 25, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jan 31, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 19, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 30, 2023Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 138 | A resolution highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. | Identical bill | Mar 29, 2023 |
Subjects
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Text 1
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- Mar 30, 2023Introduced in House
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