HCONRES 74 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the United States rejoin this historic declaration.

Introduced Oct 24, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Jim Banks R-IN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 25, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 24, 2023
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

This concurrent resolution affirms the commitments in the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family and applauds the signatory countries for their dedication to advancing women's health, protecting life at every stage while affirming that there is no international right to abortion, and upholding the importance of the family as foundational to society.

The resolution calls on President Biden to once again add the United States as a signatory to the Geneva Consensus Declaration.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 24, 2023 to Oct 25, 2024, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-VABen ClineOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-OHBrad R. WenstrupOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalOct 24, 2023
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalOct 24, 2023
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Actions 2

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  1. Oct 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  2. Oct 24, 2023Introduced in House

Related bills 1

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BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SCONRES 22A concurrent resolution expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the United States rejoin this historic declaration.Identical billOct 24, 2023

Subjects

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  1. Oct 25, 2023Introduced in House

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