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.
Latest action · Mar 29, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1058-1059)
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 29, 2023
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This 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 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2023 to May 16, 2023, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 16, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 29, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1058-1059)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 31 | 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 30, 2023 |
Subjects
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- Mar 29, 2023Introduced in Senate
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