US Congress House Resolution 1376 (Prior Session Legislation)

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May 19 2010 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution, laws, and traditions; (2) the Convention would undermine presumptions of freedom and independence for U.S. families; (3) the Convention would interfere with the principles of U.S. sovereignty, independence, and self-government that preclude the propriety of adopting international law to govern domestic matters; and (4) the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.

Rep Hoekstra, Peter

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-19		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

SR519 (Same As) 2010-05-10 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3475)

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HE01376:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hres1376ih/pdf/BILLS-111hres1376ih.pdf