US Congress House Resolution 164 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 29 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) include a working group on interfaith harmony and religious tolerance in U.S-Pakistan strategic dialogues to discuss ways to continue the vision of Shahbaz Bhatti (the assassinated Minister for Minorities); (2) urge the government of Pakistan to reform the blasphemy law in order to ensure it is no longer abused to limit the rights of Pakistanis, whether Muslims or religious minorities; (3) work with its partners in the United Nations (U.N.) to promote religious freedom and tolerance; (4) engage with its international partners to promote interreligious dialogue, religious freedom, and related human rights; and (5) call on the government of Pakistan and all other governments to continue the tradition of leadership and courage shown by Minister Bhatti in the fight against violent religious extremism.

Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan upon the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Minister for Minorities, who courageously advocated for religious freedom and tolerance in Pakistan and calling on the United States to renew its efforts with international partners in the Human Rights Council and the United Nations General Assembly to promote religious freedom and tolerance in accordance with international human rights standards.

Rep Smith, Christopher H.	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Chabot, Steve
Rep Duncan, Jeff	Rep Forbes, J. Randy	Rep Gowdy, Trey	Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep Kelly, Mike	Rep Lipinski, Daniel	Rep Lungren, Daniel E.
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana	Rep Schmidt, Jean	Rep Shuler, Heath	Rep Sires, Albio
Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Wolf, Frank R.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
2011-03-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
2011-03-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HE00164:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hres164ih/pdf/BILLS-112hres164ih.pdf