US Congress House Resolution 317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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August 2 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
Pending: House Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Demands that Hamas: (1) release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, (2) allow access to Gilad Shalit by competent medical personnel and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, (3) provide Gilad Shalit the humane treatment all captives are entitled to as a fundamental human right, (4) facilitate regular communication by Gilad Shalit with his family, and (5) cease compelling Gilad Shalit to appear in video and voice recordings intended to extort and coerce the government of Israel. Expresses: (1) commitment to the survival of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state within recognized and secure borders; (2) opposition to participation by Hamas in the Palestinian Authority (PA) prior to explicit acceptance by that group of Israel's right to exist, the cessation of all violence, and the binding commitments made previously by the PA and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); and (3) commitment to seek the release of Gilad Shalit and other missing Israeli soldiers. Recalls: (1) the attack on and kidnapping of the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev by the Iran-supported terrorist group Hezbollah; and (2) the missing Israeli soldiers Zecharya Baumel, Zvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz, Ron Arad, Guy Hever, and Majdy Halabi. Condemns: (1) Hamas for the immoral cross border attack and kidnapping of Gilad Shalit; and (2) Iran and Syria, the primary state sponsors and patrons of Hamas, for their ongoing support for international terrorism.

Demanding that Hamas immediately and unconditionally release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Burton, Dan
Rep Deutch, Theodore E.	Rep Dold, Robert J.	Rep Engel, Eliot L.	Rep Filner, Bob
Rep Gosar, Paul A.	Rep Green, Gene	Rep Grimm, Michael G.	Rep Israel, Steve
Rep King, Peter T.	Rep Levin, Sander M.	Rep Lowey, Nita M.	Rep McCarthy, Carolyn
Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep McKinley, David B.	Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R.
Rep Quigley, Mike	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Scott, Austin	Rep Shuler, Heath
Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Waxman, Henry A.	Rep West, Allen B.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
2011-06-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HE00317:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hres317ih/pdf/BILLS-112hres317ih.pdf