US HR220 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 90-35)
Status: Introduced on March 22 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding past genocides, and for other purposes. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, in seeking to prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against religious and ethnic groups in the Middle East, should draw upon relevant lessons of the U.S. government, civil society, and humanitarian response to the Armenian Genocide, Seyfo, and the broader genocidal campaign by the Ottoman Empire.

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Title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding past genocides, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. David Trott [R-MI]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Jason Lewis [R-MN]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]Rep. Steve King [R-IA]Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ]Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-03-22HouseReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2017-03-22HouseIntroduced in House

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