US Congress House Resolution 247 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-4)
Status: Introduced on June 4 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Calls on the government of Sri Lanka to build on its establishment of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). Recognizes that the LLRC report did not adequately address issues of accountability for both the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Calls for the establishment of an independent international mechanism to look into allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations committed by all sides during and after the war in Sri Lanka. Encourages Sri Lanka to allow for greater media freedoms. Urges Sri Lanka to allow humanitarian organizations and international human rights groups greater access to the war-affected. Acknowledges the end of the war and the importance of reaching a power-sharing political settlement.

Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace.

Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
2013-06-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/247/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hres247/BILLS-113hres247ih.pdf