US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Engrossed on June 2 2009 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-06-02 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Urges the government of Afghanistan to revise the Shi'ite Personal Status Law, including its provisions on marital rape and women's freedom of movement, to ensure its consistency with internationally recognized rights of women, including those contained in treaties to which Afghanistan is a party. Supports President Karzai's decision to analyze the draft law and strongly urges him not to publish it until it has been revised to be consistent with internationally recognized rights of women. Encourages the Secretary of State, the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, and the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan to consider the status of women's rights and security in Afghanistan. Encourages the government of Afghanistan to solicit information and advice from the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Women's Affairs, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, and women-led nongovernmental organizations to ensure that legislation and policies uphold the equal rights of women.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Afghanistan violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed.

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-02		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2009-06-02		Received in the House.
2009-05-22		Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2009-05-21		Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5883-5884)
2009-05-21		The committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
2009-05-21		S.AMDT.1224 Amendment SA 1224 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2009-05-21		S.AMDT.1224 Amendment SA 1224 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator DeMint. (consideration: CR S5883; text: CR S5883)To amend the preamble.
2009-05-21		Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5883-5884; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S5883)
2009-05-13		Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.
2009-05-13		Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
2009-05-05		Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2009-04-23		Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4699)

HCR108 (Related) 2009-04-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/19/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sconres19/BILLS-111sconres19is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sconres19/BILLS-111sconres19rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sconres19/BILLS-111sconres19es.pdf