US SR211 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-14-1)
Status: Introduced on June 29 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-10-30 - Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6878; text: CR S6878)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Summary

A resolution condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya. Condemns the violence and persecution in Chechnya. Calls on: Chechen officials to cease the abduction, detention, and torture of individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and hold accountable those involved in perpetrating such abuses; the government of the Russian Federation to protect the human rights of all its citizens, condemn the violence and persecution, investigate the allegations in Chechnya, and hold accountable those involved in perpetrating such abuses; and the U.S. government to continue to condemn the violence and persecution in Chechnya, demand the release of individuals wrongfully detained, and identify those individuals whose involvement in such violence qualifies for the imposition of sanctions under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 or the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Affirms the fundamental human rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and expression, and freedom from arbitrary detention and torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

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Title

A resolution condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya.

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-10-30SenateResolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6878; text: CR S6878)
2017-10-16SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.
2017-10-16SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
2017-10-05SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
2017-06-29SenateReferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3863)

Same As/Similar To

HR351 (Related) 2017-06-27 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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