US Congress Senate Resolution 322 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-08-05 - Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States remains deeply concerned about the plight of vulnerable religious and ethnic minorities of Iraq; (2) the U.S. government and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) should urge the government of Iraq to enhance security at places of worship in Iraq; (3) the U.S. government should work with the government of Iraq to ensure that members of minorities suffer no employment discrimination in the Iraqi police and security forces; (4) the government of Iraq and the Kurdistan regional government should work towards a peaceful resolution of territorial disputes; (5) the U.S. government and UNAMI should urge the government of Iraq to implement provisions of the Constitution of Iraq that protect rights to freedom of thought and religion; (6) the government of Iraq should act to reverse the marginalization of religious minorities; (7) the U.S. government should fund capacity-building programs for the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights and the independent national Human Rights Commission and should continue to help reconstitute the minorities committee; (8) the government of Iraq should direct the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights to issue a public report on abuses against, and the marginalization of, minorities; and (9) the U.S. government should encourage the government of Iraq and the Kurdistan regional government to protect minorities, particularly those in the Nineveh Plain.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on religious minorities in Iraq.

Sen. Sam Brownback [R-KS]

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]

Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-08-05		Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
2010-08-05		S.AMDT.4605 Amendment SA 4605 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-08-05		S.AMDT.4605 Amendment SA 4605 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S6989-6990; text: CR S6989-6990)To amend the preamble.
2010-08-05		S.AMDT.4604 Amendment SA 4604 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2010-08-05		S.AMDT.4604 Amendment SA 4604 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S6989; text: CR S6989)In the nature of a substitute.
2010-08-05		Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6989-6990)
2010-08-05		Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2009-10-26		Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10738-10739)
2009-10-26		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10739-10740)

HR944 (Same As) 2010-02-24 - The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-resolution/322/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sres322/BILLS-111sres322is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sres322/BILLS-111sres322ats.pdf