US SR34 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-6-2)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
This resolution condemns the violence perpetrated against the Rohingya in Burma (Myanmar) and calls on Burma to take certain actions to address the humanitarian crisis there. The resolution also urges the United States to develop a more robust diplomatic strategy to mitigate this crisis.
Title
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
Sponsors
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] |
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] | Sen. Todd Young [R-IN] | Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] | Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC] |
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA] | Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] |
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA] |
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] | Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] |
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] | Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI] | Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA] | Sen. Angus King [I-ME] |
Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN] | Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2019-07-08 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134. |
2019-07-08 | Senate | Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report. |
2019-06-25 | Senate | Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. |
2019-01-29 | Senate | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745) |
Subjects
Asia
Bangladesh
Burma
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International affairs
Military operations and strategy
News media and reporting
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sanctions
Terrorism
United Nations
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Bangladesh
Burma
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International affairs
Military operations and strategy
News media and reporting
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sanctions
Terrorism
United Nations
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity