US SR56 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S871; Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S871-872)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S871; Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S871-872)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should remain a global leader in welcoming and providing refuge to refugees and asylum seekers and that no person should be banned from entering the United States because of their nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender. Declares that Executive Order 13769, entitled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," undermines the national interest of the United States. Among the order's major provisions are restrictions on the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and additional limitations on refugee admissions to the United States. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should remain a global leader in welcoming and providing refuge to refugees and asylum seekers; and (2) no person should be banned from entering the United States because of their nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender.
Title
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should remain a global leader in welcoming and providing refuge to refugees and asylum seekers and that no person should be banned from entering the United States because of their nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender.
Sponsors
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] | Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] | Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] |
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI] | Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] |
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] | Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] |
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] |
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Al Franken [D-MN] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] |
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] | Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND] |
Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN] | Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM] | Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] |
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI] | Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-02-07 | Senate | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S871; Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S871-872) |
Subjects
Africa
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports
Yemen
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports
Yemen
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/56/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sres56/BILLS-115sres56is.pdf |