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H.Con.Res.328 / 106th Congress

Expressing the sense of the Congress in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the free and fair elections in Burma and the urgent need to improve the democratic and human rights of the people of Burma.

Received in the Senate.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 16, 2000

Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. policy should: (1) support the restoration of democracy in Burma, including implementation of the results of the 1990 elections; (2) continue to call upon the military regime in Burma known as the State Peace and Development Council to guarantee freedoms of assembly, movement, speech, and the press for all Burmese citizens, to accept a political dialogue with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy, and ethnic leaders to advance peace, to release all detained Members elected to the 1990 parliament and other political prisoners, and to uphold the terms and conditions of all human rights and related resolutions passed by the United Nations General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights, the International Labor Organization, and the European Union; and (3) sustain current economic and political sanctions against Burma as the appropriate means of securing the restoration of democracy, human rights, and civil liberties and of supporting U.S. national security counternarcotics interests.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] · R–IL

Committees

  • Foreign Affairs Committee
49 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Received in the Senate.

  2. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9582-9583)

  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9582-9583)

  5. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate H. Con. Res. 328.

  6. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9582-9586)

  7. Mr. Bereuter moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.

  8. Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  9. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  10. Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  11. Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  12. Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  13. Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  14. Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

  15. Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

  16. Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

  17. Introduced in House

  18. Introduced in House

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