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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Oct 4, 2004
Commends: (1) the Caribbean governments for their efforts after the devastation caused by Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne from August to September 2004; and (2) the efforts of the Caribbean-American community to provide relief to family and friends.
Supports U.S. efforts to assist in coordinating international relief efforts, particularly in Grenada, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Bahamas.
Urges: (1) the international community to provide emergency and reconstruction relief; and (2) the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to continue to make funding available to private volunteer organizations, United Nations agencies, and regional institutions and to provide assistance for housing and building code enforcement in the Caribbean countries.
People & committees
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · D–CA
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Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7997-7998)
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 H7997-7998)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 496.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7997-8000)
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7739)
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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