PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3766; text as passed Senate: CR S3766)
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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 15, 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should commemorate the 57th anniversary of the deportation of the Chechen people from their native land; (2) the current war in Chechnya should be viewed within the historical context of repeated abuses of the Chechen people by the Russian state; (3) the U.S. Government should make every effort to alleviate the suffering of the Chechen people; and (4) it is in the interests of the United States, the Russian Federation, Chechnya, and the international community to find a peaceful solution to the war in Chechnya.
People & committees
Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R–NC
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3766; text as passed Senate: CR S3766)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3766; text as passed Senate: CR S3766)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 27.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1528)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1528-1529)
Introduced in Senate
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