PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12826; text as passed Senate: CR S12826; text of measure as introduced: CR S12786)
Congressional Research Service
Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Oct 4, 2007
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Commends the efforts of law enforcement and intelligence authorities in Germany in preventing a large-scale terrorist attack on numerous targets in Germany, including sites frequented by U.S. citizens.
Recognizes the role of U.S. intelligence agencies in providing critical information to German authorities in their investigation and apprehension of the suspected terrorists and notes the continuing importance of such U.S. intelligence cooperation with Germany.
Condemns those individuals who would use acts of violence against innocent civilians to spread a message of hate and intolerance.
Urges the allies of the United States to remain steadfast in their efforts to defeat international terrorism.
Expresses readiness to assist the government of Germany in its counterterrorism effort to bring to justice the individuals involved in such terrorist plot.
People & committees
Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] · R–UT
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12826; text as passed Senate: CR S12826; text of measure as introduced: CR S12786)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12826; text as passed Senate: CR S12826; text of measure as introduced: CR S12786)
Introduced in Senate
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Jan 11, 2023. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze S.Res.344 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine S.Res.344 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine S.Res.344 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine S.Res.344 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.