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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensified international…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensified international collaboration to attain the United Nations goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the Year 2000, and through the convening of a World Summit on Children.

Introduced: April 5, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jun 20, 1989
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 20, 1989
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 20, 1989
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 20, 1989
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Jun 20, 1989
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Jun 20, 1989
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Jun 20, 1989
Mr. Bereuter demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Jun 20, 1989
Mr. Yatron moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Jun 7, 1989
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 7, 1989
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Jun 7, 1989
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 7, 1989
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Apr 14, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Apr 5, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Apr 5, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that: (1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that child survival and development programs are to be commended; (2) the House of Representatives reaffirms its goal of improvement of the survival rates, health, and development of people in all countries and urges the President to adopt this as a major priority; (3) the President is urged to propose to the Secretary General of the United Nations that he establish an independent advisory commission with regard to programs in primary health care, nutrition, basic education, and environment by members of the Grand Alliance for Children; and (4) the House of Representatives endorses the call for a World Summit on Children as an opportunity to attain specified goals, including the goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the year 2000.

What's happening now June 20, 1989

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

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 24, 1989
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Apr 27, 1989
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 13, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 120: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensified international collaboration to attain the United Nations goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the Year 2000, and through the convening of a World Summit on Children.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-120/
MLA
"H. Res. 120: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensified international collaboration to attain the United Nations goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the Year 2000, and through the convening of a World Summit on Children.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-120/.
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H. Res. 120, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-120/.
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[H. Res. 120: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensified international collaboration to attain the United Nations goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the Year 2000, and through the convening of a World Summit on Children.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-120/)
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