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HCONRES 258 105th Congress House International Affairs Annexation (International law) Armed Forces and National Security East Asia Europe Government Operations and Politics Indonesia Military occupation National self-determination Negotiations Portugal Referendum United Nations

Encouraging international resolution of the political status of East Timor.

Introduced: April 1, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Apr 29, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Apr 29, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
Apr 1, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Apr 1, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for the United States to: (1) support an internationally supervised referendum to determine the political status of East Timor; (2) recognize the need for direct Timorese participation in United Nations (UN)-sponsored tripartite talks; and (3) work actively to realize the directives of existing UN resolutions on East Timor.

What's happening now April 29, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 7, 1998
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Aug 3, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Aug 3, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 14, 1998
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 19, 1998
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 6, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 6, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 6, 1998
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 29, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 1998
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 1, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 258: Encouraging international resolution of the political status of East Timor.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-258/
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"H. Con. Res. 258: Encouraging international resolution of the political status of East Timor.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-258/.
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H. Con. Res. 258, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-258/.
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