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HCONRES 55 105th Congress House

Honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Introduced: March 21, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
Apr 23, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1769)
Mar 21, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 21, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 23, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1769)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honors the memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide.

Calls for the United States to encourage the Republic of Turkey to acknowledge and commemorate the atrocity committed against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 13 Republican 3
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 28, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 22, 1998
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 4, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 4, 1998
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Oct 21, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 3, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 23, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 14, 1997
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 8, 1997
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 3, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 28, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 28, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 23, 1997
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 23, 1997
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Apr 23, 1997
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 23, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 55: Honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-55/
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"H. Con. Res. 55: Honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-55/.
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H. Con. Res. 55, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-55/.
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