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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Israeli membership in a United Nations regional group.

Introduced: March 3, 1998 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (Senate)

May 22, 1998

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5401)

May 22, 1998

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5401)

May 19, 1998

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.

May 19, 1998

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

May 19, 1998

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Mar 3, 1998

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mar 3, 1998

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it should be U.S. policy to support Israel's efforts to enter an appropriate United Nations (UN) regional group; (2) the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN to carry out this policy; (3) the United States should insist that any effort to reform the UN, including the Security Council, also resolve this anomaly and should ensure that the principle of sovereign equality be upheld without exception; and (4) the Secretary of State should submit a report to the Congress on the steps taken by the United States, the UN Secretary General, and others to help secure Israel's membership in an appropriate UN regional group.

What's happening now May 22, 1998

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5401)

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 3 versions

Agreed to Senate Formatted Text PDF
Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Reported to Senate Formatted Text PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 5

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Apr 24, 1998

Washington · Mar 3, 1998

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Mar 3, 1998

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 188: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Israeli membership in a United Nations regional group.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-188/

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