HCONRES 209
106th Congress
House
International Affairs
Age (Law)
Armed Forces and National Security
Children's rights
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil-military relations
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional-Presidential relations
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Insurgency
Law
Legislation
Military personnel
Negotiations
President and foreign policy
Rehabilitation
Treaties
Expressing condemnation of the use of children as soldiers and the belief that the United States should support and, where possible, lead efforts to establish and enforce international standards designed to end this abuse of human rights.
Introduced: October 26, 1999
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2398-2399)
Oct 26, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Oct 26, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Condemns the use of children as soldiers by governmental and nongovernmental armed forces worldwide.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should not oppose efforts to negotiate an optional international agreement to raise the international minimum age for military service to age 18; (2) the Secretary of State should address this issue in the next session of the United Nations working group relating to child soldiers before this process is abandoned by the international community; and (3) the President and the Congress should work together to enact a law that establishes a fund for the rehabilitation and reintegration into society of child soldiers.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2398-2399)
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