HCONRES 328
106th Congress
House
International Affairs
Armed Forces and National Security
Burma
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Detention of persons
Dissenters
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
East Asia
Ethnic relations
Europe
European Union
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Freedom of association
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Expressing the sense of the Congress in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the free and fair elections in Burma and the urgent need to improve the democratic and human rights of the people of Burma.
Introduced: May 16, 2000
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 2000
Received in the Senate.
Oct 10, 2000
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 10, 2000
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9582-9583)
Oct 10, 2000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9582-9583)
Oct 10, 2000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate H. Con. Res. 328.
Oct 10, 2000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9582-9586)
Oct 10, 2000
Mr. Bereuter moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Sep 21, 2000
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 21, 2000
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 13, 2000
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 13, 2000
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 28, 2000
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 28, 2000
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 12, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
Jun 12, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
May 16, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
May 16, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. policy should: (1) support the restoration of democracy in Burma, including implementation of the results of the 1990 elections; (2) continue to call upon the military regime in Burma known as the State Peace and Development Council to guarantee freedoms of assembly, movement, speech, and the press for all Burmese citizens, to accept a political dialogue with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy, and ethnic leaders to advance peace, to release all detained Members elected to the 1990 parliament and other political prisoners, and to uphold the terms and conditions of all human rights and related resolutions passed by the United Nations General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights, the International Labor Organization, and the European Union; and (3) sustain current economic and political sanctions against Burma as the appropriate means of securing the restoration of democracy, human rights, and civil liberties and of supporting U.S. national security counternarcotics interests.
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Received in the Senate.
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