HRES 97 106th Congress House International Affairs Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Democracy Election administration Foreign leaders Government Operations and Politics Haiti Human rights Latin America United Nations

Calling upon Haiti's political leaders to seek agreement on transparent, free, and widely participatory elections, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 4, 1999 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

Mar 15, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

Mar 4, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Mar 4, 1999

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on Haiti's political leaders to seek compromise and agreement in order to form a nonpartisan, professional, and competent provisional electoral council that can convene transparent, free, and widely participatory elections as soon as possible.

Affirms the commitment made by the United Nations to support only an electoral process that is free and fair and open to participation by all of Haiti's political and civil society leaders.

What's happening now March 15, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee

Cosponsors 6

Meeks, Gregory W.

New York · Apr 12, 1999

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Mar 24, 1999

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 18, 1999

Clyburn, James E.

South Carolina · Mar 4, 1999

Pelosi, Nancy

California · Mar 4, 1999

Waters, Maxine

California · Mar 4, 1999

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 97: Calling upon Haiti's political leaders to seek agreement on transparent, free, and widely participatory elections, and for other purposes.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-97/

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