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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Committees of jurisdiction
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