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A concurrent resolution 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 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 20, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jul 20, 2000
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 20, 2000
Received in the House.
Jul 19, 2000
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7282-7283; text as passed Senate: CR S7283; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7282-7283)
Jul 19, 2000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7282-7283; text as passed Senate: CR S7283; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7282-7283)
Jun 30, 2000
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656.
Jun 30, 2000
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms with an amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Jun 28, 2000
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
May 16, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4025-4026)
May 16, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4026)
May 16, 2000
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.
What's happening now July 20, 2000

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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