HCONRES 17
111th Congress
House
International Affairs
Bahamas
Caribbean area
Cuba
Disaster relief and insurance
Dominican Republic
Foreign aid and international relief
Haiti
Housing industry and standards
Jamaica
Latin America
Natural disasters
Turks and Caicos
Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.
Introduced: January 9, 2009
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Jan 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 9, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Commends the governments of the Caribbean countries and the Caribbean-American community for their efforts to assist the people of the region after the devastation caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.
Supports the Administration's efforts to assist in coordinating international humanitarian assistance to help the people of the Caribbean region and to provide relief to affected communities, particularly in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Turks and Caicos.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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