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SRES 49 111th Congress Senate International Affairs Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government information and archives

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of public diplomacy.

Introduced: February 13, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (Senate)
May 19, 2009
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5645; text as passed Senate: CR S5645)
May 19, 2009
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5645; text as passed Senate: CR S5645)
May 7, 2009
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 56.
May 7, 2009
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
May 5, 2009
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2345)
Feb 13, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

States that the Secretary of State should: (1) initiate a reexamination of the public diplomacy platform strategy of the United States with a goal of reestablishing publicly accessible American Centers; and (2) taking into account security considerations, consider placing U.S. public diplomacy facilities at locations conducive to maximizing their use.

What's happening now May 19, 2009

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5645; text as passed Senate: CR S5645)

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 5, 2009
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 19, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 49: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of public diplomacy.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-49/
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"S. Res. 49: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of public diplomacy.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-49/.
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S. Res. 49, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-49/.
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