HRES 312
112th Congress
House
International Affairs
Canada
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Racial and ethnic relations
Senate
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions.
Introduced: June 16, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jun 16, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 16, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States recommits to fighting discrimination, xenophobia, human and civil rights abuses in both domestic and foreign policy; (2) it is U.S. policy to oppose slavery, torture, racism, discrimination, and xenophobia; and (3) the Senate should give its advice and consent to ratification of certain international conventions.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
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