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HRES 323 114th Congress House International Affairs Archaeology and anthropology Conflicts and wars Congressional tributes Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Latin America Mexico Military history Military personnel and dependents

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Mexico should forthwith repatriate the remains of those American Soldiers who fought in the battle of Monterrey in 1846.

Introduced: June 17, 2015 Introduced by: DesJarlais, Scott Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Aug 20, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Jun 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 17, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commends the archaeologists, the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, the U.S. Consulate General Monterrey, and all those individuals whose work led to the identification and recovery of the remains of the U.S. soldiers who fought in the 1846 battle of Monterrey.

Calls upon the government of Mexico and the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs to repatriate the identified remains of these soldiers.

What's happening now August 20, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

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