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A resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Introduced: January 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
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Passed Senate
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Feb 2, 2015
Star Print ordered on the resolution.
Jan 30, 2015
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S674; text as passed Senate: CR S674)
Jan 30, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S674; text as passed Senate: CR S674)
Jan 28, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8.
Jan 28, 2015
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with a preamble. Without written report.
Jan 28, 2015
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 22, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S425-426; text of measure as introduced: CR S425)
Jan 22, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on January 28, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Commemorates January 27, 2015, as the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp by Allied Forces during World War II.

Honors the legacy of the survivors of the Holocaust and of the Auschwitz extermination camp.

Calls on the people of the United States to: (1) remember the 1.1 million innocent victims murdered at the Auschwitz extermination camp as part of the Holocaust; and (2) continue to work toward tolerance, peace, and justice and ending all genocide and persecution.

What's happening now February 2, 2015

Star Print ordered on the resolution.

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