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A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment…

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A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons.

Introduced: June 11, 2018 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Urges the President to strengthen U.S. efforts to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia.

What's happening now June 11, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3605-3606)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jun 12, 2018
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 11, 2018
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jun 11, 2018
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jun 11, 2018
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jun 11, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 539: A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-539/
MLA
"S. Res. 539: A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-539/.
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S. Res. 539, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-539/.
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[S. Res. 539: A resolution urging the President to strengthen efforts of the United States to combat religious freedom violations in Eurasia, especially the use of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction or clandestine detention of those persons, and other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-539/)
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