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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been…
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Agreed to (Senate)
Jul 8, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
Jul 8, 2019
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Jun 25, 2019
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Jan 29, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745)
Jan 29, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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This resolution condemns the violence perpetrated against the Rohingya in Burma (Myanmar) and calls on Burma to take certain actions to address the humanitarian crisis there. The resolution also urges the United States to develop a more robust diplomatic strategy to mitigate this crisis.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
19
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Cruz, Ted
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King, Angus S., Jr.
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Warner, Mark R.
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Collins, Susan M.
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Coons, Christopher A.
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
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Durbin, Richard J.
D
Kaine, Tim
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Murray, Patty
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Peters, Gary C.
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Sanders, Bernard
D
Schatz, Brian
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Tillis, Thomas
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Wyden, Ron
R
Young, Todd
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 34: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-34/
"S. Res. 34: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-34/.
S. Res. 34, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-34/.
[S. Res. 34: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-34/)