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A concurrent resolution commemorating the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort.

Introduced: October 25, 2021 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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Dec 20, 2022
Held at the desk.
Dec 20, 2022
Received in the House.
Dec 16, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 15, 2022
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7266-7267; text: CR S7266)
Dec 15, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7266-7267; text: CR S7266)
Dec 7, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 612.
Dec 7, 2022
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Dec 7, 2022
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Oct 25, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S7341)
Oct 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This concurrent resolution commemorates the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort (the humanitarian operation to defend and deliver aid to Kurdish refugees fleeing Iraqi Kurdistan due to attacks by the regime of Saddam Hussein). It also reaffirms the strong partnership between the United States and the Iraqi Kurds.

What's happening now December 20, 2022

Held at the desk.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 16: A concurrent resolution commemorating the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SCONRES-16/
MLA
"S. Con. Res. 16: A concurrent resolution commemorating the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SCONRES-16/.
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S. Con. Res. 16, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SCONRES-16/.
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[S. Con. Res. 16: A concurrent resolution commemorating the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SCONRES-16/)
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