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A resolution expressing support for the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, or the Belfast Agreement, and subsequent agreements and arrangements for implementation to support peace on…

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A resolution expressing support for the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, or the Belfast Agreement, and subsequent agreements and arrangements for implementation to support peace on the island of Ireland.

Introduced: March 16, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (Senate)
May 17, 2021
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2551)
May 17, 2021
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2551)
May 17, 2021
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2550-2551)
May 17, 2021
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2550-2551)
Mar 24, 2021
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 20.
Mar 24, 2021
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.
Mar 24, 2021
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 16, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1573-1574)
Mar 16, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

2 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,497 Lee, Mike To amend the preamble. Agreed to May 17, 2021
SAMDT 1,496 Lee, Mike To improve the resolution. Agreed to May 17, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution urges the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) to support peace on the island of Ireland and the principles, objectives, and commitments of the Good Friday Agreement. The resolution also expresses support for subsequent agreements relating to the relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, including the agreement concerning the UK's withdrawal from the EU. (The island of Ireland is divided between Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member state.)

What's happening now May 17, 2021

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2551)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11 Republican 1
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 12, 2021
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 16, 2021
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Mar 16, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 117: A resolution expressing support for the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, or the Belfast Agreement, and subsequent agreements and arrangements for implementation to support peace on the island of Ireland.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-117/
MLA
"S. Res. 117: A resolution expressing support for the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, or the Belfast Agreement, and subsequent agreements and arrangements for implementation to support peace on the island of Ireland.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-117/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. Res. 117, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-117/.
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[S. Res. 117: A resolution expressing support for the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, or the Belfast Agreement, and subsequent agreements and arrangements for implementation to support peace on the island of Ireland.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-117/)
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