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HRES 457 118th Congress House International Affairs

Honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.

Introduced: May 30, 2023 Introduced by: Costa, Jim Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 30, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution honors the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches, Consul of Portugal in Bordeaux, France, following the Nazi invasion of France. The resolution states that he acted with great courage and at personal risk to issue visas that spared many thousands of people from the Nazi occupation of France and the Holocaust.

What's happening now May 30, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 8 Republican 2
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Lawler, Michael
New York · Oct 10, 2023
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Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 10, 2023
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Moskowitz, Jared
Florida · Sep 13, 2023
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Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · May 30, 2023
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · May 30, 2023
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Magaziner, Seth
Rhode Island · May 30, 2023
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 30, 2023
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Peters, Scott H.
California · May 30, 2023
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Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · May 30, 2023
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Valadao, David G.
California · May 30, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 457: Honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-457/
MLA
"H. Res. 457: Honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-457/.
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H. Res. 457, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-457/.
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[H. Res. 457: Honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-457/)
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