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SRES 138 118th Congress Senate International Affairs

A resolution highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy,…

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A resolution highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.

Introduced: March 29, 2023 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1058-1059)
Mar 29, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution commends and expresses solidarity with environmental defenders. Condemning the targeting, harassment, and unlawful detention of any individual or group for exercising rights of free association and expression, the resolution recognizes the role that environmental defenders play as human rights defenders.

What's happening now March 29, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1058-1059)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 16, 2023
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 29, 2023
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Mar 29, 2023
 D
Padilla, Alex
California · Mar 29, 2023
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 29, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 138: A resolution highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-138/
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"S. Res. 138: A resolution highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-138/.
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S. Res. 138, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-138/.
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[S. Res. 138: A resolution highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-138/)
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