IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 193
Reaffirming support of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 
of the Crime of Genocide and anticipating the 15th anniversary of 
the enactment of the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 
(the Proxmire Act) on November 4, 2003. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2003
Mr. RADANOVICH
(for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, 
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
CARDOZA, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. DREIER, Mr. EMANUEL, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of 
Rhode Island, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. NUNES, Mr. OLVER, Ms. 
PELOSI, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. STARK, 
Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. 
WATSON, and Mr. WEINER) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming support of the Convention on the Prevention 
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and antici-
pating the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the
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Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (the 
Proxmire Act) on November 4, 2003.
Whereas in 1948, in the shadow of the Holocaust, the inter-
national community responded to Nazi Germany’s me-
thodically orchestrated acts of genocide by approving the 
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the 
Crime of Genocide; 
Whereas the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 
of the Crime of Genocide confirms that genocide is a 
crime under international law, defines genocide as certain 
acts committed with intent to destroy a national, eth-
nical, racial or religious group, and provides that parties 
to the Convention undertake to enact domestic legislation 
to provide effective penalties for persons who are guilty 
of genocide; 
Whereas the United States, under President Harry Truman, 
stood as the first nation to sign the Convention on the 
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; 
Whereas the United States Senate ratified the Convention on 
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 
on February 19, 1986; 
Whereas the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 
1987 (the Proxmire Act) (Public Law 100–606), signed 
into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 4, 
1988, amended title 18, United States Code, to crim-
inalize genocide under United States law (18 U.S.C. 
1091); 
Whereas the enactment of the Genocide Convention Imple-
mentation Act marked a principled stand by the United 
States against the crime of genocide and an important 
step toward ensuring that the lessons of the Holocaust,
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the Armenian Genocide, and the genocides in Cambodia 
and Rwanda, among others, will be used to help prevent 
future genocides; 
Whereas despite the international community’s consensus 
against genocide, as demonstrated by the fact that 133 
nations are party to the Convention on the Prevention 
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and through 
other instruments and actions, denial of past instances of 
genocide continues and many thousands of innocent peo-
ple continue to be victims of genocide; and 
Whereas November 4, 2003, is the 15th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Genocide Convention Implementation 
Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act): Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) anticipates the 15th anniversary of the en-
actment of the Genocide Convention Implementation 
Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act); and 
(2) encourages the people and Government of 
the United States to rededicate themselves to the 
cause of bringing an end to the crime of genocide.
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