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IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 531 
Expressing concern over the prevalence of hazardous working conditions for 
children, especially the worst forms of child labor in the mining of 
cobalt and other minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself and Mr. FORTENBERRY) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing concern over the prevalence of hazardous working 
conditions for children, especially the worst forms of 
child labor in the mining of cobalt and other minerals 
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
Whereas the Department of Labor has reported that the 
worst forms of child labor have been exploited in the ex-
traction and processing of cobalt ore in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo (DRC) and these activities are in 
violation of international standards; 
Whereas the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) es-
timated that 40,000 children work in mines in the former 
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(1) supports the establishment of Campus Fire 
Safety Month; 
(2) encourages schools and municipalities 
across the country to provide educational programs 
to all students throughout the school year; and 
(3) encourages schools and municipalities to 
evaluate the level of fire safety being provided in 
both on- and off-campus student housing and take 
the necessary steps to ensure fire-safe living environ-
ments through fire safety education, installation of 
fire suppression and detection systems and smoke 
alarms and the development and enforcement of ap-
plicable codes relating to fire safety. 
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H. Res. 52 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 17, 2019. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall 
be in order to consider in the House the joint resolution 
(H.J. Res. 28) making further continuing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes. All points of order 
against consideration of the joint resolution are waived. The 
joint resolution shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against provisions in the joint resolution are waived. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
joint resolution and on any amendment thereto to final pas-
sage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of de-
bate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 
their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time through the leg-
islative day of January 25, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain 
motions that the House suspend the rules as though under 
clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or her designee shall con-
•HRES 52 EH 
sult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the designa-
tion of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
House Calendar No. 3 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 52 
{Report No. 116–3] 
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 28) making 
further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and for other 
purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the 
rules. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2019 
Ms. SCANLON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 
28) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019, and for other purposes, and providing for 
consideration of motions to suspend the rules. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the joint resolu-
tion (H.J. Res. 28) making further continuing appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes. All 
points of order against consideration of the joint resolu-
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tion are waived. The joint resolution shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against provisions in the joint 
resolution are waived. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the joint resolution and on any 
amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des-
ignees; and (2) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time through the 
legislative day of January 25, 2019, for the Speaker to 
entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as 
though under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or her 
designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his des-
ignee on the designation of any matter for consideration 
pursuant to this section. 
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House Calendar No. 3 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 52 
{Report No. 116–3] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution 
(H.J. Res. 28) making further continuing appro-
priations for fiscal year 2019, and for other pur-
poses, and providing for consideration of motions 
to suspend the rules. 
JANUARY 16, 2019 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 530 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the amount of 
the Members’ Representational Allowance should be increased in response 
to increasing threats against Members of the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Admin-
istration 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the amount of the Members’ Representational Allowance 
should be increased in response to increasing threats 
against Members of the House. 
Whereas, on January 8, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a 
congressional event in Tucson, Arizona, critically wound-
ing Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killing a con-
gressional staff member and five members of the public; 
Whereas, on June 14, 2017, a gunman with a rifle and side-
arm opened fire on at least seventeen Members of Con-
gress, several staff, United States Capitol Police officers, 
and members of the public in Alexandria, Virginia; 
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H. Res. 543 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 15, 2019. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Stand with Hong Kong 
Resolution’’. 
Whereas the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 
(Public Law 102–383) states— 
(1) ‘‘[s]upport for democratization is a fundamental 
principle of United States foreign policy’’; 
(2) ‘‘the human rights of the people of Hong Kong 
are of great importance to the United States and are di-
rectly relevant to United States interests in Hong Kong 
[and] serve as a basis for Hong Kong’s continued eco-
nomic prosperity’’; and 
(3) ‘‘Hong Kong must remain sufficiently autono-
mous from the People’s Republic of China to justify a 
different treatment than accorded to the People’s Repub-
lic of China under United States law’’; 
Whereas the United States maintains substantial economic 
and political interests in Hong Kong, with more than 
1,200 United States firms operating in the Special Ad-
ministrative Region, due largely to Hong Kong’s strong 
business environment, predicated on respect for the rule 
of law and an independent judiciary; 
Whereas the United States supports Hong Kong’s ‘‘high de-
gree of autonomy’’ promised by the Joint Declaration be-
IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 533 
Recognizing the accomplishments of professional surfer and surfwear executive 
Danny Kwock. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Mr. ROUDA submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the accomplishments of professional surfer and 
surfwear executive Danny Kwock. 
Whereas Danny Kwock was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Ha-
waii; 
Whereas, at age 8, Danny Kwock began surfing in Waikiki, 
Hawaii; 
Whereas, at age 12, Danny Kwock moved to Newport Beach, 
California, and began surfing at the Wedge; 
Whereas Danny Kwock joined the Western Surfing Associa-
tion, the longest running amateur surfing association in 
the United States, in Huntington Beach, California; 
Whereas while attending high school in Newport Beach, 
Danny Kwock signed sponsorship deals with Quiksilver, 
Rip Curl, and McCoy Surfboards; 
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Whereas Danny Kwock was one of the leaders of the Cali-
fornia New Wave surfers in the late 1970s and early 
1980s; 
Whereas, in 1986, Danny Kwock was named Marketing Di-
rector for Quiksilver; 
Whereas Danny Kwock helped develop the Quiksilver in 
Memory of Eddie Aikau contest at Waimea Bay, Hawaii, 
that was first held in 1984; 
Whereas Danny Kwock helped develop the Men Who Ride 
Mountains contest at Maverick’s, one of the wildest, 
heaviest, most dangerous big-wave spots on Earth, first 
held in 1999 in California; 
Whereas Danny Kwok helped bring future world surfing 
champions Kelly Slater and Lisa Andersen to the 
Quiksilver team; and 
Whereas, in 2002, Kwock was named President of Quick-
silver’s new Quicksilver Entertainment division: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the accomplishments of professional surfer and 
surfwear executive Danny Kwock and his important role 
in establishing coastal Orange County as a focal point of 
the surf industry. 
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IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 535 
Recognizing August 6, National Night Out, the national coming together 
of Americans all over the Nation to unite and promote public safety. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself and Mr. RUTHERFORD) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing August 6, National Night Out, the national com-
ing together of Americans all over the Nation to unite 
and promote public safety. 
Whereas on the first Tuesday of August, our Nation will ob-
serve National Night Out, a day to cultivate a better re-
lationship between residents of a community and their 
local law enforcement, and to promote public safety; 
Whereas the participation in National Night Out by over 
38,000,000 neighbors in over 16,000 communities across 
the United States for over 36 years is unparalleled; 
Whereas the relationship between local law enforcement and 
the residents which they are sworn to protect and serve 
has improved immensely; 
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Whereas general awareness of public safety has improved, be-
cause of the continued efforts of communities to meet 
their law enforcement officers and participate in National 
Night Out activities; 
Whereas prominent figures, such as former Senator Kay Bai-
ley Hutchinson and former Vice President Joe Biden, 
have recognized the impact that National Night Out has 
made across the Nation, bringing all Americans closer to-
gether to achieve a common goal of community cohesive-
ness and public safety; and 
Whereas National Night Out not only includes Americans on 
the mainland, but includes those in United States terri-
tories and military bases to ensure all are included in the 
effort of community building and public safety awareness: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) encourages law enforcement departments to 
use National Night Out to improve relationships 
with the communities they serve; 
(2) encourages public safety departments to in-
form communities— 
(A) how to most effectively contact their 
911 responders and emergency service pro-
viders; and 
(B) how they carry out their duties; and 
(3) recognizes the impact that has been made 
for the past 36 years in communities all over the 
United States of America by National Night Out in 
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creating a more united country by fostering relation-
ships between residents, neighbors, and local law en-
forcement, and promoting public safety awareness. 
Æ 
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IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 537 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States 
policy recognizing the Assyrian Genocide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2019 
Mr. HARDER of California submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing United States policy recognizing the Assyrian Geno-
cide. 
Whereas the Ottoman Empire committed the crime of geno-
cide against the Assyrian people, killing at least 300,000 
innocent Assyrians during the time of the First World 
War; 
Whereas Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term ‘‘genocide’’ in 
1944, drew on the history of the Assyrian Genocide in his 
seminal work that guided the United Nations Convention 
on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide; 
Whereas the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441) establishes that 
atrocities prevention represents a United States national 
interest, and affirms that it is the policy of the United 
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States to pursue a United States Government-wide strat-
egy to identify, prevent, and respond to the risk of atroc-
ities by ‘‘strengthening diplomatic response and the effec-
tive use of foreign assistance to support appropriate tran-
sitional justice measures, including criminal account-
ability, for past atrocities’’; 
Whereas the resilience and endurance of the Assyrian people 
is still commendable and praiseworthy, despite being vic-
tims of an ethnocide that is being continued by the Is-
lamic State; 
Whereas American families continue to feel the effects of the 
Assyrian Genocide, including families that have never 
been reunited since; 
Whereas recognition and commemoration of a genocide is 
critical to efforts to prevent both future genocides and 
further harm to the group upon which the genocide was 
committed; and 
Whereas the Assyrian Genocide remains unrecognized by 
many countries and organizations across the globe, in-
cluding the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that it is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) 
commemorate 
the 
Assyrian 
Genocide 
through official recognition and remembrance; 
(2) reject efforts to enlist, engage, or otherwise 
associate the United States Government with denial 
of the Assyrian Genocide or any other genocide; 
(3) call upon the Republic of Turkey to offi-
cially recognize the Assyrian Genocide; and 
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(1) recognizes that there is an urgent need to 
promote and protect the health, welfare, and devel-
opment of children; 
(2) recognizes that the body of scientific evi-
dence supports the benefits of improved breastfeed-
ing practices on the short-term and long-term health 
and development of children and their parents; 
(3) recognizes that it is in the public interest to 
support efforts to end the inappropriate promotion 
of foods for infants and young children as alter-
natives for breast milk, and support the ‘‘Inter-
national Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Sub-
stitutes’’; 
(4) recognizes that the protection, promotion, 
and support of breastfeeding contributes substan-
tially to the achievement of sustainable development 
goals on nutrition and health, and is a core element 
of quality health care; 
(5) recognizes that improving the health, wel-
fare, and development of children and their parents 
worldwide supports United States efforts to promote 
stability globally and therefore contributes to our na-
tional security; and 
(6) urges the President to promote the health 
and welfare of children and their parents by sup-
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(4) encourage education and public under-
standing of the facts of the Assyrian Genocide, in-
cluding the United States role in the humanitarian 
relief effort, and the relevance of the Assyrian Geno-
cide to modern-day crimes against humanity. 
Æ 
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porting international efforts to improve breastfeed-
ing practices globally. 
Æ 
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(2) Representative Steve King of Iowa be cen-
sured; 
(3) Representative Steve King of Iowa forth-
with present himself in the well of the House of 
Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; 
and 
(4) Representative Steve King of Iowa be cen-
sured with the public reading of this resolution by 
the Speaker. 
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H. Res. 546 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 3, 2019. 
Whereas, in 2014, Russia illegally occupied Ukraine’s Crimea 
region and parts of eastern Ukraine; 
Whereas these actions are in direct violation of fundamental 
principles of international law, as well as the United Na-
tions Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, and the 1994 Bu-
dapest Memorandum; 
Whereas, in 1998, the Group of Seven invited Russia to join 
the group in an effort to encourage continued political 
and economic reforms in Russia; 
Whereas, in March 2014, the Group of Eight suspended Rus-
sia as a direct result of its actions in Ukraine, and in-
stead continued as the Group of Seven; 
Whereas, on April 3, 2014, President Barack Obama signed 
into law the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, De-
mocracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014, 
which states that ‘‘it is the policy of the United States 
that the continued participation of the Russian Federa-
tion in the Group of Eight (G–8) nations should be con-
ditioned on the Government of the Russian Federation 
respecting the territorial integrity of its neighbors and 
accepting and adhering to the norms and standards of
•HRES 543 EH 
sistent with international standards for the use of 
such equipment and in violation of citizens’ rights 
to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; and 
(B) the Hong Kong Government for tolerating 
the use of violent force against protesters by police; 
(3) calls on the Administration to review the appro-
priateness of sales by United States firms of munitions 
and crowd-control equipment to Hong Kong, to ensure 
that they are not used to repress peaceful protests; 
(4) condemns efforts by the Hong Kong and Chi-
nese Governments to characterize the protests as ‘‘riots’’ 
and to falsely accuse the United States of orchestrating 
political instability that they alone created; 
(5) shares the concerns of the people of Hong Kong 
that the Hong Kong Government’s proposed amend-
ments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, if adopted, 
would negatively impact the territory’s long-standing 
protections of human rights, fundamental freedoms, and 
democratic values as enshrined in the Basic Law and the 
Sino-British Joint Declaration; 
(6) recognizes that the ‘‘One Country, Two Sys-
tems’’ framework and the Basic Law require that Hong 
Kong is afforded a high degree of autonomy with respect 
to economic and trade matters and the rule of law;
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(7) condemns Chinese state media for targeting 
staff and family members of the United States Consulate 
General in Hong Kong; 
(8) calls on the Government of Hong Kong and all 
governments— 
(A) to protect the rights of freedom of expres-
sion and peaceful assembly; 
(B) to condemn all acts of violence against 
those seeking to further their democratic rights; 
and 
(C) to refrain from the use of violence; and 
(9) calls on the Government of Hong Kong and the 
Government of China to abide by the provisions of the 
Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 546 EH 
free, democratic societies as generally practiced by every 
other member nation of the G–8 nations.’’; 
Whereas, since 2014, the President of Russia, Vladimir 
Putin, has continued to violate international law in 
Ukraine’s Crimea region and elsewhere, and has contin-
ued to undermine democracy and human rights both at 
home and abroad; and 
Whereas, on August 26, 2019, President Donald Trump, an-
nounced his intention to invite the President of Russia to 
next year’s Group of Seven summit: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reiterates its unwavering support for the sov-
ereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine; 
(2) condemns Russia’s aggressive actions in 
Ukraine, including the illegal occupation of Crimea and 
ongoing destabilization of eastern Ukraine; 
(3) condemns the Kremlin’s assaults on democratic 
societies worldwide, including in the United States and 
other Group of Seven countries; 
(4) reaffirms its full support for the suspension of 
Russia from the Group of Eight; 
(5) calls on all leaders of the Group of Seven to op-
pose the readmission of Russia unless and until it has 
ended its occupation of all of Ukraine’s sovereign terri-
tory, including Crimea, and halts its attacks on democ-
racies worldwide; and