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Supporting efforts to advance regional and community based water and sanitation needs of Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians as an effective bridge for peace building in the Middle East.

Bill: 108-hconres-238
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2003-06-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Groundwater
Infrastructure
International cooperation
International environmental cooperation
Israel
Jordan
Labor and Employment
Lakes
Middle East and North Africa
Palestinians
Peace
Potable water
Rivers
Saline waters
Sewage disposal
Sewage treatment
Tourism
Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: 
Urges the U.S. Government to: (1) increase its support for the efforts to promote local Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian community cooperation on water issues in order to improve access to this vital resource, protect this scarce resource from pollution, rehabilitate the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, and in the process advance peace in the Middle East and stimulate tourism and employment in the region; and (2) take the lead in investigating the viability of and supporting regional water projects such as the &quot;Red Sea to Dead Sea&quot; project and desalination projects and other water and sanitation projects which would make accessible large quantities of water to Jordanians, Israelis, and Palestinians and save the Dead Sea, and in the process advance peace in the Middle East and stimulate tourism and employment in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of National Stalking Awareness Month.

Bill: 108-hconres-241
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Police
Public prosecutors
Special months
Stalking
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: 
Urges national and community organizations, businesses in the private sector, and the media to promote, through National Stalking Awareness Month, awareness of the crime of stalking. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of that Month. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6275)
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Bill: 108-hconres-242
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2003-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional tributes
Cultural relations
Curricula
Education
Educational exchanges
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Exchange of persons programs
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Islamic fundamentalism
Middle East and North Africa
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Religion
Religious education
Religious liberty
Saudi Arabia
Secondary education
Secularism
Teacher education
Textbooks
Tourism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: 
Calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to ensure that its review of its education curriculum is thorough, objective, and public.
 
Urges the Government of Saudi Arabia to reform its education curriculum so as to promote tolerance, develop civil society, and encourage functionality in the global economy.
 
Expresses extreme disappointment with the slow pace of education reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 
Applauds the public statements by Crown Prince Abdullah; and urges him to implement policies that are consistent with his statements.
 
Urges the U.S. Department of State and other appropriate Federal agencies to work closely with the Government of Saudi Arabia on efforts to address issues related to education curriculum, textbooks, and teacher training.
 
Supports expanding and creating more cultural, academic, visitor, and other exchanges between the United States and Saudi Arabia, subject to appropriate security checks.
 
Requests the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to encourage UNESCO to examine the educational system in Saudi Arabia and monitor the progress of the efforts to reform the education curriculum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Government of Saudi Arabia's lack of protection of internationally recognized human rights and the absence of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia.

Bill: 108-hconres-244
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aliens
Churches
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Democracy
Due process of law
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
International broadcasting
Islamic fundamentalism
Judicial reform
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Muslims
Radio broadcasting
Religion
Religious liberty
Rule of law
Saudi Arabia
Science, Technology, Communications
Treaties
United Nations
Women
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Calls on the Government Saudi Arabia to: (1) uphold its international commitments by respecting and protecting the human rights of citizens and foreigners of both sexes in Saudi Arabia; (2) ratify and comply fully with international human rights instruments and cooperate with United Nations human rights mechanisms, and to sign, ratify, and implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; (3) implement immediately promised judicial, political, economic, and educational reforms; (4) permit the establishment of independent nongovernmental organizations to advance human rights and promote tolerance, and to take action to create an independent human rights commission for the same purposes; (5) safeguard the freedom of non-Muslims, and of those Muslims who do not follow the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam, to worship in private; (6) permit non-Wahhabi places of worship, such as churches, to function openly in special compounds or zones for foreigners or in unadorned buildings designated for this purpose; and (7) permit the broadcasting of Radio Sawa throughout the country.
 
Urges the U.S. Government to: (1) to raise concerns at the highest levels, in both public and private fora, with the Government of Saudi Arabia regarding its ongoing and repeated human rights violations; (2) designate Saudi Arabia a &quot;country of particular concern&quot; under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for its systematic and ongoing violations of religious freedom; (3) encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to implement expeditiously its publicly stated plans for judicial, political, economic, and educational reform; (4) develop and expand specific initiatives and programs in Saudi Arabia to advance human rights, including religious freedom, the rights of women, and the rule of law; and (4) report publicly to Congress on its efforts to raise concerns regarding human rights, including religious freedom, with the Government of Saudi Arabia, including the results of those efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that it is in the national security interests of the United States to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hconres-245
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
International agencies
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
NATO military forces
Nongovernmental organizations
Peacekeeping forces
Police
United Nations
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. national security interest to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government; (2) the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other appropriate international and nongovernmental organizations should provide assistance to the Coalition in Iraq in order to contribute to international security and stability, general and complete disarmament, and global economic development; (3) the President should consider requesting formally and expeditiously that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) raise a force for deployment in post-war Iraq similar to what it has done in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo, and should urge NATO allies and other countries to provide troops and police to Coalition efforts in Iraq; and (4) the President should consider calling on the United Nations to urge its member states to provide military forces and civilian police to promote stability and security in Iraq and resources to help rebuild and administer Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1498)
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring Paul Leroy Robeson.

Bill: 108-hconres-246
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Entertainers
Government Operations and Politics
Minorities
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: 
Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend, and the Postal Service to issue, a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Paul Leroy Robeson (actor, singer, and civil rights advocate).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.

Bill: 108-hconres-247
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2003-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Down's syndrome
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: 
Calls upon the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Honoring former Congressman Dalip Singh Saund and remembering his achievements as the only Indian American to serve in Congress.

Bill: 108-hconres-248
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Asian American ethnic groups
California
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
House of Representatives
India
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Honors the life and dedicated service of former Congressman Dalip Singh Saund of California. Remembers his achievements as the only Indian American to serve in Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hconres-249
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
International agencies
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military training
NATO military forces
Nongovernmental organizations
Peacekeeping forces
Police training
United Nations
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. interest to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government; (2) the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other appropriate international and nongovernmental organizations should provide assistance to the Coalition in Iraq in order to contribute to international security and stability, general and complete disarmament, and global economic development; (3) the President should request formally and expeditiously that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) raise a force for deployment in post-war Iraq to assist in the development and training of the new national Iraqi military and civilian police force; and (4) the President should call on the United Nations to urge its member states to provide military forces and civilian police to promote stability and security in Iraq and resources to help rebuild and administer Iraq, and for the development and training of the new national Iraqi military and civilian police force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1681-1682)
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing community organization of public access defibrillation programs.

Bill: 108-hconres-250
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Cardiovascular diseases
Commemorations
Commerce
Community organization
Congress
Congressional tributes
Cultural centers
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Hotels, motels, etc.
Medical supplies
Office buildings
School health programs
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Recognizes the growing number of community activists, organizations, and municipal governments leading the national effort to establish public access defibrillation (PAD) programs.
 
Encourages the continued development and implementation of PAD programs in schools, sports arenas, large hotels, concert halls, high-rise buildings, gated communities, buildings subject to high-security, and similar facilities to increase the survival rate for victims of cardiac arrest.

action_date: 2004-10-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Recognizes the growing number of community activists, organizations, and municipal governments leading the national effort to establish public access defibrillation (PAD) programs.
 
Encourages the continued development and implementation of PAD programs in schools, sports arenas, large hotels, concert halls, high-rise buildings, gated communities, buildings subject to high-security, and similar facilities to increase the survival rate for victims of cardiac arrest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8089-8090)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8089-8090)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 250.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8089-8091)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Mr. Barton (TX) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the right of all Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of life or liberty and in the pursuit of all other legitimate endeavors.

Bill: 108-hconres-251
Sponsor: Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional law
Federal preemption
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Local laws
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Constitution provides that all individual citizens have the right to keep and bear arms, which right supersedes the power and authority of any government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the designation and goals of "Hire a Veteran Week".

Bill: 108-hconres-252
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Labor and Employment
Special weeks
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 

 
Expresses support for designation of &quot;Hire a Veteran Week.&quot; Encourages the President to issue a proclamation calling upon employers, labor organizations, veterans service organizations, and Federal, State, and local governmental agencies to lend their support to increase employment of men and women who have served in the armed forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1615)
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a "Free Enterprise Education Week" to encourage schools and businesses to educate students about the free enterprise system.

Bill: 108-hconres-253
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Business education
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Free enterprise
Higher education
Secondary education
Special weeks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Declares the sense of the Congress that a Free Enterprise Education Week should be established to encourage schools and businesses in the United States to educate students about the free enterprise system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the 70th anniversary of the 1932-1933 man-made famine in Ukraine ("Holodomor") should serve as a reminder of the incredible suffering and loss sustained by the Ukrainian people as a result of intentional policies implemented by the government of the former Soviet Union.

Bill: 108-hconres-254
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Anniversaries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Democracy
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Famines
Free enterprise
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
History
Human rights
National self-determination
U.S.S.R.
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) the victims of the Soviet-engineered Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933 (&quot;Holodomor&quot;) be solemnly remembered on its 70th anniversary; (2) the systematic violations of human rights, freedom of self-determination, and freedom of speech of the Ukrainian people by the government of the former Soviet Union should be condemned; (3) information regarding the Holodomor should be disseminated in order to expand the world's knowledge of this man-made tragedy; and (4) on the 70th anniversary of Holodomor efforts in Ukraine should be supported to ensure democratic principles, a free-market economy, and full respect for human rights, thereby enabling Ukraine to achieve its potential as an important strategic partner in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House