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Expressing the sense of Congress regarding Saudi Arabia's policies relating to religious practice and tolerance, including Saudi Arabia's commitment to revise Saudi textbooks to remove intolerant and violent references.

Bill: 110-hconres-262
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2007-11-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diplomacy
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Human rights
Islamic fundamentalism
Middle East and North Africa
Religion
Religious education
Religious liberty
Saudi Arabia
Secondary education
Textbooks
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should: (1) continue to designate Saudi Arabia as a &quot;country of particular concern&quot; for engaging in systematic violations of religious freedom; (2) create a formal mechanism to monitor implementation of the government of Saudi Arabia's policies relating to religious practice and tolerance; (3) begin diplomatic discussions with the government of Saudi Arabia with the goals of closing the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) until ISA textbooks are made available for public examination and ensuring prohibition of indirect ISA funding; and (4) report to Congress respecting such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hconres-263
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2007-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Congressional investigations
Congressional joint committees
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
House rules and procedure
Income tax
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure
Tariff
Tax expenditures
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: 
Establishes a Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform to study and report to the House and the Senate on the practices of the legislative and executive branch regarding earmarks in authorizing, appropriation, tax, and tariff measures.
 

 

 
Makes it out of order to consider a bill, joint resolution, or conference report containing a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit until the filing of such report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the University of Hawaii for its 100 years of commitment to public higher education.

Bill: 110-hconres-264
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Colleges
Congressional tributes
Education
Hawaii
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Congratulates the University of Hawaii on the momentous occasion of its 100th Anniversary.
 
Expresses the warmest aloha and best wishes of Congress for continued success.

action_date: 2007-12-11
text: 

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

 
Congratulates the University of Hawaii on the momentous occasion of its 100th Anniversary.
 
Expresses the warmest aloha and best wishes of Congress for continued success.

action_date: 2007-12-17
text: 

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

 
Congratulates the University of Hawaii on the momentous occasion of its 100th Anniversary.
 
Expresses the warmest aloha and best wishes of Congress for continued success.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15791)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15791)
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H15241)
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H15241)
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 264.
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H15241-15243)
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Ms. Hirono moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day.

Bill: 110-hconres-265
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Agriculture and Food
Bush (George W.) Administration
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Comprehensive health care
Congressional tributes
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to research
Food relief
Government Operations and Politics
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Hunger
Infant mortality
International Affairs
International relief
Malaria
Medical research
Medical tests
Poverty
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Special days
Tuberculosis
Women
Women's rights
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Recognizes the 20th anniversary of observing World AIDS Day. Commends the President and state and local governments for publicizing its importance and encouraging individuals to undergo HIV testing.

Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of such Day; (2) continued funding for prevention, care, treatment services, and research programs for persons living with HIV/AIDS in the United States and for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; (3) providing universal access to comprehensive prevention, treatment, care, and support programs by 2010; and (4) efforts to address the factors that make populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS by decreasing poverty, hunger, and childhood mortality and by empowering women. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H14134-14135)
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Calling on the President to commute the sentences of United States Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean to time served.

Bill: 110-hconres-267
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2007-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border patrols
Federal law enforcement officers
Immigration
Imprisonment
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: 
Calls on the President to immediately commute the prison sentences of U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean to time served.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of, and additional research relating to, scleroderma.

Bill: 110-hconres-268
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2007-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Autoimmune diseases
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: 
Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend, and the United States Postal Service to issue, a commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of, and additional research relating to, scleroderma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1585.

Bill: 110-hconres-269
Sponsor: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]
Introduced: 2007-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Legislation
Military base closures
Military bases
Military construction operations
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: 
Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) concerning: (1) Navy construction and land acquisition projects, including costs of construction at Naval Station Bremerton, Washington; and (2) the general reduction of the amount authorized for base closure and realignment activities.

action_date: 2007-12-14
text: 

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

Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) concerning: (1) Navy construction and land acquisition projects, including costs of construction at Naval Station Bremerton, Washington; and (2) the general reduction of the amount authorized for base closure and realignment activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-12-14
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15619)
action_date: 2007-12-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15619)
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H15353)
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H15353)
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H15353)
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress.

Bill: 110-hconres-271
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2007-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: 
Declares that, when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Tuesday, December 18, 2007, through Saturday, December 22, 2007, it stand adjourned sine die.
 
 Declares that, when the House adjourns and the Senate recesses or adjourns on the legislative day of Thursday, January 3, 2008, they shall stand adjourned until noon on Tuesday, January 15, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: On agreeing to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 184 - 218 (Roll no. 1167). (text: CR H15525)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 184 - 218 (Roll no. 1167).(text: CR H15525)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H15525-15526)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Urging the United States Government to initiate a diplomatic surge to foster security and stability in the Middle East by engaging international stakeholders and governments throughout the region to curtail destabilizing influences, help prevent the spread of violence, address humanitarian concerns, and enhance prospects for security, political, and economic progress in Iraq.

Bill: 110-hconres-272
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Boundaries
Crime and Law Enforcement
Development credit institutions
Diplomacy
Displaced persons
Economic assistance
Ethnic relations
Europe
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Immigration
International agencies
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Middle East and North Africa
Minorities
Nongovernmental organizations
Refugees
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Terrorism
Turkey
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
 Recognizes the effort of local community leaders in Iraq to promote reconciliation.
 
Commends the United Nations for re-engaging in Iraq. 
 
Urges: (1) diplomatic efforts to engage Iraq's neighbors to assist in securing Iraq's borders and to prevent terrorist organizations from destabilizing the region; (2) the nations and international bodies that have pledged donations to Iraq to fulfill those pledges; and (3) actions to address the needs of Iraqi displaced persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Bill: 110-hconres-273
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Congressional tributes
Entertainers
Music
Professional associations
Sound recording and reproducing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Congratulates the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences during its 50th GRAMMY celebration for its important work in improving the environment for music and music makers.

action_date: 2008-02-06
text: 

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

Congratulates The Recording Academy during its 50th GRAMMY celebration for its important work in improving the environment for music and music makers. 

action_date: 2008-02-08
text: 

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

Congratulates The Recording Academy during its 50th GRAMMY celebration for its important work in improving the environment for music and music makers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S821)
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S821)
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H564)
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H564)
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 273.
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H564-565)
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: Mr. Hodes moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the need for a more comprehensive diplomatic initiative led by the United States, Republic of Iraq, and international community.

Bill: 110-hconres-274
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab countries
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Commemorations
Conferences
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against humanity
Cultural property
Diplomacy
Displaced persons
Energy
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Human rights
Immigration
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Insurgency
International military forces
Iran
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Islamic countries
Israel
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military personnel
Military withdrawal
Negotiations
Nongovernmental organizations
Peace negotiations
Peacekeeping forces
Petroleum industry
President and foreign policy
Refugees
Regionalism (International organization)
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
Violence
War casualties
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Expresses the need for a comprehensive diplomatic initiative led by the United States, the Republic of Iraq, and the international community to ensure the establishment of a cohesive government in Iraq.
 
 Expresses condolences to the number of Iraqis who have been killed, displaced, or wounded.
 
 Recognizes that the U.S. government owes a debt of gratitude to the men and women who have served in Iraq and who now deserve comprehensive rehabilitation and assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring Barbara Charline Jordan.

Bill: 110-hconres-275
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Postage stamps
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Declares the sense of Congress that the U.S. Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Barbara Charline Jordan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding Jordanian institutions.

Bill: 110-hconres-276
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Colleges
Education
Educational exchanges
Graduate education
Higher education
Jordan
Middle East and North Africa

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Education should support the formation of a consortia between one or more U.S. institutions of higher education and a Jordanian institution for the establishment of joint undergraduate and graduate programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Rejecting and condemning the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's position that English-only employment rules violate title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as unjustified and unsupported by law, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hconres-277
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Discrimination in employment
English language
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Declares that the Congress rejects and condemns as unjustified and unsupported by law the position of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that English-only employment rules violate title VII (Equal Employment Opportunity) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Calls on the EEOC to suspend enforcement of that position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House