A resolution commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their deaths on November 16, 1989, at the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Bill: 111-sres-321
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Congressional committees
Congressional tributes
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic development
Educational facilities and institutions
El Salvador
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
House of Representatives
Human rights
Latin America
Massachusetts
Members of Congress
Reconstruction and stabilization
Religion
Rule of law and government transparency
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
Commemorates the lives and work of Father Ignacio Ellacuria, Father Ignacio Martin-Baro, Father Segundo Montes, Father Amando Lopez, Father Juan Ramon Moreno, Father Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, Julia Elba Ramos, and Celina Mariset Ramos on the 20th anniversary of their deaths on November 16, 1989, at the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas (UCA) located in San Salvador, El Salvador.
 
Extends sympathy to the families, friends, colleagues, and religious communities of the 6 Jesuit priests and 2 laywomen.
 
Recognizes the continuing academic, spiritual, and social contributions of the UCA in San Salvador, El Salvador.
 
Commends U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities for their solidarity with the UCA and annual remembrances of the Jesuit martyrs.
 
Acknowledges the role played by the Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador, Representative John Joseph Moakley, the Jesuit leadership of the UCA, and the Salvadoran judicial investigation and convictions in advancing negotiations to end the war, such that the deaths of the Jesuit martyrs and laywomen contributed directly to achieving the peace to which they had dedicated their lives.
 
Calls upon the people of the United States, academic institutions, and religious congregations to participate in events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the martyrdom of the 6 Jesuit priests and 2 laywomen.
 
Recognizes that, while significant progress has been made during the post-war period, social and economic hardships persist among many sectors of Salvadoran society.
 
Calls upon the President, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other federal departments and agencies to support and collaborate with the government of El Salvador and public, private, nongovernmental, and religious organizations in efforts to reduce poverty and hunger and to promote educational opportunity, human rights, the rule of law, and social equity for the people of El Salvador.

action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 

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

 
Commemorates the lives and work of Father Ignacio Ellacuria, Father Ignacio Martin-Baro, Father Segundo Montes, Father Amando Lopez, Father Juan Ramon Moreno, Father Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, Julia Elba Ramos, and Celina Mariset Ramos on the 20th anniversary of their deaths on November 16, 1989, at the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas (UCA) located in San Salvador, El Salvador.
 
Extends sympathy to the families, friends, colleagues, and religious communities of the 6 Jesuit priests and 2 laywomen.
 
Recognizes the continuing academic, spiritual, and social contributions of the UCA in San Salvador, El Salvador.
 
Commends U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities for their solidarity with the UCA and annual remembrances of the Jesuit martyrs.
 
Acknowledges the role played by the Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador, Representative John Joseph Moakley, the Jesuit leadership of the UCA, and the Salvadoran judicial investigation and convictions in advancing negotiations to end the war, such that the deaths of the Jesuit martyrs and laywomen contributed directly to achieving the peace to which they had dedicated their lives.
 
Calls upon the people of the United States, academic institutions, and religious congregations to participate in events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the martyrdom of the 6 Jesuit priests and 2 laywomen.
 
Recognizes that, while significant progress has been made during the post-war period, social and economic hardships persist among many sectors of Salvadoran society.
 
Calls upon the President, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other federal departments and agencies to support and collaborate with the government of El Salvador and public, private, nongovernmental, and religious organizations in efforts to reduce poverty and hunger and to promote educational opportunity, human rights, the rule of law, and social equity for the people of El Salvador.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10741-10742; text as passed Senate: CR S10741-10742; text of measure as introduced: CR S10737-10738)
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10741-10742; text as passed Senate: CR S10741-10742; text of measure as introduced: CR S10737-10738)
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate