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A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the marble bust of Vice President Richard Cheney on December 3, 2015.

Bill: 114-sconres-24
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to unveil the marble bust of Vice President Richard Cheney on December 3, 2015.

action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to unveil the marble bust of Vice President Richard Cheney on December 3, 2015.

action_date: 2015-11-16
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to unveil the marble bust of Vice President Richard Cheney on December 3, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8213)
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8213)
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Mrs. Comstock asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider. (consideration: CR H8213)
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8213)
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7843; text as passed Senate: CR S7823)
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7843; text as passed Senate: CR S7823)
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should submit the Paris climate change agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent.

Bill: 114-sconres-25
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
France
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that:
 
 
the President should submit to the Senate for advice and consent the climate change agreement proposed for adoption at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-21), and
 
Congress should refuse to consider any budget resolutions and appropriations language that include funding for the Green Climate Fund until COP-21 emissions commitments are submitted to the Senate.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8166-8167)
action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the right of States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions against Iran.

Bill: 114-sconres-26
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2015-12-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Human rights
Iran
Middle East
Sanctions
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-01
text: 
Reaffirms: (1) the commitment of Congress to stopping Iran's sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations; and (2) the legislative intent of Congress that the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 was enacted to deter illicit Iranian behavior, including sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations.
 
Supports state and local government sanctions targeting Iran's illicit activity, including divestment of assets from companies investing in Iran and prohibition of investment of state and local assets in any person engaging in investment activities in Iran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8244-8245)
action_date: 2015-12-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and is protected for all Americans by the text of the Constitution, and recognizing the 230th anniversary of the enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.

Bill: 114-sconres-27
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2016-01-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
First Amendment rights
Human rights
Religion
U.S. history
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: 
Honors the 230th anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on Religious Freedom Day, January 16, 2016.
 
Affirms that: 
 
 
 religious freedom includes the right to live, work, associate, and worship in accordance with one's beliefs for people of any faith or of no faith; 
 
 all Americans can be unified in supporting religious freedom because it is a fundamental human right; and 
 
 the American people will remain forever unshackled in matters of faith.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S95)
action_date: 2016-01-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution to establish the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States on January 20, 2017.

Bill: 114-sconres-28
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2016-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: 
 Establishes a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States on January 20, 2017. 

action_date: 2016-01-20
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
 Establishes a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States on January 20, 2017. 

action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
 Establishes a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States on January 20, 2017. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H539)
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H539)
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H539)
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Mrs. Miller (MI) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider. (consideration: CR H539)
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2016-01-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S139-140; text as passed Senate: CR S135)
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S139-140; text as passed Senate: CR S135)
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution to authorize the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States.

Bill: 114-sconres-29
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2016-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: 
Authorizes the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017, by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

action_date: 2016-01-20
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017, by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

action_date: 2016-02-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017, by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H540)
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H540)
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H539-540)
action_date: 2016-02-03
text: Mrs. Miller (MI) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider. (consideration: CR H539)
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2016-01-25
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2016-01-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S140; text as passed Senate: CR S135)
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S140; text as passed Senate: CR S135)
action_date: 2016-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing concern over the disappearance of David Sneddon, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-sconres-30
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Japan
North Korea
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: 
Expresses concern about the disappearance of David Sneddon in Yunnan Province, China, in August 2004.
 
 Directs the Department of State and the intelligence community to continue joint investigations, coordinate investigations with the governments of China, Japan, and South Korea, and solicit information from regional affairs and law enforcement experts on plausible explanations for David Sneddon's disappearance.
 
 Encourages the State Department and the intelligence community to work with foreign governments known to have diplomatic influence with North Korea to better investigate the possibility of North Korea's involvement in David Sneddon's disappearance, and to seek his recovery. 
 
Requests the State Department and the intelligence community to continue to work with and inform Congress and David Sneddon's family on efforts to resolve David's disappearance.

action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Expresses concern about the disappearance of David Sneddon in Yunnan Province, China, in August 2004.
 
 Directs the Department of State and the intelligence community to continue joint investigations, coordinate investigations with the governments of China, Japan, and South Korea, and solicit information from regional affairs and law enforcement experts on plausible explanations for David Sneddon's disappearance.
 
 Encourages the State Department and the intelligence community to work with foreign governments known to have diplomatic influence with North Korea to better investigate the possibility of North Korea's involvement in David Sneddon's disappearance, and to seek his recovery. 
 
Requests the State Department and the intelligence community to continue to work with and inform Congress and David Sneddon's family on efforts to resolve David's disappearance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 709.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
action_date: 2016-12-06
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S827)
action_date: 2016-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 114-sconres-31
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2016-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 
Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, February 11, 2016, through Saturday, February 20, 2016, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, February 22, 2016. 
 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Friday, February 12, 2016, through Tuesday, February 16, 2016, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. 

action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, February 11, 2016, through Saturday, February 20, 2016, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, February 22, 2016. 
 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Friday, February 12, 2016, through Tuesday, February 16, 2016, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. 

action_date: 2016-02-12
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, February 11, 2016, through Saturday, February 20, 2016, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, February 22, 2016. 
 
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Friday, February 12, 2016, through Tuesday, February 16, 2016, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H811)
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H811)
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H811)
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S887; text as passed Senate: CR S886)
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S887; text as passed Senate: CR S886)
action_date: 2016-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution recognizing the soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment of the United States Army Reserve, who were killed or wounded in their barracks by an Iraqi SCUD missile attack in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the attack.

Bill: 114-sconres-32
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2016-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Pennsylvania
Saudi Arabia

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: 
Recognizes the sacrifice and dedicated service of Pennsylvanians during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
 
 Honors: (1) the 13 soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment of the United States Army Reserve who were killed in action on February 25, 1991, in the attack on Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; and (2) the 43 soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment of the United States Army Reserve who were wounded during the attack. 
 
Pledges the support of the House of Representatives to the families of these soldiers.
 
 Encourages the people of the United States to commemorate the role and contribution of Pennsylvanians and Pennsylvania-based units of the Army National Guard, the Army Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Navy Reserve, the Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve who supported Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1060-1061)
action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who commit or support atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities, including Yezidis, Turkmen, Sabea-Mandeans, Kaka'e, and Kurds, and who target them specifically for ethnic or religious reasons, are committing, and are hereby declared to be committing, "war crimes", "crimes against humanity", and "genocide".

Bill: 114-sconres-33
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2016-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Middle East
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: 
Declares that: 
 
 
 the atrocities committed against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities targeted specifically for religious reasons are crimes against humanity and genocide; 
 
each of the Contracting Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and other international agreements forbidding war crimes and crimes against humanity, particularly the governments of countries and their nationals who are in any way supporting these crimes, are reminded of their legal obligations under the Convention and these international agreements; 
 
the United Nations (U.N.) and the Secretary-General are called upon to assert leadership by calling the atrocities war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; 
 
the member states of the U.N., with an appeal to the Arab States that wish to uphold religious freedom and justice, should collaborate on measures to prevent further war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, and collaborate on the establishment of tribunals to punish those responsible for the ongoing crimes; 
 
the governments of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Lebanese Republic, and other countries are commended for having undertaken to shelter and protect those fleeing the violence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or Da'esh) and other extremists; and 
 
those who force the migration of religious communities from their ancestral homelands, including specifically the Nineveh Plain and Mount Sinjar, should be prosecuted in accordance with the laws of the place where their crimes were committed and under applicable international criminal statutes and conventions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1467)
action_date: 2016-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate