US Congress House Resolution 508 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on November 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should use the full authority of his office to convene international negotiations intended to stop the civil war in Syria. Calls on the President to convene international negotiations to stop the civil war in Syria. Requests that these negotiations: stabilize the country and provide for political change towards a popularly supported, accountable Syrian leadership; implement measures to protect, and stem the flow of, refugees from Syria and provide for their return; and create a coordinated international strategy for the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Calls on other nations that have an interest or involvement in the region and conflict to join these negotiations and commit to transitioning from the current al-Assad government and countering ISIL.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should use the full authority of his office to convene international negotiations intended to stop the civil war in Syria.

Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
2015-11-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2015-11-02	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/508/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres508/BILLS-114hres508ih.pdf