US SR34 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-6-2)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

This resolution condemns the violence perpetrated against the Rohingya in Burma (Myanmar) and calls on Burma to take certain actions to address the humanitarian crisis there. The resolution also urges the United States to develop a more robust diplomatic strategy to mitigate this crisis.

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Title

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-07-08SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
2019-07-08SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
2019-06-25SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2019-01-29SenateReferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S744-745)

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