US HR443 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on December 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on December 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) it is U.S. policy to promote the right to nationality without arbitrary deprivation by any state as articulated in Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights, and (2) the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) should pursue a multilateral approach to address the potential crisis in the Dominican Republic as a result of that nation's Constitutional Court ruling on September 23, 2013, that could render hundreds of thousands of Dominican-born persons stateless.
Title
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the September 23, 2013, decision of the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court that places hundreds of thousands of Dominican born persons at risk of statelessness.
Sponsors
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY] | Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] | Rep. John Conyers [D-MI] | Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY] |
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] | Rep. John Lewis [D-GA] | Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA] | Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2014-01-10 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. |
2013-12-12 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
Subjects
Caribbean area
Citizenship and naturalization
Dominican Republic
Human rights
International affairs
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Organization of American States
Citizenship and naturalization
Dominican Republic
Human rights
International affairs
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Organization of American States
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/443/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hres443/BILLS-113hres443ih.pdf |