1230 -- Recognizing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during Sri Lanka's almost 30-year armed conflict, which ended 15 years ago on May 18, 2009, and ensuring nonrecurrence of past violence, including the Tamil Genocide, by supporting the right to self-determination of Eelam Tamil people and their call for an independence referendum for a lasting peaceful resolution. | Poliscope

Recognizing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during Sri Lanka's almost 30-year armed conflict, which ended 15 years ago on May 18, 2009, and ensuring nonrecurrence of past violence, including the Tamil Genocide, by supporting the right to self-determination of Eelam Tamil people and their call for an independence referendum for a lasting peaceful resolution.

1230

118th Congress

International Affairs

Introduced

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

May 15, 2024

Latest Action

May 16, 2024

Primary Sponsor

Wiley NickelDemocratic(NC)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

72pct

1d open

vs 1,627 other HRES bills in the 118th — cohort avg 7d

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Actions (3)

May 16, 2024

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3278-3279)

May 15, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

May 15, 2024

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Foreign Affairs Committee	House	Referred to	May 15, 2024

Text Versions

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Introduced in House	May 15, 2024	XML

Cosponsors (9)

Name	Party	State
Danny K. Davis	Democratic	IL
Donald G. Davis	Democratic	NC
Gabe Vasquez	Democratic	NM

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