3.0.0 736 2023-01-13T04:48:53Z 2023-01-13T04:48:53Z House H HRES 2006-03-28 109 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-28T19:01:40Z A resolution calling on the Government of Afghanistan to uphold freedom of religion and urging the Government of the United States to promote religious freedom in Afghanistan. 109 421 SRES 2006-04-04 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2842-2843; text: CR S2843; text of measure as introduced: CR S2805-2806) Related bill CRS 2006-03-29 18:42:18 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2006-03-29 18:42:16 On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 427 - 0 (Roll no. 73). (text: CR H1281) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 73 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll073.xml House 109 2006-03-29T23:42:16Z 2 2006-03-29 18:42:16 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 427 - 0 (Roll no. 73).(text: CR H1281) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 73 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll073.xml House 109 2006-03-29T23:42:16Z 2 2006-03-29 18:30:28 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1291) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2006-03-29 15:11:31 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2006-03-29 14:55:04 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 736. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2006-03-29 14:54:57 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1281-1283) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2006-03-29 14:54:37 Mr. Pence moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2006-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2006-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000587 Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] MIKE PENCE R IN 6 N H001022 Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] HENRY HYDE R IL J. 6 2006-03-28 True L000090 Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] TOM LANTOS D CA 12 2006-03-28 True R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2006-03-28 True S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2006-03-28 True B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2006-03-28 True A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2006-03-28 True F000451 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] Michael Fitzpatrick R PA G. 8 2006-03-28 True A000055 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] ROBERT ADERHOLT R AL B. 4 2006-03-29 False B000072 Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] RICHARD BAKER R LA H. 6 2006-03-29 False B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2006-03-29 False J000174 Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] SAM JOHNSON R TX 3 2006-03-29 False F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2006-03-29 False International Affairs Afghanistan Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Foreign leaders Human rights International law Law Minorities Religion Religious liberty Rule of law South Asia Treaties International Affairs 00 2006-03-28 Introduced in House 2006-03-29T19:40:23Z Condemns the enforcement of laws against apostasy.

Requests the President to continue to work with the government of Afghanistan to establish better protections for religious minorities, including converts to minority religions, and to enhance human rights protections in Afghanistan.

Calls upon the government of Afghanistan, and especially President Hamid Karzai, to continue to conform Afghan laws to Afghanistan's international human rights treaty obligations, thereby protecting from prosecution Afghan citizens who have converted or plan to convert to other religions.

]]> 81 2006-03-29 Passed House without amendment 2006-04-19T21:43:01Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Condemns the enforcement of laws against apostasy.

Requests the President to continue to work with the government of Afghanistan to establish better protections for religious minorities, including converts to minority religions, and to enhance human rights protections in Afghanistan.

Calls upon the government of Afghanistan, and especially President Hamid Karzai, to continue to conform Afghan laws to Afghanistan's international human rights treaty obligations, thereby protecting from prosecution Afghan citizens who have converted or plan to convert to other religions.

]]> Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust. Display Title Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust. Introduced in House IH Engrossed in House 2006-03-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hres736eh/xml/BILLS-109hres736eh.xml Introduced in House 2006-03-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hres736ih/xml/BILLS-109hres736ih.xml 2006-03-29 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 18:42:18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.