3.0.0 761 2023-01-11T20:21:46Z 2023-01-11T20:21:46Z House H HRES 2007-10-18 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-18T14:02:45Z 2007-10-18 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 N B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2007-10-23 False S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2007-10-23 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-10-23 False F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2007-10-23 False International Affairs Bangladesh Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Democracy Dissenters Due process of law Equality before the law Extortion Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Human rights Law Political persecution Political prisoners Rule of law South Asia United Nations United Nations officials International Affairs 00 2007-10-18 Introduced in House 2007-12-20T22:52:44Z Calls on the Secretary of State to determine if the charges brought against United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, constitute a retaliation by the military-backed government of Bangladesh for her family's alleged political activities.

Asks the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to submit a resolution to the United Nations condemning the caretaker government for its human rights violations.

Proposes that the President recognize the return of democracy to Bangladesh as a high priority of U.S. foreign policy.

]]> Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the violation of the human rights of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, and others, by the caretaker government of Bangladesh. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the violation of the human rights of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, and others, by the caretaker government of Bangladesh. Introduced in House IH Display Title Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the violation of the human rights of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda, and others, by the caretaker government of Bangladesh. Introduced in House 2007-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hres761ih/xml/BILLS-110hres761ih.xml 2007-10-18 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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.