3.0.0 329 2023-01-11T13:24:15Z 2023-01-11T13:24:15Z House H HRES 2013-08-02 113 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa13 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee Referred to 2013-08-16T12:48:41Z Referred to 2013-08-02T13:04:25Z 2013-08-16 hsfa13 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. Committee 2013-08-02 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2013-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] Trent Franks R AZ 8 N S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] Albio Sires D NJ 8 2013-08-02 True P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2013-08-02 True H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2013-08-02 True R000580 Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] Peter Roskam R IL J. 6 2013-10-22 False G000566 Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4] Trey Gowdy R SC 4 2014-05-08 False International Affairs Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Due process and equal protection Egypt Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human rights International law and treaties Middle East News media and reporting Political movements and philosophies Religion Rule of law and government transparency Violent crime International Affairs 00 2013-08-02 Introduced in House 2013-08-28T19:22:15Z Supports economic and political reforms that uphold the fundamental rights of all Egyptian citizens, equal access to justice, due process, and transparent and accountable governance.

Calls on interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour and the government of Egypt to restore the Egyptian Constitution and the rule of law.

Urges: (1) the process of amending the Egyptian Constitution to be transparent and secure broad consensus; (2) the Egyptian Armed Forces and security services to respect the rights of all Egyptian citizens; and (3) full restoration of media and civil society freedoms, including protecting media and journalists and overturning the verdicts in which 43 U.S. citizens, Egyptians, and others were given harsh sentences for their work to support democracy.

Calls on: (1) the government of Egypt to continue to meet its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty; and (2) interim President Mansour and the Egyptian Armed Forces to end the climate of impunity, end arbitrary arrests and politically motivated detentions, prosecute acts of violence, and make the protection of of all Egyptian citizens an urgent priority.

]]> Calling for the support of the fundamental rights of all Egyptian citizens, equal access to justice and due process of law, and transparent and accountable governance in Egypt. Display Title Calling for the support of the fundamental rights of all Egyptian citizens, equal access to justice and due process of law, and transparent and accountable governance in Egypt. Official Title as Introduced Calling for the support of the fundamental rights of all Egyptian citizens, equal access to justice and due process of law, and transparent and accountable governance in Egypt. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2013-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hres329ih/xml/BILLS-113hres329ih.xml 2013-08-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. 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.