3.0.0 311 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z 2023-01-11T13:23:41Z Senate S SRES 2013-11-21 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-11-21T23:30:09Z 2013-11-21 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8465-8466) IntroReferral 2013-11-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2013-11-21 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2013-11-21 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2013-11-21 True Sports and Recreation Athletes Human rights Olympic games Russia Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Sports and Recreation 00 2013-11-21 Introduced in Senate 2014-01-25T16:44:35Z Calls on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to: (1) strongly oppose Russia's discriminatory law against the freedom of expression for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons as inconsistent with Russia's international obligations and with the value of the Olympic movement; (2) insist, as a condition of holding the planned Olympic Games in Sochi, that the Government of the Russian Federation provide unconditional assurance that no one involved or affiliated with the Olympic Games will have their human rights, including their right to free expression, violated due to their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of support for LGBT human rights; (3) insist that venders and contractors have LGBT nondiscrimination policies in place for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and for all future Olympic Games or other Olympic events; (4) call on the Russian Federation to allow a Pride House that has the mission of celebrating diversity and inclusiveness through sport and raising awareness of LGBT discrimination and criminalization; and (5) amend its charter to state that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is not compatible with the Olympic Games.

Urges the United States Olympic Committee to intervene and assist the IOC in establishing such objectives.

]]> A resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strongly oppose Russia's discriminatory law against the freedom of expression for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and to obtain written assurance that host countries of the Olympic Games will uphold all international human rights and civil rights obligations for all persons observing or participating in the Games regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, and for other purposes. Display Title A resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strongly oppose Russia's discriminatory law against the freedom of expression for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and to obtain written assurance that host countries of the Olympic Games will uphold all international human rights and civil rights obligations for all persons observing or participating in the Games regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strongly oppose Russia's discriminatory law against the freedom of expression for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons and to obtain written assurance that host countries of the Olympic Games will uphold all international human rights and civil rights obligations for all persons observing or participating in the Games regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2013-11-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113sres311is/xml/BILLS-113sres311is.xml 2013-11-21 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8465-8466) 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.