Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions.

3.0.0 285 2023-01-11T13:31:14Z 2023-01-11T13:31:14Z House HRES 2015-05-21 114 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee Referred to 2015-08-20T13:41:38Z Referred to 2015-05-21T14:03:10Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-21T14:03:15Z 2015-08-20 hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Committee 2015-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-05-21 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2015-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-05-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 N International Affairs Canada Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Disability and health-based discrimination Employment discrimination and employee rights Human rights International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Labor standards Labor-management relations Latin America Racial and ethnic relations Senate Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination United Nations Women's rights Youth employment and child labor International Affairs

00 2015-05-21 Introduced in House 2015-05-29T15:15:13Z Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) it is U.S. policy to oppose slavery, torture, racism, discrimination, and xenophobia; (2) the United States reaffirms its commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (3) the United States should give thorough review to domestic policy and legislative proposals that would improve the economic, social, political, cultural, and civil rights and lives of marginalized U.S. communities; (4) the Senate should give its advice and consent to ratifying specified United Nations and International Labor Organization conventions; and (5) the United States should fully support the Inter-American human rights system.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions. Display Title Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hres285ih/xml/BILLS-114hres285ih.xml 2015-08-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. 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.