3.0.0 376 2023-01-11T13:39:56Z 2023-01-11T13:39:56Z Senate SRES 2018-01-23 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2018-03-21T20:15:04Z Markup by 2018-03-20T14:00:02Z Referred to 2018-01-23T19:45:57Z 2018-03-21 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358. Calendars 2018-03-21 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report. Committee 2018-03-21 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2018-03-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2018-01-23 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S468-469) IntroReferral 2018-01-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2018-01-23 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2018-01-23 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2018-01-23 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-01-23 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2018-01-23 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2018-01-23 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-01-23 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2018-01-23 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-01-23 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2018-01-23 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-01-23 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-01-23 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-01-23 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-01-23 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2018-01-25 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-01-29 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2018-03-12 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2018-03-20 False International Affairs Asia Bangladesh Burma Conflicts and wars Congressional tributes Human rights Military operations and strategy News media and reporting Racial and ethnic relations Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Terrorism United Nations International Affairs 00 2018-01-23 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-03T20:34:39Z Condemns: (1) the violence and displacement inflicted on Burma's (Myanmar's) Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, and (2) the attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army militant group. Calls for an immediate halt to all hostilities by Burmese authorities.

Calls on:

  • the government of Burma to allow full access to Rakhine State and to ensure the full participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and that the voices of refugees are represented,
  • the UNHCR and international nongovernmental organizations to play a role in monitoring repatriation efforts by the governments of Bangladesh and Burma, and
  • the United Nations to consider the feasibility of Bangladesh's proposal for a safe zone or for a peacekeeping mission to protect vulnerable communities under international supervision.

Commends: (1) the positive role of the government of Bangladesh in receiving Rohingya refugees and urges that government to continue allowing the full participation of the UNHCR and human rights organizations in accessing refugee camps, and (2) the Bangladesh's efforts to provide shelter and relief for such refugees.

Calls for any return of Rohingya to include specified guarantees.

Recognizes that any forced relocation of Rohingya refugees into areas not of their choosing is unacceptable.

Calls on the government of Burma to:

  • allow for a flexible and practical approach to dealing with evidence of Rohingya residence in Burma;
  • address root causes consistent with the Rakhine Advisory Commission recommendations and fully implement such recommendations;
  • address the issue of statelessness for the Rohingya, the deprivation of rights, and institutionalized and pervasive discrimination; and
  • release journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.

Calls on the government of Bangladesh to ensure that all refugees have freedom of movement and are not subject to unsafe, involuntary, precipitous, or uninformed returns to Burma.

]]> A resolution urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military. Display Title A resolution urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military. Official Title as Introduced A resolution urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115sres376rs/xml/BILLS-115sres376rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115sres376is/xml/BILLS-115sres376is.xml 2018-03-21 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358. 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.