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<item congress="116" measure-type="hres" measure-number="585" measure-id="id116hres585" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-09-24" update-date="2020-06-22">
<title>Reaffirming support for the Good Friday Agreement and other agreements to ensure a lasting peace in Northern Ireland.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hres585v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-06-22">
<action-date>2019-12-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution urges the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) to support continued peace on the island of Ireland and the commitments of the Good Friday Agreement in the event that the UK leaves the EU. The resolution also expresses opposition to the reintroduction of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. (The island of Ireland is divided between Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member state. There is currently an open border between them, but there is discussion that the UK's exit from the EU may require the reintroduction of a hard border.)</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116hres585v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-02-13">
<action-date>2019-09-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution urges the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) to support continued peace on the island of Ireland and the commitments of the Good Friday Agreement in the event that the UK leaves the EU. The resolution also expresses opposition to the reintroduction of a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. (The island of Ireland is divided between Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member state. There is currently an open border between them, but there is discussion that the UK's exit from the EU may require the reintroduction of a hard border.)</p>]]></summary-text>
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