[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 21 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 21

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate 
    should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
                 Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2003

Ms. Woolsey (for herself, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Lee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
  Hinchey, Mr. Farr of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
 Serrano, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Kaptur, 
Mr. Meehan, Mr. Filner, Mr. Deutsch, Ms. Harman, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Jones 
of Ohio, Mr. Markey, Mr. Cummings, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Davis 
of Florida, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Solis, Mr. Lampson, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wu, 
   Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. 
Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Norton, Mr. Smith 
of Washington, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. 
Eshoo, Ms. Watson, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Carson of Indiana, 
    Mr. Baca, Mr. Frost, and Mrs. Tauscher) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate 
    should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
                 Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the full realization of the rights of women is vital to 
        the development and well-being of people of all nations; and
            (2) the Senate should, therefore, give its advice and 
        consent to the ratification of the Convention on the 
        Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
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