[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 2431--A bill to establish an Office of Religious Persecution
Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of sanctions against
countries engaged in a pattern of religious persecution, and for
other purposes; to the Committees on International Relations; Ways
and Means; the Judiciary; Banking and Financial Services; Rules,
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.
By Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Hall
of Ohio, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Pelosi, Mr.
Hutchinson, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Duncan, Mr.
Manton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Bob
Schaffer, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Dickey, Mr.
Lipinski, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Wamp, Mrs. Kelly, and Mr. Towns), H7008
[8SE]
Cosponsors added, H8727 [8OC], H9801 [30OC]