Calling on the President of the United States and the international community to take immediate steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic.

10/29/2007--Passed House amended. Calls upon the President to develop within the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) a Women and Girls of Darfur Initiative to improve assistance to victims and potential victims of rape and sexual violence in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad, and the Central African Republic. Calls upon the Secretary General of the United Nations, the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU), the Arab League, and other nations to take steps to ensure that a fully funded and fully equipped U.N.-AU peacekeeping force (UNAMID) is deployed to Darfur, including an adequate number of female troops and police to properly manage incidents of rape and sexual violence. Calls upon the Security Council to:
(1) find the government of Sudan in noncompliance with Security Council Resolution 1325;
(2) call on the government of Sudan to provide legal protections to victims of rape and sexual violence and to bring to justice individuals responsible for such crimes; and
(3) enforce the arrest warrants for Ahmad Muhammad Harun and Ali Muhammad Al Abd-Al-Raham, and further recognize the systematic rape of women and girls in Darfur as crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
• and 109 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Steven Chabot [R, OH-1]
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1]
  • Rep. Luis Fortuno [R, PR-0]
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
  • Rep. Bob Inglis [R, SC-4]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Stephanie Jones [D, OH-11]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Tom Lantos [D, CA-12]
  • Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
  • Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
  • Rep. R. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1]
  • Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Foreign Affairs

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Amendments to H.Res.726

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Introduced		Voted on by House
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• Passed by voice vote in the House on Oct 29, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Oct 29, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 726.
• Oct 29, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Oct 29, 2007: Mr. Tanner moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Oct 23, 2007: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent..
• Oct 23, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Oct 10, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
• Introduced on Oct 10, 2007.

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• Women soldiers
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• United Nations
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• Sex offenders
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• Middle East and North Africa
• Law
• International agencies
• International affairs
• Human rights
• Genocide
• Foreign aid
• European Union
• Europe
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• Defense policy
• Criminal justice
• Crimes against humanity
• Compensation for victims of crime
• Civil liberties
• Children
• Child sexual abuse
• Chad
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• Africa (Sub-Saharan)
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596, "Condemning ethnic violence in Kosovo" · original cosponsor of the resolution H.RES. 726, "Congratulating the people of Serbia..." Letter to President Bush · original cosponsor of the resolution H.RES. ...

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In addition, he cosponsored H.Res 596, condemning ethnic violence in Kosovo and H.Res 726, congratulating the people of Serbia and the government for their fair and free elections in 2004. ...

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