2012-03-29T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2013-01-03:/committee/640 tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-29:/action/324348 2012-03-29T20:00:00Z To authorize the Secretary of State to assist the International Commission on Missing Persons to establish a permanent and international legal status with the immunities required for operations globally, to continue the financial support of the United States of the ICMP in their work to assist governments and other authorities in locating and identifying persons missing as a result of conflicts or natural or man-made disasters, to support the investigation of genocide and mass atrocities, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-28:/action/324081 2012-03-28T20:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should continue to press Russian authorities for a full and complete accounting regarding the fate of Raoul Wallenberg.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-25:/action/323501 2012-03-25T20:00:00Z To prevent human trafficking in government contracting.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-21:/action/323081 2012-03-21T20:00:00Z Commending the progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-19:/action/322757 2012-03-19T20:00:00Z To create jobs in the United States by increasing United States exports to Africa by at least 200 percent in real dollar value within 10 years, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-19:/action/322860 2012-03-19T20:00:00Z Expressing the sense of Congress that the People's Republic of China should not repatriate the North Korean refugees detained in China, subjecting them to torture, imprisonment, and execution, but allow their resettlement in the Republic of Korea and other countries.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-12:/action/322522 2012-03-12T20:00:00Z Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to finding and capturing Joseph Kony, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-12:/action/322515 2012-03-12T20:00:00Z Expressing support for robust efforts by the United States to see Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and his top commanders brought to justice and the group's atrocities permanently ended.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-07:/action/322370 2012-03-07T19:00:00Z To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-06:/action/322029 2012-03-06T19:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the People's Republic of China has violated internationally recognized human rights by implementing severe restrictions on the rights of Uyghurs to freely associate and engage in religious and political speech, subjecting detained Uyghurs to torture and forced confessions, carrying out extrajudicial killings against Uyghur dissidents, and pressuring other governments to unlawfully return Uyghurs to China, where they face mistreatment and persecution.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-22:/action/318869 2012-01-22T19:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should work with the Government of Haiti to address gender-based violence against women and children.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-02:/action/318380 2012-01-02T19:00:00Z To reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004.<br /><br />January 02, 2012: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-02:/action/318381 2012-01-02T19:00:00Z To reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004.<br /><br />January 02, 2012: Became Public Law No: 112-82. tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-22:/action/318349 2011-12-22T19:00:00Z To reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004.<br /><br />December 22, 2011: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-19:/action/318235 2011-12-19T19:00:00Z Calling upon the Government of Turkey to facilitate the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-19:/action/318150 2011-12-19T19:00:00Z Supporting the goals and ideals of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, recognizing the tenth anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and commending the efforts of modern day abolitionists following in the tradition of Frederick Douglass.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-06:/action/316657 2011-12-06T19:00:00Z To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-05:/action/316501 2011-12-05T19:00:00Z Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to respect basic human rights and cease abusing vague national security provisions such as articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code which are often the pretext to arrest and detain citizens who peacefully advocate for religious and political freedom.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-03:/action/313474 2011-11-03T20:00:00Z Encouraging any new government convened in Egypt to fully allow for the freedom of religion.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-02:/action/313295 2011-11-02T20:00:00Z To protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.<br /><br />