AREMENIAN GENOCIDE:
H.RES.316

Summary:
Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution - Calls upon the President: (1) to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution; and (2) in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide to characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide, and to recall the proud history of U.S. intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide.

All Actions:
6/14/2005:
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

9/15/2005:
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

9/15/2005:
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 7.