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Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1]

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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 16 (102nd)open

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States should fundamentally reassess the necessity of underground nuclear explosions, and instruct his representatives to the Limited Test Ban Treaty Amendment Conference in January, 1990 to support a Comprehensive Test Ban Amendment.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2025

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should fundamentally reassess the necessity of underground nuclear explosions and instruct his representatives to the Limited Test Ban Treaty Amendment Conference to support a comprehensive test ban amendment.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 100 (102nd)open

To recognize the 200th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Recognizes the 200th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal. Asserts the continued friendship and cooperation between the peoples of such countries. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 200th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal.

Bill· HRH.R. 131 (102nd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow individuals to use an income tax checkoff to provide for matching payments to primary and general election candidates for the office of Representative who receive at least $40,000 in contributions from individual residents of their congressional districts.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow individuals to use checkoffs on Federal income tax returns to provide matching funds to primary and general election candidates for the House of Representatives who report at least $40,000 in contributions from residents of their congressional districts. Establishes the House of Representatives Campaign Trust Fund to provide matching payments.

Bill· HRH.R. 129 (102nd)referred

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies and that such benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in such month preceding the date of the recipient's death.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a beneficiary shall be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month in which he or she dies.

Law· HRH.R. 3 (102nd)enacted

Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1991 - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for veterans' dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children; and (5) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for disabled adult children. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjust administratively the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death.

Bill· HRH.R. 128 (102nd)referred

Retired Employees Collective Bargaining Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2026

Retired Employees Collective Bargaining Assistance Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that the duty to bargain collectively includes bargaining with respect to retirement benefits for retired employees.

Bill· HRH.R. 132 (102nd)referred

To authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor individuals who have served as volunteers in the Peace Corps.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Directs the Peace Corps to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor Peace Corps volunteers. Establishes the Peace Corps Volunteer Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial; and (2) with the approval of the Peace Corps, recommend the site and select the design for the memorial. Authorizes the Peace Corps to solicit private contributions for such memorial. Establishes a fund in the Treasury for the sole purpose of carrying out this Act. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for the construction of the memorial, except those received as private contributions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to be responsible for maintenance and care of the memorial.

Bill· HRH.R. 295 (102nd)referred

Petroleum Producers Burden Sharing Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Petroleum Producers Burden Sharing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil. Terminates such tax: (1) after the expiration of the first four calendar quarters beginning after the date of enactment of this section; or (2) after the expiration of the first six such calendar quarters, if the President determines that a continuing energy price crisis exists. Establishes the Low Income Energy Support Trust Fund to fund the grant program under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 and the weatherization program under the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976. Transfers to such Fund 33 percent of the taxes received from the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil.

Bill· HRH.R. 293 (102nd)referred

Federal Custodial Responsibility Protection Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Federal Custodial Reponsibility Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to exempt a Federal agency from liability under CERCLA where title or control of a facility was conveyed to such agency as a result of bankruptcy, foreclosure, or similar means.

Bill· HRH.R. 328 (102nd)open

Telephone Consumer Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Telephone Consumer Assistance Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a system to regulate audiotext services to protect consumers. Prohibits interstate telecommunications carriers from carrying audiotext services that fail to include: (1) specified disclosure messages describing the service, cost, and option to hang up; (2) a requirement that any bypass mechanism allowing frequent callers to avoid listening to the disclosure message be disabled after any significant price change; (3) equipment that stops the assessment of charges upon disconnection, automatically disconnects after one cycle of the program, and automatically disconnects interactive programs if no activity occurs within a specified time period; and (4) arrangements with local exchange carriers to prohibit disconnection of telephone service because of nonpayment of audiotext charges. Requires such carriers to: (1) grant callers the option to avoid audiotext charges caused by unauthorized use or misunderstanding of the charges applied; (2) offer callers the option of blocking access to audiotext services; (3) include a signal alerting callers to the passage of time; (4) establish a toll-free telephone number to answer questions and provide information on callers' rights and obligations with respect to such services and to provide the names and addresses of audiotext providers for which such callers have been customers; (5) include a specified disclosure statement to telephone subscribers; (6) state the charges for audiotext services in a separate section of the bill; (7) notify the appropriate State regulatory commission of the intent to provide audiotext services in the State and make available all audiotext access numbers; and (8) obtain from audiotext providers that solicit charitable contributions proof of the tax-exempt status of the person or organization for which such contributions are solicited. Sets forth requirements concerning advertising for audiotext services. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to study the use by audiotext providers of technologies that permit the identification of callers' telephone numbers to generate, compile, and sell or lease lists of such numbers. Requires the Secretary to report the results of such study to the FCC and the Congress, together with any recommendations to prevent abuses in the use of such technologies.

Bill· HRH.R. 297 (102nd)referred

Women's Business Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Women's Business Equity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to establish the Office of Women Business Enterprise (the Office) to promote executive branch programs which facilitate women's business enterprises. Authorizes the Office to develop comprehensive interagency plans and specific program goals for women's business enterprises. Sets forth certification guidelines for such enterprises. Adds to existing goals for participation of small business concerns in Federal procurement contracts the participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires the head of each Federal agency to report to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on the extent that small business concerns owned and controlled by women participate in procurement contracts and subcontracts. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that small business concerns owned and controlled by women shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts let by any Federal agency. Precludes the award of any contract unless the procurement authority determines that the offeror's plan includes the maximum opportunity for participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires the SBA to report annually to certain congressional committees on subcontracting plans found acceptable by any Federal agency which the SBA determines do not contain maximum opportunities for small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires each Federal agency having procurement powers to: (1) affirmatively solicit offers from small business concerns owned and controlled by women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) include at least one bid from a women-owned business enterprise for specified small purchases of such agency. Imposes penalties for the misrepresentation of a business concern as one owned or controlled by women.

Bill· HRH.R. 296 (102nd)referred

Women's Business Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Women's Business Equity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to establish the Office of Women Business Enterprise (the Office) to promote executive branch programs which facilitate women's business enterprises. Authorizes the Office to develop comprehensive interagency plans and specific program goals for women's business enterprises. Sets forth certification guidelines for such enterprises. Adds to existing goals for participation of small business concerns in Federal procurement contracts the participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires the head of each Federal agency to report to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on the extent that small business concerns owned and controlled by women participate in procurement contracts and subcontracts. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that small business concerns owned and controlled by women shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts let by any Federal agency. Precludes the award of any contract unless the procurement authority determines that the offeror's plan includes the maximum opportunity for participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires the SBA to report annually to certain congressional committees on subcontracting plans found acceptable by any Federal agency which the SBA determines do not contain maximum opportunities for small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires each Federal agency having procurement powers to: (1) affirmatively solicit offers from small business concerns owned and controlled by women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) include at least one bid from a women-owned business enterprise for specified small purchases of such agency. Imposes penalties for the misrepresentation of a business concern as one owned or controlled by women.

Bill· HRH.R. 294 (102nd)open

To restrict concessionaire contracts for accommodations, facilities, and services in areas administered by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or any Federal agency from: (1) entering into a contract or agreement for concessions for accommodations, facilities, or services in National Park Service areas with a foreign citizen, foreign corporation, or other foreign entity; or (2) transferring or assigning such contract or agreement to a foreign citizen, corporation, or entity. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition in specified circumstances, and requires publication of the reasons for such a waiver in the Federal Register.

Bill· HRH.R. 195 (102nd)open

Emergency Petroleum Distribution and Low Income Energy Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Emergency Petroleum Distribution and Low Income Energy Assistance Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to implement a partial drawdown and distribution of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) if the President finds that such action would reduce the adverse impact of significant petroleum price increases. Mandates that all receipts from the sale of such SPR oil drawdown be made available in specified percentages for low income energy programs under the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for the weatherization program of the Department of Energy.

Bill· HRH.R. 679 (102nd)referred

Deposit Insurance Limitation Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Deposit Insurance Limitation Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to declare that the aggregate amount of payments which may be made to any person with respect to any insured accounts during any 36 month-period may not exceed $100,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 500 (102nd)referred

Christopher Columbus Coin and Fellowship Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025

Christopher Columbus Coin and Fellowship Act - Title I: Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Coins - Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than a specified number of five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the quincentenary of the discovery of America. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Terminates the minting of such coins after June 30, 1993. Requires the Secretary to deposit surcharges from the sale of such coins in the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund for use by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. Declares that no law governing procurement or public contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods and services necessary for carrying out this Act, except that this provision shall not relieve any person from complying with any law relating to equal employment opportunity. Mandates that all amounts received from coin sales be deposited in the coinage profit fund. Title II: Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation - Christopher Columbus Fellowship Act - Establishes the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation to award fellowships to outstanding individuals to encourage new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind. Establishes the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund. Directs the Foundation to report to the President and to the Congress annually on its operations.

Bill· HRH.R. 645 (102nd)open

Radiation Protection Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 2025

Radiation Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to affirm State authority to regulate the disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste for which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not require disposal in a licensed facility.

Bill· HRH.R. 795 (102nd)referred

Postsecondary Recognition, Innovation, Deregulation, and Excellence Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Postsecondary Recognition, Innovation, Deregulation, and Excellence Act of 1991 - Title I: General Provisions - Establishes a National Board for Postsecondary Recognition, Innovation, and Improvement (the Board), with members appointed by the Secretary of Education (the Secretary). Title II: Recognition of Institutional Achievements - Part A: Certification of Meritorious Institutions - Directs the Board to prescribe, within one year, at least five criteria for the recognition of postsecondary institutions. Requires such criteria to be new objective measures which can be readily applied to an institution's programs and which can be or already are attained by a significant portion of postsecondary institutions. Requires such criteria to encourage: (1) increasing numbers of disadvantaged and minority students being enrolled and graduated and of minority faculty members being employed; (2) increasing assistance for school-to-work and secondary-to-postsecondary transition; (3) removing barriers to access to education; (4) innovative technologies and strategies for improving instruction; (5) improved evaluation of institutional performance in academic achievement, retention, program efficiency, and student support services; (6) more efficient and economical operations; (7) linkages among various postsecondary sectors; (8) community service; and (9) other goals determined by the Board. Requires annual publication of final form criteria, to be incorporated in Department of Education program regulations, and to be preceded by proposed criteria publication and opportunity for comment by interested persons. Allows any postsecondary institution to submit an application for certification to the Department of Education, if it believes its activities meet or exceed at least a Board-specified proportion of such prescribed criteria, and submits appropriate evidence. Directs the Secretary to review such applications and transmit to Members of Congress the names of institutions within their State or district that have been so certified, for public announcement by such Members and publication thereafter. Part B: Thomas Jefferson Awards for Exemplary Postsecondary Institutions - Directs the Board to prescribe, within one year, criteria to be used in selection of Awards for Exemplary Postsecondary Institutions. Requires such criteria to be designed to annually identify, beginning in 1993, the three most exemplary postsecondary institutions in the United States during the preceding academic year, placing special emphasis on teaching quality, student achievement and improvement, student services, community service, at-risk students' education, and attainment of national educational goals by the year 2000. Requires publication of final form criteria, to be incorporated in Department of Education program regulations, and to be preceded by proposed criteria publication and opportunity for comment by interested persons. Allows any certified postsecondary institution to apply to the Board for such recognition (with a five-year waiting period for previous award recipients), but not if it is in violation of any Federal education statute or regulation. Directs the Board to: (1) select award winners on the basis of peer review panel reviews; and (2) transmit their names, and those of the three nearest runnerups, to the President for announcement at a public ceremony. Sets forth benefits to, and expectations of, award recipients. Title III: Innovation in Postsecondary Education - Part A: TRIO Evaluation and Demonstration Grants - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide for certain evaluation and demonstration grants under special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds (TRIO programs). Authorizes the Secretary to make up to 20 such competitive grants each fiscal year, divided among the various TRIO programs, to institutions meeting specified requirements. Limits grant duration and amount. Sets forth reporting and information dissemination requirements, and the Secretary's related responsibilities. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Tate Innovation Endowment Grants - Directs the Secretary to award endowment grants, to provide capital to establish State Innovation Endowment Funds, during each of five successive fiscal years to up to ten States, selected competitively for that five-year period. Requires income from such Funds to be used to provide grants to develop and analyze innovative techniques and support research in areas of postsecondary education that are significant Federal and State concerns. Requires State matching amounts of specified proportions, and repayments under specified conditions. Requires that selected States not have been recipients of such grants during any preceding five-year period. Sets forth provisions for: (1) designation of State agencies; (2) grant agreements; (3) authorized uses of State innovation grants by specified types of eligible consortia; and (4) endowment requirements. Directs the Board to designate the areas of significant Federal concern once each three years, but requires for the first five years that such areas be: (1) improving postsecondary teaching; (2) improving a State's economic competitiveness by improving its postsecondary education; and (3) restructuring elementary and secondary matriculation schedules. Authorizes appropriations. Part C: Demonstration Grants - Establishes a national program of demonstration grants to test innovative ideas and generate data for evaluating and reauthorizing Federal higher education assistance programs. Directs the Board (within one year after enactment of this Act and thereafter no later than three months after enactment of any reauthorization of programs under HEA) to designate and publish topics on which proposals will be accepted for such demonstration project grants. Makes grants awarded on the basis of such topics available during the three succeeding fiscal years. Requires the Board, in establishing such topics to promote innovations in student financial aid, teaching improvement, student services, recruitment, and retention, Federal program administration, regulatory relief, academic achievement, and significant national concerns. Directs the Secretary to conduct a competition for award of up to ten demonstration grants on each of the Board-established topics. Limits grant duration and amount. Sets forth technical assistance, coordination, and reporting requirements. Part D: Expansion of FIPSE Grant Authority - Amends HEA to expand grant authority under the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Program. Adds to the subjects for which FIPSE grants may be awarded: (1) study of methods to improve administrative efficiency and effectiveness, particularly with regard to Federal programs; and (2) demonstrating innovative approaches for international exchanges of faculty and students. Diversifies FIPSE grants and contracts into the following modes: (1) planning grants; (2) development grants; (3) international exchanges grants and contracts; and (4) regular grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for each of such modes for FY 1992 through 1996 (1997 in the case of planning grants). Title IV: Regulatory Relief - Directs the Board to report annually to the Congress on the impact of Federal laws and regulations on postsecondary institutions, including analysis of specified factors including the desirability of negotiated rulemaking. Directs the Secretary to report biennially to the Congress on current or anticipated regulatory issues and problems encountered by the Department of Education in implementing and enforcing Federal postsecondary education laws and regulations, including specified descriptions and recommendations. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Office of Regulatory Review and Assessment in the Department of Education. Grants the Secretary limited authority to grant a postsecondary institution waivers or modifications of requirements of any Federal education statute or regulation as appropriate to carry out the policies or promote the general purposes of that statute or regulation or HEA in general. Sets forth conditions for, limitations on, and examples of such authorized waivers or modifications. Terminates such authority, and any waiver or modification granted under it, on October 1, 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into up to five performance agreements with States, consortia, and postsecondary institutions, to provide them inducements to achieve specified performance levels and be accountable for such attainment. Authorizes the Secretary, as such inducements, to waive or modify any program requirement for any Federal education program. Limits such agreements' effectiveness to not more than three years, but allows them to be renewed. Directs the Secretary to report annually on the status of such agreements and achievements of performance levels. Authorizes the Secretary to expand the incentives available to participants in the Quality Control Project established pursuant to specified regulations of the Department of Education. Amends HEA to provide for performance inducements under TRIO programs. Authorizes the Secretary to permit an institution, agency, or organization to receive a grant or contract under TRIO programs for a six-year period, under specified conditions relating to prior experience and additional quality control or program improvement standards. Title V: Postsecondary Diffusion Network - Establishes the National Postsecondary Diffusion Network, to promote: (1) awareness and implementation of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested postsecondary institutions nationwide; and (2) the utilization of the knowledge, talents, and services of local staff associated with various educational excellence and recognition efforts. Requires that such Network be designed to improve educational quality through: (1) implementing promising and validated innovations and improvements in educational programs, products, and practices; and (2) providing training, consultation, and related assistance services. Sets forth the Secretary's responsibilities related to such Network's activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts for such Network activities to various entities. Sets forth funding criteria for such projects. Directs the Secretary to actively solicit, for Network dissemination, information on innovative educational practices from various specified additional information sources (in addition to information obtained from funded projects). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1996 for such National Postsecondary Diffusion Network. Makes conforming amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which delete postsecondary references and rename the National Diffusion Network under such Act the National Elementary and Secondary Diffusion Network.

Law· HRH.R. 794 (102nd)enacted

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025

Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act - Establishes the Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, consisting of lands, waters, and interests therein of the Connecticut River basin from its source to the sea designated by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Establishes the Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Advisory Committee. Directs the Secretary to construct, administer, and maintain, in or near the refuge, an aquatic resources and wildlife interpretation and education center, with administrative facilities.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 7 (101st)referred

Directing the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately conduct a study and report to Congress on steps which can be taken to correct the benefit disparity known as the notch problem, in order to insure equitable and fair treatment for those who have based their retirement plans on benefit levels which have existed for the past decade.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Declares that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should immediately study and report to the Congress on ways to correct the benefit disparity caused by the 1977 changes in the social security benefit formula under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 1 (101st)referred

Salvadoran Foreign Assistance Reform Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 2025

Salvadoran Foreign Assistance Reform Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the U.S. foreign assistance program for El Salvador should be revised to promote a negotiated settlement and a reduction of human suffering; (2) the ratio of assistance should be reversed in FY 1990 so that the amount spent on the war effort is only one-third of the amount spent for reform and development activities; (3) such assistance should not be distributed in a manner which would promote the interests of any particular political party; (4) such assistance should be distributed through church-related and other nongovernmental organizations and international organizations selected by the Agency for International Development; and (5) the President should report quarterly to the Congress on the restructuring of such assistance, the economic results of such restructuring, and any reports of corruption in its distribution.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 43 (101st)referred

Commemorating the bicentennial of Bastille Day.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Extends regards to the people of France on the occasion of the bicentennial of Bastille Day. Urges the people of the United States to observe the bicentennial on July 14, 1989. Finds that France and the United States remain committed to the principles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the Bill of Rights.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 30 (101st)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Labor, in cooperation with the ACTION Agency, should publicize and promote projects under the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Older American Community Service Employment Program that encourage and recruit older individuals to provide child care services in community-based child care centers.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Labor, in cooperation with the ACTION Agency, should publicize and promote projects under the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Older American Community Service Employment Program that encourage and recruit older individuals to provide child care services in community-based child care centers.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 65 (101st)referred

Concerning relations between the United States and Sudan.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Calls upon the Government of Sudan to negotiate a peaceful solution to the civil war. Conditions U.S. relations with the Sudanese Government on such Government's willingness to allow humanitarian relief efforts to proceed unimpeded and on meaningful progress in peace negotiations. Calls upon the President and the Secretary of State to continue to urge the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the war.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 105 (101st)referred

Requiring the establishment of a special joint committee of Congress to coordinate the investigations of the individual committees of Congress into the bombing of Pan American flight number 103.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024

Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to establish a special joint committee to coordinate the investigations of the individual committees of Congress into the bombing of Pan American flight number 103. Requires such committee to report to the House and the Senate on its investigation.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 115 (101st)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the blockade of Nepal by India.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2025

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) India should schedule negotiations with Nepal as soon as possible to resolve the problems which led to the closing by India of the Nepalese-Indian border, immediately open such border, and resume the sale of Indian-refined petroleum products in Nepal; and (2) the Secretary of State should continue to monitor the dispute and provide regular briefings to the Congress on the effect of the dispute on U.S. interests in Nepal and the Indian subcontinent.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 134 (101st)referred

Expressing the Sense of Congress in support of democratic rights of the people of the People's Republic of China.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2025

Urges: (1) the Chinese Government to respect and affirm internationally recognized human rights and to repeal martial law; (2) protesting students to continue their fight in nonviolent ways; and (3) the Secretary of State to take appropriate action to protect protesting students' and workers' rights. Commends the protesting students' commitment to nonviolent principles of protest. Declares that any violent response by China could affect Sino-American relations.