PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Resolution · HCONRES

H.Con.Res. 258 (105th)

Encouraging international resolution of the political status of East Timor.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

1 April 1998

Last action

29 April 1998 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

Sponsors

NITA LOWEY, Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-11], Christopher Smith, Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3], DANA ROHRABACHER, Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11], James McGovern, Bill Pascrell, Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Blagojevich, Rod R. [D-IL-5], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7], Rosa DeLauro, Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Luther, Bill [D-MN-6], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28], Zoe Lofgren, CAROLYN MALONEY, Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8], Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10], Steny Hoyer, Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1], JOSE SERRANO, Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16], Bernie Sanders, Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Manton, Thomas J. [D-NY-9], Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1], Earl Blumenauer, BOBBY RUSH, Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

23 January 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Calls for the United States to: (1) support an internationally supervised referendum to determine the political status of East Timor; (2) recognize the need for direct Timorese participation in United Nations (UN)-sponsored tripartite talks; and (3) work actively to realize the directives of existing UN resolutions on East Timor.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 1 April 1998

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 1 April 1998

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 1 April 1998

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 29 April 1998

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 93 sponsors and actors.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.