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S.Con.Res. 85 (105th)

A concurrent resolution calling for an end to the violent repression of the people of Kosovo.

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Introduced

18 March 1998

Last action

21 October 1998 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Sponsors

Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ], Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY], Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA], Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA]

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Summary

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) condemn the Serbian Government controlled by Slobodan Milosevic for gross human rights violations against its citizens; (2) condemn any terrorist actions by any group or individual in Kosovo; (3) freeze funds of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia if the Serbian Government fails to comply by March 25, 1998, with the terms set forth by the Contact Group (the six-nation group established to monitor the situation in the former Yugoslavia); (4) demand that the Serbian Government and the ethnic Albanian leadership and representatives of all ethnic and religious groups in Kosovo immediately begin unconditional talks to achieve a peaceful resolution to the Kosovo conflict and to provide for the exercise of the legitimate civil and political rights of all persons in Kosovo; and (5) demand that international human rights monitors be allowed to return immediately to Kosovo to be able to report on all human rights violations. Calls for the international community to respond affirmatively to the call of the Contact Group for the imposition of broad-based sanctions against the Serbian Government if it fails to prevent additional atrocities by the police and paramilitary units under its control or does not otherwise comply immediately with the terms set forth by that Group.

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Timeline

  1. 18 March 1998

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

  2. 18 March 1998

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 98-0. Record Vote No: 37.(consideration: CR S2202-2209)

    Source: Floor

  3. 18 March 1998

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 19 March 1998

    Floor

    Held at the desk.

    Source: Floor

  5. 19 March 1998

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

  6. 19 March 1998

    Floor

    Received in the House.

    Source: Floor

  7. 21 October 1998

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

18 March 1998 · Concurrent Resolution Agreed to · On the Concurrent Resolution S.Con.Res. 85 · Concurrent Resolution Agreed to · Official source

Yes 98 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 2

Showing the first 4 recorded positions. Vote totals above are complete.

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Referred in House (text)

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  • Referred in House (text)

    Referred in House · EN · 21 October 1998

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    Referred in House · EN · 21 October 1998

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  • Agreed to Senate (text)

    Agreed to Senate · EN · 18 March 1998

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    Agreed to Senate · EN · 18 March 1998

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    Engrossed in Senate · EN · 18 March 1998

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    Engrossed in Senate · EN · 18 March 1998

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    summary · EN · 18 March 1998

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