This resolution states that it is U.S. policy to (1) commemorate the Armenian Genocide, the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923; (2) reject efforts to associate the U.S. government with efforts to deny the existence of the Armenian Genocide or any genocide; and (3) encourage education and public understanding about the Armenian Genocide.
Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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2019-12-12 | Floor | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: 4/9/2019 CR S2333) | Senate |
2019-12-12 | Discharge | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7010) | Senate |
2019-04-09 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate |
2019-04-09 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |