H.Con.Res. 121Expressing the sense of the Congress condemning the gross violations of international law amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Government of Syria, its allies, and other parties to the conflict in Syria, and asking the President to direct his Ambassador at the United Nations to promote the establishment of a war crimes tribunal where these crimes could be addressed.

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Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith [R-NJ-04]
Cosponsors: 4 · 3 Republicans · 1 Democrat
Policy area: International Affairs
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Foreign Relations Committee
Latest action: Mar 15, 2016 · Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

IntroducedMar 1, 2016
Passed the HouseMar 14, 2016
Passed the SenateNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Condemns the use of unlawful violence against civilian populations by the government of Syria, its allies, and other parties to the conflict, and urges the United States and its partners to work toward the cessation of such attacks.

Urges the Administration to establish additional mechanisms for the protection of civilians and to ensure access to humanitarian aid for vulnerable populations.

Urges the United States to support efforts to collect and analyze documentation related to ongoing violations of human rights in Syria that can be used to support future prosecutions for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the government of Syria, its allies, and other parties to the conflict.

Urges: (1) the President to direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to promote the establishment of a Syrian war crimes tribunal; and (2) other nations to apprehend and deliver into tribunal custody any persons indicted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide in Syria.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Con.Res. 121 as passed House amended on Mar 14, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 113

House Mar 14, 2016

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended

Expressing the sense of the Congress condemning the gross violations of international law amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Government of Syria, its allies, and other parties to the conflict in Syria

Passed · Two-thirds required

392 Yea 3 Nay 38 not voting

Crossed both parties 3 of 395 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 2 Republicans.

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Democratic188 members

Republican245 members

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Cosponsors4 · 3 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.Con.Res. 121 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.

RED ROYCE [R-CA-39]Original

RJOSEPH PITTS [R-PA-16]Original

DELIOT ENGEL [D-NY-16]Original

RErik Paulsen [R-MN-03]Joined Mar 2, 2016

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