Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the September 23, 2013, decision of the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court that places hundreds of thousands of Dominican born persons at risk of statelessness.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 12, 2013)
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) it is U.S. policy to promote the right to nationality without arbitrary deprivation by any state as articulated in Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights, and (2) the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) should pursue a multilateral approach to address the potential crisis in the Dominican Republic as a result of that nation's Constitutional Court ruling on September 23, 2013, that could render hundreds of thousands of Dominican-born persons stateless.
What just happenedJan 10, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseDec 12, 2013
- Jan 10, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
- Dec 12, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Dec 12, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Dec 12, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House