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109th Congress > House > Vote 65

Date: March 14, 2005

Result: 386-2 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 66

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Foreign Policy Budget

Sponsor: DREIER, David Timothy (R-CA)

Bill number: HRES135

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Description: House Democracy Assistance Commission Resolution

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) House Democracy Assistance Commission Resolution - Establishes in the House of Representatives a House Democracy Assistance Commission to: (1) work with the parliaments of selected countries that have established or are developing democratic parliaments which would benefit from assistance under this resolution; (2) enable Members, officers, and staff of the House of Representatives and congressional support agencies to provide expert advice to members and staff of the parliaments of such countries, including visits to the House and support agencies to observe their operations first-hand; and (3) make recommendations to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) regarding the provision of needed material assistance to such parliaments to improve the efficiency and transparency of their work. Requires the Commission to study and report to Congress annually on the feasibility of such assistance programs to the countries selected. Declares the sense of the House that the countries studied should reflect a geographic diversity and, over time, include countries from each of the following regions: Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere.

Bill titles: Providing for the establishment of a commission in the House of Representatives to assist parliaments in emerging democracies.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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