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109th Congress > House > Vote 741

Date: March 29, 2006

Result: 427-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 73

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

Sponsor: PENCE, Mike (R-IN)

Bill number: HRES736

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust.

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Condemns the enforcement of laws against apostasy. Requests the President to continue to work with the government of Afghanistan to establish better protections for religious minorities, including converts to minority religions, and to enhance human rights protections in Afghanistan. Calls upon the government of Afghanistan, and especially President Hamid Karzai, to continue to conform Afghan laws to Afghanistan's international human rights treaty obligations, thereby protecting from prosecution Afghan citizens who have converted or plan to convert to other religions.

Bill titles: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that legal action in Afghanistan against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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