Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This resolution is a concurrent resolution adopted by Congress to state its official position about a foreign group's actions. It condemns the FARC for kidnapping three U.S. citizens, demands their immediate and unconditional release, and expresses sympathy to their families. It records Congressional views and urges action but does not create binding law or require the President to act.
Concurrent resolutions must be approved by both the House and the Senate but are not presented to the President and do not become law. They are nonbinding statements or expressions of Congress's views or intentions.
This concurrent resolution condemns the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for kidnapping three U.S. citizens (Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves) taken on February 13, 2003, and demands their immediate, unconditional release.
It also condemns the FARC for the murder of Tom Janis, deplores the FARC’s use of kidnapping, ransom, extortion, and drug trafficking, and expresses sympathy to the hostages' families.
The resolution reiterates that the U.S. Government does not make concessions to terrorists and states U.S. support for efforts to secure the hostages' safe return.
Concurrent resolution is nonbinding and not presented to the President; it cannot become law even if passed by both chambers.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clearly drafted symbolic concurrent resolution: it identifies the issue and makes specific declarative statements and demands but contains no operational directives, fiscal provisions, or accountability mechanisms.
Tactics: liberals favor humanitarian/diplomatic channels; conservatives favor pressure and force options.
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Tactics: liberals favor humanitarian/diplomatic channels; conservatives favor pressure and force options.
Likely strongly supportive of the human-rights and hostage-protection language, and sympathetic to victims' families.
Supportive of diplomatic and humanitarian efforts to secure hostages while opposing concessions to terrorists.
Generally supportive as a measured, nonbinding condemnation and support for hostages and families.
Prefers clarity that the resolution remains symbolic and does not commit funds or military action.
Strongly supportive of condemning the FARC as terrorists and demanding immediate release.
Views resolution as consistent with tough stance on terrorism and support for law enforcement action.
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Concurrent resolution is nonbinding and not presented to the President; it cannot become law even if passed by both chambers.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Tactics: liberals favor humanitarian/diplomatic channels; conservatives favor pressure and force options.
Concurrent resolution is nonbinding and not presented to the President; it cannot become law even if passed by both chambers.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clearly drafted symbolic concurrent resolution: it identifies the issue and makes specific declarative statements and demands but contains no operational directi…
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