H.R. 2003: | Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007 |
110th Congress 2007-2008 |
To encourage and facilitate the consolidation of peace and security, respect for human rights, democracy, and economic freedom in Ethiopia.
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Full Text | Status: |  | Introduced | Apr 23, 2007 | | Referred to Committee | View Committee Assignments | | Reported by Committee | Sep 26, 2007 | | Passed House | Oct 2, 2007 |  | Senate Vote | (did not occur) | | Signed by President | (did not occur) |
This bill never became law.
This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions
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Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate
under a new number in the next session.
| Last Action: | Oct 3, 2007:
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Related: | See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms
that have been applied to this bill.
Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned. | Votes: | Oct 2, 2007:
This bill passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote.
A record of each
representative’s position was not kept. |
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Sources of Influence
MAPLight.org reports that the following organizations
have taken a stance on this bill:
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Oromo Liberation Front Coalition for HR 2003 Just Foreign Policy Kinijit International Council | Institute on Religion and Public Policy |
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"H.R. 2003--110th Congress: Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007."
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2007.
Feb 9, 2010
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