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- H.RES.499
H.RES.499: Condemning attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars.
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 107th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced July 24, 2002
- Latest Major Action Oct. 3, 2002
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
31 (30 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) attempts to boycott Israeli scholars will neither advance truth nor achieve peace; (2) attempts to treat Israeli scholars as pariahs cannot fail to recall horrifying precedents such as the Nazi effort to "purify" German universities (make them "Judenrein") by expelling Jewish students and faculty and the Stalinist slaughter of Yiddish intellectuals; and (3) scholars in the United...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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| July 24, 2002 |
Introduced in the House by Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.) |