S.Res. 150 · 116th Congress
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance.
- Stage
- Passed chamber resolution
- Sponsor
- Bob Menendez
- Introduced
- 2019-04-09
- Latest action
- 2019-12-12 · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Summary
This resolution states that it is U.S. policy to (1) commemorate the Armenian Genocide, the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923; (2) reject efforts to associate the U.S. government with efforts to deny the existence of the Armenian Genocide or any genocide; and (3) encourage education and public understanding about the Armenian Genocide.