Congress: 109th

Sponsor: Representative Evans, Lane (04/04/2006)

Committees: House - International Relations

Description: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, and for other purposes.

Lastest Action: 09/13/2006 Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.  (All Actions)

Official: H.Res.759 -- 109th Congress