Calling on the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transfer Charles Ghankay Taylor, former President of the Republic of Liberia, to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

42 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 31 Democrats

31 of 42 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.

Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Mark Green (R-WI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Major Owens (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY) and 12 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Royce.

• H.R. 1025 (109th) Mortgage Servicing Clarification Act
• H.Con.Res. 502 (109th) To correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 5682.
• H.R. 5805 (109th) North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006
• H.R. 5333 (109th) Shoulder-fired Missile Threat Reduction Act of 2006
• H.R. 2317 (109th) Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act of 2005
• H.R. 6129 (109th) Credit Monitoring Clarification Act

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-40 district