Recognizing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during Sri Lanka's almost 30-year armed conflict, which ended 15 years ago on May 18, 2009, and ensuring nonrecurrence of past violence, including the Tamil Genocide, by supporting the right to self-determination of Eelam Tamil people and their call for an independence referendum for a lasting peaceful resolution.

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

9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats

2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.

Mike Carey (R-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Jeff Jackson (D-NC), Summer Lee (D-PA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Susan Wild (D-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wiley Nickel.

• H.R. 5547 (118th) Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act
• H.R. 5653 (118th) No Budget, No Pay Act
• H.Res. 212 (118th) Opposing a national sales tax on working families and supporting a tax cut to benefit the middle class.
• H.R. 10323 (118th) Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2024
• H.R. 7910 (118th) FAIR MAPS Act
• H.R. 8409 (118th) Helping Our Parents Enroll (HOPE) in Child Care Act

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-13 district