Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States condemns all forms of violence against children globally and recognizes the harmful impacts of violence against children.

H. Res. 230 · 116th Congress · Mar 3, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States—

(1)

condemns all forms of violence against children and youth globally, including physical, mental, and sexual violence, neglect, abuse, maltreatment, and exploitation; and

(2)

should—

(A)

develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated strategy built on evidence-based practices, including the technical package called “INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence against Children” put forth by the World Health Organization; and

(B)

adopt common metrics and indicators to monitor progress across Federal agencies to prevent, address, and end violence against children and youth globally, including harmful impacts of violence on the healthy development of children and the harmful economic impact of violence against children and youth globally.

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Mar 3, 2020viewing Engrossed in House See what changed
Mar 14, 2019 Introduced in House Mr. McGovern (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Cook, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Sensenbrenner) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States condemns all forms of violence against children globally and recognizes the harmful impacts of violence against children.

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