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H.Con.Res. 303: Recognizing the growing threat that al Qaeda and its affiliates in Africa, particularly al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, pose to the United States and its allies and interests.

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H.Con.Res. 303: Recognizing the growing threat that al Qaeda and its affiliates in Africa, particularly al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, pose to the United States and its allies and interests.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-22 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Recognizing the growing threat that al Qaeda and its affiliates in Africa, particularly al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, pose to the United States and its allies and interests.

Plain summary

Recognizes the growing threat that al Qaeda and its affiliates in Africa, particularly al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, pose to the United States and its allies. Acknowledges the cooperation of a number of governments and regional organizations in Africa to deny safehaven to al Qaeda and its affiliates and calls upon all governments to intensify their efforts toward that end. Calls upon the Administration to formulate a comprehensive strategy, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders in the U.S. government and its African partners, to confront the threat posed by al Qaeda and its affiliates in Africa and prevent the spread of violent Islamist extremism.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Recognizing the growing threat that al Qaeda and its affiliates in Africa, particularly al Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, pose to the United States and its allies and interests.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] · 13 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA)

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Resolution
A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote
A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hconres303 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111