House concurrent resolution 108 of 1953

(noun)

A formal statement issued August 1, 1953 by the United States Congress announcing the official federal policy of termination. The resolution called for the immediate termination of the Flathead, Klamath, Menominee, Potawatomi, and Turtle Mountain Chippewa, as well as all tribes in the states of California, New York, Florida, and Texas. Termination of a tribe meant the immediate withdrawal of all federal aid, services, and protection, as well as the end of reservations.

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Examples of House concurrent resolution 108 of 1953 in the following topics:

  • American Indian Relocation

    • The House concurrent resolution 108 of 1953 announced the federal policy of termination and called for the immediate ending of the Federal relationship with a selected group of tribes.
    • The resolution established that Congress would pass termination acts on a tribe by tribe basis.
    • From 1953 to 1964, the government terminated recognition of more than 100 tribes and bands as sovereign dependent nations.
    • Subsequent presidents followed this informal approach until 1988, when House Concurrent Resolution 108 was formally abandoned.
    • Indian houses and farms on the Laguna Indian reservation, Laguna, New Mexico (March 1943).

  • The Conflict-Resolution Function

    • Both the Senate and the House have a conflict-resolution procedure before a bill is passed as a piece of legislation.
    • On the other hand, concurrent resolutions (passed by both houses) and simple resolutions (passed by only one house) do not have the force of law, but they express the opinion of Congress or regulate procedure.
    • Any member of either house may introduce bills.
    • A bill, that reaches the floor of the full house, can be simple or complex.
    • It begins with an enacting formula such as "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. " Consideration of a bill requires, itself, a rule which is a simple resolution specifying the particulars of debate—time limits, possibility of further amendments, and such.

  • The Cost of Maintaining the Government

    • The House and Senate each consider those budget resolutions and are expected to pass them, possibly with amendments, by April 15.
    • Appropriations Committees, starting with allocations in the budget resolution, put together appropriations bills, which may be considered in the House after May 15.
    • The next step is the drafting of a budget resolution.
    • The United States House Committee on the Budget and the United States Senate Committee on the Budget are responsible for drafting budget resolutions.
    • A budget resolution, which is one form of a concurrent resolution, binds Congress, but is not a law, and so does not require the President's signature.

  • The Legislative Function

    • Article I of the Constitution states all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
    • In order to form a bill or resolution, first the House Financial Services committee meets.
    • However, a joint resolution originates from the House.
    • A Concurrent Resolutions, which affects both House and Senate and thus are not presented to the president for approval later.
    • Simple resolutions, which concern only the House or only the Senate.

  • Formal Methods of Amending the Constitution

    • In theory the two houses first adopt a resolution indicating that they deem an amendment necessary.
    • House of Representatives instead directly proceed to the adoption of a joint resolution; thus, they mutually propose the amendment with the implication that both bodies "deem" the amendment to be "necessary. " All amendments presented so far have been proposed and implemented as codicils, appended to the main body of the Constitution .
    • Senators caused such proposals to regularly pass the House of Representatives only to die in the Senate.
    • Article One provides that "every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives. "
    • As previously stated, the Constitution requires that at least two-thirds of the members present of both the House of Representatives and the Senate the agree to a joint resolution which proposes a constitutional amendment.

  • Modern Republicanism

    • His presidency lasted from 1953 until 1961 .
    • He won by a landslide, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson and ending two decades of a Democratic lock on the White House and the New Deal Coalition.
    • In the first year of his presidency, Eisenhower deposed the leader of Iran in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, and used nuclear threats to conclude the Korean War with China.
    • Congress agreed to his request in 1955 for the Formosa Resolution.
    • The Formosa Resolution enabled him to prevent Chinese communist aggression against Chinese nationalists and established the U.S. policy of defending Taiwan.

  • Article I

    • When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.
    • Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
    • If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law.
    • But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively.
    • Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.

  • The Invasion of Grenada

    • The Invasion of Grenada was a 1983 United States-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation.
    • The Invasion of Grenada was a 1983 United States-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation with a population of about 91,000, located 100 miles (160 km) north of Venezuela.
    • The United Nations General Assembly condemned it as "a flagrant violation of international law" by a vote of 108 in favour to 9, with 27 abstentions.The United Nations Security Council considered a similar resolution, which failed to pass when vetoed by the United States.
    • The group's report caused House Speaker Tip O'Neill to change his position on the issue from opposition to support.
    • Congressman Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, stated: "Not a single American child nor single American national was in any way placed in danger or placed in a hostage situation prior to the invasion. " The Congressional Black Caucus denounced the invasion and seven Democratic congressmen, led by Ted Weiss, introduced an unsuccessful resolution to impeach Ronald Reagan.

  • Interventions in Latin America and the Middle East

    • It immediately followed the overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran (1953).
    • The Cuban Revolution (1953–59) was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the U.S.
    • The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on January 1, 1959, replacing his government with a revolutionary socialist state.
    • The high point of this campaign came in the 1975 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 condemning Zionism as a form of racism and the reception given to Arafat by the United Nations General Assembly.
    • Resolution 3379 was revoked in 1991 by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 4686.

  • The Middle East

    • Clinton personally arranged for the peace accord to be signed at the White House on September 13, 1993.
    • In 1991, following the Persian Gulf War, the warring parties signed a cease-fire agreement and the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 687 requiring Iraq to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction and allow inspectors from UNSCOM to monitor the country's adherence to the agreement.
    • That year, Secretary Albright and President Clinton mandated what could be considered an apology to the Iranian people for the 1953 CIA-assisted coup that overthrew the democratically-elected Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, and replaced him with the Shah, thus contributing to the 1979 Islamic Revolution two decades later.
    • -backed government of the Shah "oppressed political opponents. "
    • Summarize the policies of the Clinton administration in the Middle East