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Links to the lists of co-sponsors will appear here on May 20th, under each of the resolutions' titles below.are available here, below each Resolution’s name

This page presents the footnotes and appendices for resolutions included in the Resolutions Committee’s report with final texts, published May 14, 2022.

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You can find footnotes and appendices for each resolution below (save those with no additional information). Lists of co-sponsors will be linked here once the lists are closed, no later than 12 hours before the start of the Global Meeting.

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Resolution Directing Democrats Abroad (DA) to include Veterans and Military Family Members under Representation Goals when electing delegates under future Delegate Selection Plans (DSPs)

 For purposes of this Resolution, Co-sponsors for Resolution directing Democrats Abroad (DA) to Include Veterans and Military Family Members under Representation Goals when Electing Delegates under Future Delegate Selection Plans (DSPs)

Footnotes

 For purposes of this Resolution, a “military family member” is an individual who has a direct familial relationship with a past or present U.S. service-member who identifies as the individual’s biological/adopted/step parent/guardian, sibling, grandparent, aunt/uncle, cousin, spouse, in-laws, child(ren), grandchild(ren), step-family members, ex-spouse, and widow/widower. This broad definition by the DA Veterans and Military Families Caucus strives to be as inclusive rather than exclusive as possible, and is consistent with what defines a “military family member” as stated by the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council. Other definitions of what constitute a “military family” – such as government benefits eligibility – are highlighted on pages 11-12 in the following scholarly report:

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Resolution to Keep the Pershing Hall Collection and the Time Capsule in France as part of its Cultural Patrimony and as a Memorial to American Veterans of World Wars I and II; and that its Oversight be transferred from the DVA to the ABMC

Appendix

In 1928 the American Legion Building at 49 Co-sponsors for Resolution to Keep the Pershing Hall Collection and the Time Capsule in France as part of its Cultural Patrimony and as a Memorial to American Veterans of World Wars I and II; and that its Oversight be Transferred from the DVA to the ABMC

Appendix

In 1928 the American Legion Building at 49 rue Pierre Charron, Paris 75008 France – known since as Pershing Hall – was purchased by the Legionnaires of Paris Post 1, acting as The American Legion Building Corporation, Inc., to serve as a monument and memorial to the World War I American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) commanded by General John J. Pershing.

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Resolution in support of Establishment of Democrats Abroad Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force

APPENDICES

EXAMPLES DESCRIBING THE Co-sponsors for Resolution in Support of Establishment of Democrats Abroad Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force

APPENDICES

EXAMPLES DESCRIBING THE RANGE/NATURE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

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Resolution in support of Getting Information on Democrats Abroad and the Wealth Tax

No appendix; link to the list of co-sponsors to be added shortly.

Co-sponsors for Resolution in support of Getting Information on Democrats Abroad and the Wealth Tax

No appendix or footnotes.

Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”

Co-sponsors for Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”

Footnote

  • If this resolution passes, I recognize that creating work for other volunteers (when everyone is a volunteer) can be a crummy thing to do and I would of course volunteer myself to also be on this Standing Resolutions review team; but I also expect that others with past Resolutions experience and Wiki experience or with formal DA leadership interest in this project such as the International Secretary, or any past International Secretary, may naturally wish to weigh in on or lead this effort.lead this effort.

Resolution in Support of Statehood for Washington, D.C.

Co-sponsors for Resolution in Support of Statehood for Washington, D.C.

Footnotes

1 https://guides.loc.gov/residence-act

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Memorial Resolution Honoring Jim Christiansen of DA France

No appendix; link to the list of co-sponsors to be added shortly.

Co-sponsors for Memorial Resolution Honoring Jim Christiansen of DA France

No appendix or footnotes.

Resolution on the Climate Emergency

Co-sponsors for Resolution on the Climate Emergency

Footnotes:

1 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/

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9 Our Priorities (https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_priorities )

 

Link for the text “National Climate Emergency Petition” in the clause “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the DPCA supports the National Climate Emergency Petition [link available on the DA wiki] 2022, drafted by Democrats Abroad Environment & Climate Crisis Council, disseminating it in DPCA communications, and submitting it to the Biden-Harris Administration (offices of the President, Vice President, and Congress) by June 30th, 2022.”:

https://forms.gle/8Cgv6ffcvvjJdRLu78Cgv6ffcvvjJdRLu7

Resolution to Establish a Standing Voter Protection Committee

Co-sponsors for Resolution to Establish a Standing Voter Protection Committee

Footnotes

1 The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule | Freedom House
2 Kosuke Imai and Gary King. 2004. “Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?” Perspectives on Politics, 2, Pp. 537–549. Copy at https://tinyurl.com/y39ndzbk

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Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

Co-sponsors for Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

Footnotes

1 https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-19-180.pdf

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Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Legal Compliance Strategies

No appendix; link to the list of coCo-sponsors to be added shortlyfor Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Legal Compliance Strategies

No appendix or footnotes.