Appendices and footnotes for the May 2022 report

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

Please note that this additional information was provided by the authors and primary sponsors of resolutions in order to provide background information regarding the topics of their resolutions. This material is not an integral part of the resolutions, nor does adoption of a resolution by the DPCA constitute endorsement of these claims or sources.

You can find footnotes and appendices for each resolution below, along with links to lists of co-sponsors.

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

List of co-sponsors: https://democratsabroad.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Resolv/pages/7017398277

Footnotes

¹  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:

Gribble, R., Mahar, A., Godfrey, K., Muir, S., Albright, D., Daraganova, G., Spinks, N., Fear, N. and Cramm, H. 2018, ‘What does the term ‘military family’ mean? A comparison across four countries’, Military Families Working Group, March, viewed on 8 May 2022, <https://cimvhr-cloud.ca/reports/Military-families-definitions.pdf>.

Furthermore, for purposes of this Resolution, a “veteran,” per 38 CFR 3.1(d), is “a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.”

²  “Representation goals” as defined here is intended to mirror the definition and description of the representation goals mentioned in the 2020 DA DSP (Section VII – Affirmative Action), viewable here: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/democratsabroad/pages/19989/attachments/original/1576839215/COMPLIANT_DA_DSP_11.26.19_%281%29.pdf?1576839215.

³    Examples of barriers to voting faced by veterans and military families include, but are not limited to: the late arrival of overseas absentee ballots through no fault of the voter; the deportation of individuals who had voluntarily signed up with the military with the broken promise of gaining U.S. citizenship upon service; U.S. service-members from the District of Columbia or a U.S. Territory who have no voting representation in Congress, the inability to vote for service-members occupied in combat situations, civilian veterans abroad unable to utilize international postal services to the United States during the COVID-19 era, and denial of service-members’ opportunity to voice political and government opinions, among other issues.

⁴   On May 26, 2021, the Chairwoman of the DNC’s Veterans and Military Families Council, Jan Donatelli, informed the resolution author of her full support for Democrats Abroad including veterans and military families within its next and all future DSPs. Evidence of this communication is available upon request from any member of the Democratic Party.

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

List of co-sponsors: https://democratsabroad.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Resolv/pages/7017496586

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.

When the project experienced financial difficulties in 1936, the U.S. Government took over the property as a permanent U.S. Memorial and, as stipulated in the property deed, assumed responsibility for its management and maintenance.

The building was the headquarters of the American Legion inaugural unit Paris Post 1; Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 605; and various French-American associations until all were evicted in 1993 and management was turned over to a realtor under the trusteeship of the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Historic artwork, furnishings, and documents were inventoried by the U.S. government, removed from the building, and sent to various locations for storage. After being abandoned at French national museums for almost three decades, a small portion of this rich heritage has recently been found.

In addition, memorials and plaques required to stay in Pershing Hall per the 99-year property lease have not been there for years. Also, during renovations in 2019, the historic Château Thierry stone and a time-capsule containing other historic documents and artifacts commemorating the inauguration of the building were extracted by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and are now in its custody.

Currently DVA proposes to reduce the memorial requirements in the lease and the entire collection of Pershing Hall artifacts now risks being taken out of the country, raising concern that veterans in France will lose valuable parts of their history and culture.

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

List of co-sponsors: https://democratsabroad.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Resolv/pages/7017365544

APPENDICES

EXAMPLES DESCRIBING THE RANGE/NATURE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence

• Sexual

• Verbal

• Physical

• Economic

• Emotional

• Reproductive

• Religious

Rape,Sexual Assault, Stalking

• Intimate Partners

• Incest

• Drug-facilitated

• Multiple Perpetrators

• Children

• Conflict, refugee, immigrant

• Adult Supervisors

• Multiple, helping and professionals

• People in Authority (military, prison, school, workplace, etc.)

Harassment (unwanted behavior which you find offensive or which makes you feel intimidated or humiliated

• spoken/written words or abuse

• Offensive emails, tweets or comments on social networking sites

• Images and graffiti

• Physical gestures

• Facial expressions

• Jokes

• Harassment based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation/identity, gender, age

• “Quid pro quo” sexual harassment

• Sexual harassment

• Cyberharassment

• Bullying

• Psychological, verbal, economic, sexual, emotional

Enslavement & Coercion

• Trafficking

• Forced labor or prostitution

• Violence against migrants, refugees and people in conflict situations

• Forced abduction/disappearance

• False imprisonment

• Migrant and refugee enslavement

• Reproductive coercion

• Forced abortion

• Forced sterilization

• Obstetric violence

Patriarchal Violence

• Forced Marriage, bride buying, bride abduction

• Genital mutilation

• Mistreatment of widows

• Honor killings

• Breast-ironing, foot-binding

• Flogging, Stoning, Acid-throwing

• Mob violence

• Denial of medical care

• Failure to respect freedom of choice

• Forced military

• Forced feeding

• Sex Preference crimes (infanticide, abortion, abandonment)

Noting the distinctly vulnerable

• People in institutions - military, prison, schools, care facilities

• Women and girls of color

• Trans individuals

• Indigenous people

• Elders

• People with disabilities

• Students

• Children in family justice system

FROM DEMOCRATS ABROAD 2020 PLATFORM

“Gender-based violence is violence that is directed at an individual based on their biological sex or gender identity or gender expression. It includes physical, sexual,  verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse, threats, coercion, and economic or educational deprivation, whether occurring in public or private life. This includes harassment and abuse – including female genital mutilation, violations of intersex bodily integrity, and child marriage. Sexual violence and harassment and other sexual, physical, emotional, or psychological (including verbal)abuse, threats, or coercion, and even economic or educational deprivation based on an individual’s sex or gender identity or expression is deeply rooted in harmful gender norms and inequality and exists in epidemic proportions in the United States. This has an impact on mental and reproductive health and violates rights including, in some cases, the right to choose if, when, how, and with whom to engage in sexual activity. Specific communities face disproportionate rates of gender-based violence, including Native American women, who are much more likely to be raped or murdered by a partner than other women in the United States. Transgender people, specifically trans women of color, are also at grave risk and need to be protected through legislation. Through legislation such as the Violence Against Women Act, we are committed to ending gender-based violence, harassment, or abuse wherever it occurs, whether in our homes, streets, schools, communities, in the military, or anywhere else.”

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

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No appendix or footnotes.

Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”

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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.

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

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Footnotes

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³ 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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⁸ https://statehood.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/statehood/publication/attachments/Constitution-of-the-State-of-Washington-DC.pdf

⁹ https://statehood.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/statehood/page_content/attachments/ProposedFederalEnclaveMarkup.pdf

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¹² https://statehood.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/statehood/publication/attachments/Constitution-of-the-State-of-Washington-DC.pdf

¹³ https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SAP-H.R.-51.pdf

Memorial Resolution Honoring Jim Christiansen of DA France

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No appendix or footnotes.

Resolution on the Climate Emergency

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Footnotes

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² IPCC, 2022: Summary for Policy†makers [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, M. Tignor, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem (eds.)]. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press.

³ DPCA (Democrats Abroad) Mission Statement, ( )

⁴ https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2630?s=1&r=2

⁵  https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2630

⁶ Funk, C., & Kennedy, B. (2020, April 21). How Americans see climate change and the environment in 7 charts. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from .

⁷ https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf

⁸ The 2020 Democrats Abroad Platform ( )

⁹ 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.”:

Resolution to Establish a Standing Voter Protection Committee

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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

³ Ohio Cybersecurity Measures Could Block Overseas Voters

⁴ What Does Voter Suppression Look Like? - Democracy Docket

⁵ We Can't Ignore Republican Attempts to Undermine Free and Fair Elections - Democracy Docket

⁶ Global Voter Protection Team 2020 Report

⁷ DA’s online helpdesks, including Voter Protection, collectively were able to help 80,000 voters with their voter questions.

⁸ Federal judge temporarily blocks USPS operational changes amid concerns about mail slowdowns, election - The Washington Post.

⁹ Amicus Curiae Brief - Democrats Abroad

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

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Footnotes

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

² https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2022reports/202230019fr.pdf

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⁵ Per State Department lists of renunciants published on a quarterly basis in the Federal Register

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⁷ https://democratsabroad.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/4257416635/DATAPACK%20-%20Tax%20Filing%20From%20Abroad%20-%202019%20Research%20on%20Non-Residents%20and%20U.S.%20Taxation.pdf?api=v2

Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Country Committee Legal Compliance and Implementation Issues

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No appendix or footnotes.