,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #c1 #bjai,mr4
 ,pocan submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,condemning the ,nation of
 ,brunei's criminalization of lesbian1  
gay1 bisexual1 and transgender          
individuals and imposition of cruel and 
disproportionate forms of punishment4   
,whereas1 on ,april #c1 #bjai1 a brutal 
new penal code went into effect in the  
country of ,brunei2 ,whereas ,brunei's  
penal code imposes death by stoning for 
same-sex relations and adultery2        
,whereas stoning is a cruel and         
torturous form of punishment2 and       
,whereas the ,u4,s4 ,department of      

,state has stated that the ,united      
,states strongly opposes violence1      
criminalization and discrimination      
targeting vulnerable groups1 including  
women at risk of violence1 religious and
 ethnic minorities1 and lesbian1 gay1   
bisexual1 transgender and intersex      
7,,lgbti7 persons43 ,now1 therefore1 be 
it  ,that the ,house of                 
,representatives-- 7#a7 condemns the    
criminalization of and discrimination   
against lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1         
transgender and intersex individuals2   
7#b7 condemns ,brunei's decision to     
criminalize sex between persons of the  
same sex2  7#c7 condemns ,brunei's      
decision to impose disproportionate     
punishments for crimes2  7#d7 encourages
 the international community to join the
 ,u4,s4 ,house of ,representatives in   
condemning ,brunei's new penal code and 
upholding international norms2  7#e7    
directs the ,u4,s4 ,department of ,state
 to update all human rights reports     
submitted to ,congress and the          

,president immediately to document the  
severity of ,brunei's new penal code2   
and  7#f7 calls on ,brunei to reverse   
its new penal code as expeditiously as  
possible4