Upon its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs[5] where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.[6] The resolution was not brought to the house floor due to lobbying by Turkey.[3] On October 29, 2019, the full House of Representatives finally passed the resolution by a vote of 405-11.