US Congress House Resolution 651 (Prior Session Legislation)

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May 18 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Condemns unjustified surveillance and unlawful profiling of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department (NYPD). Demands that the NYPD cease and desist any such warrantless surveillance activities within the United States and purge its intelligence databases. Urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to immediately investigate whether the NYPD's action violated the Constitution or any federal law, and whether any federal agency facilitated any profiling or surveillance conducted by the NYPD against members of the Muslim American community in violation of the Constitution or any federal law.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the illicit ethnic and religious profiling and surveillance of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department.

Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Carson, Andre	Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Ellison, Keith
Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-05-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HE00651:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hres651ih/pdf/BILLS-112hres651ih.pdf