US Congress House Resolution 344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-0)
Status: Introduced on June 25 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Urging the discontinued use of the Confederate battle flag, which represents pain, humiliation, torture, and racial oppression, in remembrance of the Emanuel 9. Urges: states hanging the Confederate battle flag in public and state locations to remove the flag; states to discontinue use of the Confederate battle flag and its likeness on any property deemed governmental speech, including license plates; businesses to discontinue selling Confederate battle flags and related merchandise; and states with flags that include depictions of and symbolic references to the Confederate battle flag to remove those depictions and references.

Urging the discontinued use of the Confederate battle flag, which represents pain, humiliation, torture, and racial oppression, in remembrance of the Emanuel 9.

Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2015-06-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-06-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/344/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres344/BILLS-114hres344ih.pdf