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USHCR125Intro
25%
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress encourages people throughout the Nation to hold an annual commemorative event on or near August 20th honoring Slavery Remembrance Day, featuring its Official Remembrance Program.
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2024-08-09
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHR1413Intro
25%
Recognizing Prince Hall for his contributions as a Revolutionary Era activist, Masonic leader, and his lasting impact in the African-American fight for justice.
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2024-08-09
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR1397Intro
25%
Expressing support for July to be designated as "Disability Pride Month".
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2024-07-30
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB9196Intro
25%
To prohibit consideration of pregnancy status when filing for divorce.
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2024-07-30
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR1359Intro
25%
Condemning the atrocities that occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 30, 1866, in which a White supremacist mob brutalized, terrorized, and killed dozens of Black Americans, and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to supp...
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2024-07-15
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB8985Intro
25%
To provide for certain conditions on the enforcement of surrogacy contracts.
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2024-07-10
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR1332Intro
25%
Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
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2024-06-28
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR1321Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as "Stonewall Day".
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2024-06-25
To House Judiciary Committee
USSR749Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing June 2024, as "LGBTQ Pride Month".
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2024-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR744Intro
25%
A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as "Stonewall Day".
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2024-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USHR1309Intro
25%
Continuing the promise of Juneteenth: honoring, preserving, and investing in freedmen's settlements.
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2024-06-18
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR1308Intro
25%
Recognizing June 19, 2024, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
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2024-06-18
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB8760Intro
25%
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr., in recognition of his contributions to the United States through the promotion of nonviolence during the Civil Rights movement and beyond.
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2024-06-14
To House Financial Services Committee
USHR1297Intro
25%
Recognizing National Black Brewers Day.
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2024-06-13
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USSB4528Intro
25%
A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor in recognition of his significance to the nation as an athlete, trailblazer, role model, and equal rights advocate.
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2024-06-12
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSB4516Intro
25%
A bill to ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
USHR1233Intro
25%
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day.
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2024-05-24
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB8521Intro
25%
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Joan Trumpauer Mulholland in recognition of her unique and substantial contributions to American life through her life-long commitment to social justice and equality for all citizens, exhibited both through dire...
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2024-05-23
To House Financial Services Committee
USSB4327Intro
25%
A bill to amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize the remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable relief available under title VII of the Civil ...
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2024-05-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2861Engross
50%
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, an American icon, in recognition of a remarkable life devoted to championing equal rights for all, in sports and in society.
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2024-05-10
Held at the desk.
USHB8298Intro
25%
To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes of 1977 to equalize the remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable relief available under title VII of the Civil...
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2024-05-08
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB6090Engross
50%
To provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-02
Received in the Senate.
USSR666Intro
25%
A resolution congratulating the Gay, Lesbian, and Allies Senate Staff Caucus association on the 20-year anniversary of the association.
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2024-05-01
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
USSB4224Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.
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2024-05-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB4127Intro
25%
A bill to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other pu...
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2024-04-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USHB7945Intro
25%
To provide a definition of antisemitism for the enforcement of covered civil rights laws.
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2024-04-11
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB7921Intro
25%
To strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States.
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2024-04-10
To House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence
USHR1131Intro
25%
Celebrating Hindu Americans, and condemning attacks on Hindu places of worship, Hinduphobia, and anti-Hindu bigotry, and for other purposes.
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2024-04-10
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHR1121Intro
25%
Recognizing the 158th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
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2024-04-09
To House Judiciary Committee
USSB4091Intro
25%
A bill to strengthen Federal efforts to counter antisemitism in the United States.
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2024-04-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR628Intro
25%
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative, a call to action to communities across the country to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure ...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USHR1114Intro
25%
Denouncing the rise of Islamophobia and antisemitism across the country.
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2024-04-05
To House Judiciary Committee
USHCR101Intro
25%
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.
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2024-03-29
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHR1110Intro
25%
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
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2024-03-29
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHCR102Intro
25%
Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
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2024-03-29
To House Judiciary Committee
USHR1109Intro
25%
Recognizing the historic Woman Suffrage Procession of 1913 and honoring the courageous suffragists who fought tirelessly for women's right to vote.
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2024-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee
USSCR31Intro
25%
A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSCR32Intro
25%
A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USHCR99Intro
25%
Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois.
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2024-03-15
To House Judiciary Committee
USSR589Intro
25%
A resolution honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USHB7668Intro
25%
To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to provide for a remediation period before the commencement of a civil action.
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2024-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee
USHCR92Intro
25%
Honoring the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing.
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2024-02-29
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H769)
USHR1035Intro
25%
Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in during Black History Month.
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2024-02-29
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHR1040Intro
25%
Recognizing and celebrating the significance of Black History Month.
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2024-02-29
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USSR569Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing religious freedom as a fundamental right, expressing support for international religious freedom as a cornerstone of United States foreign policy, and expressing concern over increased threats to and attacks on religious free...
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2024-02-29
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USHR1026Intro
25%
Supporting the goals and ideals of Black History Month and honoring the outstanding contributions of African-American Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
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2024-02-23
To House Armed Services Committee
USHB7354Intro
25%
To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for ...
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2024-02-16
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB7378Intro
25%
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Frederick Douglass in recognition of his contributions to the cause of freedom, human rights, and the abolition of slavery in the United States.
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2024-02-15
To House Financial Services Committee
USSR551Intro
25%
A resolution celebrating Black History Month.
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2024-02-08
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S489; text: CR S502)
USHR988Intro
25%
Supporting the values of the Equity or Else quality-of-life platform and acknowledging the need for the House of Representatives to use the platform as a holistic framework for drafting and implementing policy that promotes racial and economic equity...
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2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee
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