| SR620 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution designates June 19, 2020, as "Juneteenth Independence Day" to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-15
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2979; text: CR S2976) |
| SR622 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution condemns violence committed against people of the United States exercising their right to free speech and peaceful assembly, including journalists, and reaffirms the Senate's commitment to freedom of the press and peaceful assembly as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HR1004 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of Glioblastoma Awareness Day. (Glioblastoma is a malignant brain tumor.)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-15
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR1006 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of National Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month and National Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day. The resolution supports (1) the education of members of the Armed Forces, veterans, their famil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-15
To House Armed Services Committee |
| SR454 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution condemns the conviction, sentencing, and imprisonment of Cuban democracy and human rights activist Jose Daniel Ferrer and calls for the release of Ferrer and all members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU). The resolution further ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2921-2922; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2922) |
| SR523 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution congratulates the people of Greece as they celebrate the 199th anniversary of their country's independence. The resolution recognizes Greece's commitment to democratic principles and the important role that Greece has played both regi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2922; text: 02/27/2020 CR S1234) |
| HR997 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the historic importance of fireworks displays in the United States and the joy the fireworks industry brings to communities and neighborhoods across the country, and it urges cities, towns, counties, and other municipalitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SR614 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution commemorates the 49 victims killed in the attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. It also offers heartfelt condolences to the families, loved ones, and friends of the victims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2910-2911; text: CR S2936) |
| HR999 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses support for freedom of the press and opposes the targeting of journalists. Specifically, the resolution calls on law enforcement to protect freedom of the press and refrain from targeting journalists and media workers; calls...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SR615 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution reaffirms the critical importance of the alliance between the United States and South Korea. The resolution encourages coordination between the two countries in certain areas and emphasizes that the United States Forces Korea remains ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HR998 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution (1) supports the designation of Collector Car Appreciation Day, (2) recognizes that the collection and restoration of historic and classic cars is an important part of preserving the technological achievements and cultural heritage of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HR1000 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses support for the designation of Women Veterans Appreciation Day to recognize the service and sacrifices of women veterans who have served valiantly on behalf of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HCR102 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of a National Day of Mourning and urges the President to issue a proclamation ordering all flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the lives lost due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). It also comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SR567 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution commends and thanks the Department of State career professionals, the Repatriation Task Force, and the employees at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide for their work to address the challenges related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronaviru...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-11
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2922; text 05/07/2020 CR S2328-2329) |
| SR613 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing calls to defund the police.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR612 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that it is U.S. policy to commemorate the life of George Floyd, to urge an end to violence damaging lives and businesses, and to urge leaders to adjust the training of law enforcement to ensure equal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR610 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution applauds free and fair elections in Fiji and encourages deepened U.S. cooperation with Fiji in areas of mutual interest. The resolution also recognizes Fiji's participation in multinational security forces and multilateral institution...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-08
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR609 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution commends the subsistence of democratic institutions in Papua New Guinea and encourages deepened U.S. cooperation with Papua New Guinea in areas of mutual interest. The resolution also recognizes Papua New Guinea's participation in mul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-08
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR611 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution applauds free and fair elections in Tonga and encourages deepened U.S. cooperation with Tonga in areas of mutual interest. The resolution also recognizes Tonga's participation in multinational security forces and multilateral institut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-08
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HR995 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution ranks a specified Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-08
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR991 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of National Healthcare Professional Appreciation Day and acknowledges health care professionals for their heroism and sacrifice in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR990 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes racism as a national public health crisis and supports the creation of a truth and reconciliation process to address historic, enduring systemic and structural racism against black people.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HR992 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution condemns racism and invidious discrimination as evil and antithetical to the U.S. Constitution and declares unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination in America. The resolution declares that the House of Representatives...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HCR100 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution (1) affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship, the U.S. debt of remembrance not only to those who lived through the injustices of slavery but also to their descendants; and (2) proposes a U.S....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HR993 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses support for National Gun Violence Awareness Month. It calls on the Senate to pass legislation to prevent gun violence, including the following: H.B. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019; and H.B. 1112, the Enhance...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SR608 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution calls on China to allow exiled Tiananmen demonstrators to return to China; condemns the imposition of national security legislation with respect to Hong Kong, as well as the use of violence and imprisonment as means of repression; urg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SCR39 | Intro
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution condemns the President for ordering federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR607 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution (1) expresses support for ongoing cooperation between the United States and Vietnam, (2) recognizes Vietnam's increased role in certain multilateral institutions, and (3) reiterates the importance of promoting human rights and democra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SR606 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution designates May 5, 2020, as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2700; text: CR S2699) |
| SR605 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any measure or matter until one session day has passed since introduction for every 20 pages included in the measure or matter, plus one session day for any number of remaining pages les...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-03
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR604 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution urges the Senate to (1) provide advice and consent to executive branch nominees only if those nominees have been truthful in their dealings with Congress and the executive branch; (2) not vote on any nominee who has made verifiably fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-03
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| SR148 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution reaffirms support for the people of Colombia in their pursuit of peace, lauds efforts to bring an end to Colombia's internal armed conflict, and reaffirms the partnership between the governments of the United States and Colombia on is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-03
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 464. |
| SR601 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that order must be immediately restored to the cities of the United States so that citizens may have peace and the legitimate grievances of peaceful protestors may be heard and considered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR602 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes that there are legal and racial inequities in the doctrine of qualified immunity as it is applied to law enforcement. The resolution also acknowledges that Congress should amend the Revised Statutes to eliminate the qualifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR603 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses the sense the Senate that foster care services should make every effort to place siblings in the same foster home and provide siblings who are not placed together with opportunities to remain connected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HR988 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution condemns acts of brutality, racial profiling, and the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers. It also calls for the end of militarized policing practices. The resolution supports strengthening efforts to promote accountabi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HR989 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that blood donation policies should be grounded in science, minimize deferral periods, and allow donations by all those who can safely make them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-01
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR985 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution acknowledges that child poverty prevents children from reaching healthy development and an economically secure future. It also encourages all levels of government to enact and support anti-poverty policies and programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-28
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HR984 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution condemns Twitter's censorship of President Donald Trump, disapproves of Twitter's content moderation, and demands that Twitter protect the First Amendment rights of all Americans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-28
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR983 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States. The resolution also recognizes that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-28
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HR982 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day and encourages awareness of, and research into, food allergy prevention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-28
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR987 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution encourages the observation of National Period Awareness Week and Menstrual Hygiene Day. It also recognizes the efforts of individuals and entities to support those struggling with period poverty prior to and during the COVID-19 (i.e.,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-28
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR981 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution provides for consideration of the Senate amendments to H.B. 6172 (USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020). Only the majority leader may offer a privileged motion to dispose of any amendment relating to H.B. 6172. Finally, the resolut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-27
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR980 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month and encourages efforts to improve the quality of life and the long-term prognosis for those with brain tumors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-26
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR973 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the importance of the Islamic faith and expresses deep respect for Muslims in the United States and worldwide in honor of Eid al-Fitr (the conclusion of Ramadan).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HR962 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution calls upon the President to (1) elevate locust eradication efforts among relevant U.S. agencies to address the food security crisis in East Africa, (2) allocate appropriate assets to support such efforts, and (3) direct the U.S. Agenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22
To House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Committee |
| HR971 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the role that broadcasting to Cuba serves in providing outside information to the Cuban people and honors those at Radio and TV Martí, administered through the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, for their commitment and dedicati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22
To House Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade Committee |
| SR583 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution declares that the Senate (1) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Thomas Allen Coburn, former member of the U.S. Senate; (2) recognizes his life and achievements; and (3) expres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HR979 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution commends the men and women of the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort and the members of the Armed Forces and civilians who deployed to New York and California to care for those affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HR977 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution supports the designation of National Gun Violence Awareness Month and the designation of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
