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HCR10Intro

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This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of the rotunda of the Capitol to honor, upon death, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during World War II, at the election of the individual or their next of kin.
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2019-01-30
To House Administration Committee
HR90Intro

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This resolution expresses support for observing National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
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2019-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
HCR11Intro

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This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment when rendering its decision in Buckley v. Valeo (which held limits on election spending to be unconstitutional).
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2019-01-30
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HJR39Intro

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Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that states that the First Amendment to the Constitution does not apply to the political speech of any corporation, partnership, business trust, association, or other ...
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2019-01-30
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HJR38Intro

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This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to i...
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2019-01-30
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HJR35Intro

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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. The amendment prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging ...
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2019-01-29
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HR85Intro

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This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committee on Administration and ranks specified Members on the House Committee on the Budget.
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2019-01-29
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR77Intro

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This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that financial institutions and other entities should take steps to mitigate the financial hardships faced by customers and tenants as a result of any federal government shutdown, including the shutdown...
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2019-01-29
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
HR65Intro

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This resolution expresses support for the establishment of a Dominican Heritage Month to honor the Dominican people and their contributions.
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2019-01-28
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1235)
SR32Intro

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This resolution recognizes January 27, 2019, as the second anniversary of the executive order suspending the admission of individuals and refugees from specified Muslim-majority countries. It also affirms this Nation's proud history of refugee settle...
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2019-01-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HR81Intro

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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that state legislatures should pass comprehensive sexual assault kit reform legislation that includes certain requirements, such as for the auditing and testing of backlogged sexual ...
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2019-01-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
HR84Intro

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This resolution expresses the commitment of the House of Representatives to (1) take bipartisan action to amend the U.S Code to prevent lapses in appropriations and permanently end government shutdowns, and (2) ensure that no Americans have to suffer...
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2019-01-28
To House Appropriations Committee
HR82Intro

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This resolution establishes in the House of Representatives the Congressional Gold Star Fellowship Program under which an eligible individual may serve a 12-month fellowship in the office of a Member of the House of Representatives.
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2019-01-28
To House Administration Committee
HR80Intro

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This resolution ranks specified Members on the following House Committees: (1) Education and Labor, and (2) Homeland Security.
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2019-01-28
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR76Intro

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This resolution expresses support for the designation of a Women's Health Research Day. It also supports efforts to (1) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women's health, (2) increase awareness of the value of sex- and ge...
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2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health
HR16Intro

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This resolution expresses support for women nationwide to have access to comprehensive, convenient, compassionate, life-affirming, and high-quality health care. The resolution also recognizes the high standards established by the Pro Women's Healthca...
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2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health
HR70Intro

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This resolution thanks and promotes the profession of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and encourages patients, health care professionals, policymakers, and others to participate in National CRNA Week.
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2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health
HR19Intro

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This resolution recognizes the importance of protecting the American people from drinking water polluted with carcinogens, such as hexavalent chromium.In addition, this resolution encourages state and local governments and the Environmental Protectio...
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2019-01-25
To House Environment and Climate Change Committee
SR31Intro

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This resolution honors the service, and mourns the death, of Harris L. Wofford, Jr., formerly a Senator from Pennsylvania.
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2019-01-25
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S684; text: CR S682)
HJR28Pass(Sec. 101) This joint resolution provides continuing FY2019 appropriations to several federal agencies through the earlier of February 15, 2019, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR...
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2019-01-25
Became Public Law No: 116-5. (TXT | PDF)
SR29Intro

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This resolution expresses support for the designation of a Women's Health Research Day. It also supports efforts to (1) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women's health, (2) increase awareness of the value of sex- and ge...
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2019-01-25
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
SR30Intro

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This resolution condemns Hungary's subversion of democratic norms and the rights of asylum seekers under Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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2019-01-25
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SJR6Intro

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This joint resolution eliminates the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The amendment was proposed to the states in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, as agreed to i...
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2019-01-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HR78Intro

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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Postal Service should modernize and maintain a post office network.
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2019-01-25
To House Oversight and Reform Committee
SR28Intro

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This resolution recognizes (1) January 2019 as National Mentoring Month, and (2) the staff and volunteers at quality mentoring programs who help young people reach their full potential. It acknowledges that mentoring is beneficial in that it supports...
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2019-01-24
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S659; text: CR S591-592)
HJR34Intro

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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring Representatives to be apportioned according to the number of U.S. citizens in each state, rather than the number of persons in each state.
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2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HCR7Intro

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This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek the elimination of all subsidies benefiting the production or export of sugar by certain foreign countries.
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2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Trade
SR26Intro

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This resolution designates January 25, 2019, as Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day. The resolution also calls on federal, state, and local agencies; community organizations; nonprofit organizations; employers; and other partners to help increase ...
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2019-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SJR5Intro

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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year or 18% of the U.S. gross domestic product unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds v...
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2019-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HR29Intro

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This resolution honors Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, on its 150th anniversary.
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2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Readiness
HJR33Intro

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This joint resolution proposes a Constitutional amendment denying as protected speech any financial expenditures, or in kind equivalents, with respect to a candidate for federal office, regardless of whether a communication expressly advocates the el...
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2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HR74Intro

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This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) the Budget, (2) Natural Resources, and (3) Small Business.
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2019-01-24
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR73Intro

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This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) the Budget; (2) Education and Labor; (3) Natural Resources; (4) Science, Space, and Technology; and (5) Small Business.
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2019-01-24
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR39Intro

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This resolution supports the designation of Gold Star Families Remembrance Day.
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2019-01-24
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel
HR71Intro

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This resolution observes the 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and pledges to advance his legacy.
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2019-01-23
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HCR6Intro

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This concurrent resolution provides for a joint session of Congress on January 29, 2019, to receive a message from the President.
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2019-01-23
To House Administration Committee
HR67Intro

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This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Homeland Security; (2) Oversight and Reform; and (3) Science, Space, and Technology.
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2019-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR68Intro

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This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committees on (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Education and Labor; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Financial Services; (7) Foreign Affairs; (8) Homeland Security; (9) the...
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2019-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR72Intro

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This resolution rejects anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred in the United States and around the world.
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2019-01-23
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HR61Intro

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This resolution sets forth the rule for consideration of H.B. 648 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019) and H.J.Res. 31 (FY2019 Department of Homeland Security appropriations). The resolution makes it in order at any time through the legislative da...
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2019-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR64Intro

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This resolution supports the establishment of a national day of recognition to honor Juan Pablo Duarte, the founding father of the Dominican Republic, and urges people to observe a national day of recognition for Dominican Americans.
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2019-01-22
To House Oversight and Reform Committee
HJR32Intro

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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing states to repeal, in whole or in part, federal executive orders, regulations, regulatory actions, or administrative rulings if the legislatures of two-thirds of the states approve ...
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2019-01-22
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
HR63Intro

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Expresses support for the renaming of Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood, New York, as "Quisqueya Heights"; the engagement with Google, Wikipedia, Global Positioning System (GPS) applications, post offices, Metropolitan Transportation A...
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2019-01-22
To House Oversight and Reform Committee
HR66Intro

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This resolution reaffirms the following on behalf of the House of Representatives: the original intent of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to broadly prohibit all forms of discrimination by providing public and private rights of action against disparate ...
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2019-01-22
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
SR25Intro

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This resolution (1) designates the week of January 20-January 26, 2019, as National School Choice Week; (2) acknowledges the 15th anniversary of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program; and (2) encourages all parents to learn more about the educatio...
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2019-01-19
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S311-312; text: CR S315)
HCR5Intro

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This concurrent resolution expresses support for granting temporary protected status to Haitian nationals residing in the United States, and supports the Haitian people and government's efforts to rebuild from years of natural disasters, economic har...
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2019-01-17
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
HR57Intro

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This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) Financial Services, (3) Foreign Affairs, (4) Transportation and Infrastructure, and (5) Veterans Affairs.
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2019-01-17
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SR10Intro

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This resolution (1) extends heartfelt sympathy to the family of Richard Arvin Overton, who was the oldest surviving veteran, on the occasion of his death; and (2) honors his life and his service to the United States.
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2019-01-17
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 1/8/2019 S70)
SR20Intro

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This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should expeditiously consider codifying into law the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, which prohibits U.S. foreign assistance funds from going to organizations that pe...
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2019-01-17
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SR24Intro

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This resolution (1) recognizes that land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) have certain strategic characteristics, and (2) opposes efforts to unilaterally reduce the size of the ICBM force of the United States or delay the implementat...
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2019-01-17
To Senate Armed Services Committee
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