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USSR589Intro
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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
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
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)
USSR509Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the first commemoration of the anti-LGBTQ+ attack that occurred on November 19-20, 2022, at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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2023-12-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6011; text: CR S6003)
USSB3478Intro
25%
A bill to require agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms to have an office of civil rights focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms of algorithms, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-12
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
USSB3429Intro
25%
A bill to provide for just compensation in the event that eminent domain is exercised, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR464Intro
25%
A resolution supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people and memorializing the lives lost this year.
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2023-12-04
Star Print ordered on resolution.
USSB3141Intro
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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2023-10-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2984Intro
25%
A bill to establish uniform accessibility standards for websites and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial prov...
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2023-09-28
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR372Intro
25%
A resolution expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.
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2023-09-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR361Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the importance of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 on the lives of individuals with disabilities and calling for further action to advance access, opportunity, and equity for individuals with disabilities.
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2023-09-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2861Intro
25%
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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2023-09-20
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSJR40Intro
25%
A joint resolution designating a "Slavery Remembrance Day" on August 20th, to serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery.
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2023-07-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSCR19Intro
25%
A concurrent resolution urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
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2023-07-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSJR39Intro
25%
A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the Arch...
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2023-07-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2658Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit a court from awarding damages based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR312Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the importance of independent living for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further action to strengthen home and community living for individuals with d...
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2023-07-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR282Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing June 2023 as "LGBTQ Pride Month".
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2023-06-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2145Intro
25%
A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB5Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR263Intro
25%
A resolution commemorating June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.
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2023-06-21
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2192; text: CR S2191)
USSB2053Intro
25%
A bill to protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR254Intro
25%
A resolution unequivocally condemning antisemitism and lauding the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
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2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2008Intro
25%
A bill to amend section 1977 of the Revised Statutes to protect equal rights under law.
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2023-06-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSJR34Intro
25%
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR230Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the 102nd anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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2023-05-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSJR4Intro
25%
A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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2023-04-27
Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 4 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 99) entered in Senate.
USSB1196Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1206Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1193Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR154Intro
25%
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR144Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, s...
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR151Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing March 31, 2023, as "Cesar Chavez Day" in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of Cesar Estrada Chavez.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1148Intro
25%
A bill to establish rights for people being considered for and in protective arrangements, including guardianships and conservatorships, or other arrangements, to provide decision supports.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR134Intro
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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2023-03-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR129Intro
25%
A resolution designating March 2023 as "National Women's History Month".
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2023-03-28
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S989; text: CR S1003-1004)
USSR118Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the contributions of Clela Rorex, a pioneering county clerk who, in 1975, advanced civil rights for all couples seeking to be married.
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2023-03-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB840Intro
25%
A bill to protect the rights of the people of the United States under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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2023-03-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB613Intro
25%
A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
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2023-03-01
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB492Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit the imposition of certain substantial burdens, relating to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on religious exercise, and for other purposes.
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2023-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB514Intro
25%
A bill to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States.
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2023-02-16
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSR63Intro
25%
A resolution celebrating Black History Month.
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2023-02-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S402; text: CR S400-401)
USSB402Intro
25%
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to approve commencing, intervening in, or participating in certain litigation, and for other purposes.
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2023-02-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR53Intro
25%
A resolution establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.
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2023-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB317Intro
25%
A bill to guarantee that Americans have the freedom to make certain reproductive decisions without undue government interference.
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2023-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSCR3Intro
25%
A concurrent resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right that is essential to a free society and protected for all people of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, and recognizing the ...
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2023-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB193Intro
25%
A bill to amend title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect students from racial hostility, and for other purposes.
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2023-01-31
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR19Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the importance of establishing a national "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution".
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2023-01-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB137Intro
25%
A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu, in recognition of his contributions to civil rights, his loyalty and patriotism to the United States, and his dedication to justice and equality.
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2023-01-30
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSB75Intro
25%
A bill to ensure equal treatment for religious organizations in the Federal provision of social services programs, grantmaking, and contracting, and for other purposes.
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2023-01-25
To Senate Finance Committee
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