Recognizing the anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment and encouraging the American people to educate and instill pride and purpose into their communities and to observe the anniversary annually with appropriate programs and activities.
Latest action · Dec 7, 2005 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2005
- Agreed to in HouseDec 7, 2005
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Recognizes the 140th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude) on December 6, 1865. Encourages the American people to educate and instill pride and purpose into their communities about the history of liberation and the civil rights movement in the United States and to observe such anniversary each year.
Cosponsors 101
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2005 to Dec 7, 2005; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Apr 6, 2005 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Apr 6, 2005 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Apr 6, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 6, 2005 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 5, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 5, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 5, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | May 19, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 4, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Nov 4, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Nov 4, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Nov 15, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Nov 15, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Nov 15, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Dec 7, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2005 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred May 10, 2005 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2005Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
- Dec 7, 2005Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11128-11130)
- Dec 7, 2005DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 196.
- Dec 7, 2005Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11128)
- Dec 7, 2005Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2562 | Betty McCollum D-MN | Dec 17, 2005 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2484, E2490, E2496, E2499 | Barbara Lee D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH | Dec 8, 2005 |
| House | Debate and remarks H11128–H11130Text printed H11128 | Barbara Lee D-CA, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. R-WI, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI | Dec 7, 2005 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Recognizing the anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment and encouraging the American people to educate and instill pride and purpose into their communities and to observe the anniversary annually with appropriate programs and activities.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2005Engrossed in House
- Apr 6, 2005Introduced in House
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