SRES 211 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

A resolution observing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.

Introduced Jun 16, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Carl Levin D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 20, 2011 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3937)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 16, 2011
  2. Agreed to in SenateJun 20, 2011

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes the historical significance to the nation, and supports the continued celebration, of Juneteenth Independence Day (June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved African Americans were free).

Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future, and (2) the celebration of the end of slavery is an important and enriching part of the history and heritage of the United States.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2011 to Jun 21, 2011, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJun 16, 2011
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalJun 16, 2011
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-AKMark BegichOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-COMark UdallOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJun 16, 2011
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJun 16, 2011
R-MSThad CochranOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-IATom HarkinOriginalJun 16, 2011
D-MNAl FrankenJun 20, 2011
D-CABarbara BoxerJun 20, 2011
I-VTBernard SandersJun 20, 2011
D-FLBill NelsonJun 20, 2011
D-NYCharles E. SchumerJun 20, 2011
D-CADianne FeinsteinJun 20, 2011
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergJun 20, 2011
D-NHJeanne ShaheenJun 20, 2011
D-ORJeff MerkleyJun 20, 2011
D-MAJohn F. KerryJun 20, 2011
D-NCKay R. HaganJun 20, 2011
R-FLMarco RubioJun 20, 2011
D-WAMaria CantwellJun 20, 2011
D-ARMark L. PryorJun 20, 2011
D-VAMark R. WarnerJun 20, 2011
D-COMichael F. BennetJun 20, 2011
D-WAPatty MurrayJun 20, 2011
D-CTRichard BlumenthalJun 20, 2011
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.Jun 20, 2011
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsJun 21, 2011
D-RISheldon WhitehouseJun 21, 2011

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2011Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3937)
  2. Jun 20, 2011Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3937)
  3. Jun 20, 2011Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3937)
  4. Jun 20, 2011Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3937)
  5. Jun 16, 2011Introduced in Senate
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Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 323Observing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.Identical billJun 22, 2011
SRES 496A resolution observing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.Identical billJun 19, 2012

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2011Agreed to Senate
  2. Jun 16, 2011Introduced in Senate

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