HCONRES 33 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

Introduced Apr 18, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 30, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedApr 18, 2013
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Supports the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each state, city, and local educational agency to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2013 to Apr 24, 2013, with 50 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-TXAl GreenOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-NVDina TitusOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalApr 18, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 30, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
  2. Apr 18, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Apr 18, 2013Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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  1. Apr 18, 2013Introduced in House

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