Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

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HCONRES 504
Calling on the League of Arab States to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to st...
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. December 8, 2006
HCONRES 493
Urging the Republic of Turkey to comply with all European Union standards and criteria prior to its accession to the European Uni...
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats. October 12, 2006
HCONRES 489
Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States should grieve for the loss of life that defined the Third R...
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. October 12, 2006
HCONRES 486
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of Turkmenistan should take immediate steps to improve its respect for human...
109th Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. September 27, 2006
HCONRES 475
To congratulate the National Organization of Women on its 40th anniversary.
109th Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. September 14, 2006
HCONRES 469
Calling on Iran to immediately fulfill its nuclear nonproliferation obligations, and for other purposes.
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. September 12, 2006
HCONRES 428
Expressing the sense of Congress in support of United States diplomatic personnel stationed at the United States Interests Sectio...
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. June 13, 2006
HCONRES 415
Condemning the repression of the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of Iranian Baha'is.
109th Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. September 20, 2006
HCONRES 414
Recognizing and honoring the life achievements of Katherine Dunham for being one of the world's most respected dancers, a teacher...
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. July 14, 2006
HCONRES 412
Commemorating the thirty-ninth anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem.
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. May 22, 2006
HCONRES 408
Commending the Government of Canada for its renewed commitment to the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan.
109th Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 508. June 29, 2006
HCONRES 402
Requiring certain committees of Congress to review and evaluate the activities and progress of the Government of Iraq in securing...
109th Referred to the House Committee on Rules. May 17, 2006
HCONRES 397
Honoring 2006 Olympic team member Joey Cheek and recognizing the need to work with international partners to help bring an end to...
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. May 2, 2006
HCONRES 396
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should address the ongoing problem of untouchability in India.
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. May 24, 2006
HCONRES 394
Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence with respect to discrimination and harassment faced by lesbian, gay, bisexu...
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. May 24, 2006
HCONRES 388
Recognizing that the plight of Kashmiri Pandits has been an ongoing concern since 1989 and that their physical, political, and ec...
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. April 6, 2006
HCONRES 381
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding high level visits to the United States by democratically elected officials of Taiwan.
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. April 6, 2006
HCONRES 365
Urging the Government of China to reinstate all licenses of Gao Zhisheng and his law firm, remove all legal and political obstacl...
109th Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. April 27, 2006
HCONRES 352
Recognizing the contributions of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in educating the pe...
109th Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. March 7, 2006
HCONRES 344
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Republic of India and the State Government of Jammu and Kashmir shoul...
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. February 15, 2006
HCONRES 335
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 97th anniversary.
109th Message on Senate action sent to the House. May 11, 2006
HCONRES 333
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buc...
109th Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H302-303) February 15, 2006
HCONRES 330
Expressing the concern of Congress that the President's 2002 order authorizing electronic surveillance of United States persons w...
109th Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. December 22, 2005
HCONRES 328
Condemning the anti-democratic actions of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and expressing the sense of Congress that the United S...
109th Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1822-1823) April 26, 2006
HCONRES 320
Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Pham Hong Son and o...
109th Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. April 6, 2006
HCONRES 312
Urging the Government of the Russian Federation to withdraw the first draft of the proposed legislation as passed in its first re...
109th Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. January 27, 2006
HCONRES 303
Urging the United States Trade Representative to take action to ensure that the People's Republic of China complies with its obli...
109th Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. November 17, 2005
HCONRES 302
Supporting the national motto of the United States.
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. February 6, 2006
HCONRES 296
Expressing the sense of Congress that there is no honor in "honor killings".
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. November 10, 2005
HCONRES 295
Providing that any agreement relating trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must c...
109th Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. November 10, 2005
HCONRES 292
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the la...
109th Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. November 7, 2005
HCONRES 286
Authorizing the remains of Rosa Parks to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol.
109th Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. October 28, 2005
HCONRES 284
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt.
109th Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. January 27, 2006
HCONRES 279
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt.
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. October 26, 2005
HCONRES 277
Designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks. October 31, 2005
HCONRES 275
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
109th Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. January 27, 2006
HCONRES 273
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott.
109th Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 12, 2005
HCONRES 271
Honoring the life and accomplishments of Judge Constance Baker Motley and recognizing her as a symbol of hope and inspiration for...
109th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. February 6, 2006
HCONRES 260
Concurrent resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's promulgation of Noestra Aetate, the declar...
109th Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12710-12711) November 10, 2005
HCONRES 258
Calling for a Commission within the United Nations that will build a 21st century abolitionists movement to end slavery, human tr...
109th Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. October 3, 2005