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| Bill | Title | Congress | Status | Action Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 492 |
Ending Qualified Immunity Act
|
117th | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | March 1, 2021 |
| S 393 |
Equality Act
|
117th | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | February 23, 2021 |
| S 244 |
Eric Garner Excessive Force Prevention Act
|
117th | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | February 4, 2021 |
| S 181 |
Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021
|
117th | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S251-252) | February 2, 2021 |
| S 50 |
Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2021
|
117th | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | January 26, 2021 |
| S 4 |
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
|
117th | Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 4 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 459) entered in Senate. | November 3, 2021 |
| SJRES 28 |
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
|
117th | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2283-2284) | October 7, 2021 |
| SJRES 1 |
A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
|
117th | Star Print ordered on the joint resolution. | March 3, 2021 |
| SRES 232 |
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that acts of violence against Jewish people in the United States and around the w...
|
117th | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3426) | May 25, 2021 |
| SRES 183 |
A resolution condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation o...
|
117th | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2297) | April 28, 2021 |
| SRES 165 |
A resolution calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence or to release United States citizen Paul Whe...
|
117th | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5056-5057; text: CR S5057) | July 22, 2021 |
| HJRES 109 |
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | December 18, 2020 |
| HJRES 79 |
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
|
116th | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | February 13, 2020 |
| HJRES 38 |
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
|
116th | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | January 30, 2019 |
| HJRES 35 |
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
|
116th | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | January 29, 2019 |
| HR 8979 |
Qualified Immunity Abolition Act
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | December 16, 2020 |
| HR 8970 |
Protect Our Civil Liberties Act
|
116th | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, 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 15, 2020 |
| HR 8838 |
Legal Immigration for the U.S. Act
|
116th | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Labor, 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 2, 2020 |
| HR 8791 |
DHS Reform Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | November 20, 2020 |
| HR 8637 |
Japanese American Confinement Education Act
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | October 20, 2020 |
| HR 8348 |
New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | September 22, 2020 |
| HR 8019 |
Climate Equity Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Natural Resources, 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. | August 11, 2020 |
| HR 7951 |
Qualified Immunity Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | August 7, 2020 |
| HR 7828 |
Civil Rights Enhancement and Law Enforcement Accountability Improvement Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | July 29, 2020 |
| HR 7789 |
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize military judges and military magistrates to issue military court protective o...
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. | July 24, 2020 |
| HR 7617 |
Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and H...
|
116th | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | August 12, 2020 |
| HR 7608 |
State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs App...
|
116th | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | July 30, 2020 |
| HR 7575 |
Water Resources Development Act of 2020
|
116th | Received in the Senate. | July 30, 2020 |
| HR 7427 |
ACCESS Act
|
116th | Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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. | June 30, 2020 |
| HR 7356 |
Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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. | June 25, 2020 |
| HR 7307 |
Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | June 24, 2020 |
| HR 7213 |
Bivens Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | June 15, 2020 |
| HR 7135 |
CIVIL Act
|
116th | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. | June 8, 2020 |
| HR 7120 |
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
|
116th | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490. | July 20, 2020 |
| HR 7115 |
Restoration of Civil Rights Act of 2019
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | June 4, 2020 |
| HR 7100 |
George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | June 4, 2020 |
| HR 7085 |
Ending Qualified Immunity Act
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | June 4, 2020 |
| HR 6910 |
Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | May 15, 2020 |
| HR 6826 |
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or...
|
116th | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. | May 12, 2020 |
| HR 6037 |
Fair Access to Legal Counsel Act of 2020
|
116th | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | February 28, 2020 |