Topic
Protest and dissent
881
bills on this subject
Filed across 10 Congresses, from the 110th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 211. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.
Bills by Congress
110th to 119th
68
bills in the 114th Congress.
Showing 1–30,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 159 | Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims. | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | September 21, 2016 |
| HCONRES 156 | Directing the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 for placement in the United States Capitol, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony for the presentation of the statue, and directing the Architect of the Capitol to place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the Capitol. | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | September 15, 2016 |
| HCONRES 109 | Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | February 8, 2016 |
| HCONRES 74 | Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for an event to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March. | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | September 17, 2015 |
| HCONRES 23 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of the three civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama that took place over the course of several weeks in March 1965. | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E314) | March 6, 2015 |
| HR 5912 | Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 537. | July 15, 2016 |
| HR 5882 | Freedom Riders National Historical Park Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | August 4, 2016 |
| HR 5851 | Refugee Protection Act of 2016 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | August 17, 2016 |
| HR 5850 | Secure the Northern Triangle Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | September 19, 2016 |
| HR 5847 | Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2016 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | July 14, 2016 |
| HR 5631 | Iran Accountability Act of 2016 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | July 15, 2016 |
| HR 5474 | Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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. | June 14, 2016 |
| HR 5134 | Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. | April 29, 2016 |
| HR 4264 | Azerbaijan Democracy Act of 2015 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial 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 16, 2015 |
| HR 4230 | Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | December 17, 2015 |
| HR 3683 | African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2015 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | November 30, 2016 |
| HR 3445 | Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Accountability Act of 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | September 8, 2015 |
| HR 2621 | China Human Rights Protection Act of 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. | August 20, 2015 |
| HR 2140 | Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. | May 20, 2015 |
| HR 1323 | Shahbaz Bhatti International Religious Freedom Act of 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. | March 20, 2015 |
| HR 1159 | Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act | Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. | March 20, 2015 |
| HR 757 | North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 | Became Public Law No: 114-122. | February 18, 2016 |
| HR 431 | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. | Became Public Law No: 114-5. | March 7, 2015 |
| HR 194 | Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | January 7, 2015 |
| HRES 866 | Expressing support for designation of the month of September as "National Voting Rights Month". | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5791-5792) | September 21, 2016 |
| HRES 861 | Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia. | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | September 12, 2016 |
| HRES 851 | Expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and democratic processes. | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | September 27, 2016 |
| HRES 802 | Recognizing the historical significance and the 50th anniversary of the "James H. Meredith March Against Fear", a 220-mile walk down Highway 51 from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | July 20, 2016 |
| HRES 728 | Supporting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Cambodia. | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | September 12, 2016 |
| HRES 695 | Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. | April 20, 2016 |
Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.