Topic

Protest and dissent

Bills 891 First seen 110th Most recent 119th

891 bills on this subject

Filed across 10 Congresses, from the 110th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 213. 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
213 bills in the 116th Congress. Showing 151–180, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
S 2936 Refugee Protection Act of 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. November 21, 2019
S 2832 Turkey Human Rights Promotion Act of 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. November 12, 2019
S 2758 Hong Kong Be Water Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. October 31, 2019
S 2743 A bill to establish the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, and for other purposes. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. October 30, 2019
S 2710 A bill to prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force. Became Public Law No: 116-77. November 27, 2019
S 2483 TRAP Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. September 17, 2019
S 2351 Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. July 31, 2019
S 2097 Protecting Sensitive Locations Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. July 11, 2019
S 2069 Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. July 10, 2019
S 1838 Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Became Public Law No: 116-76. November 27, 2019
S 1468 Cambodia Accountability and Return on Investment Act of 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. May 14, 2019
S 1369 Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. May 8, 2019
S 1025 VERDAD Act of 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 101. June 3, 2019
S 612 Saudi Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 28, 2019
S 544 A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the death of Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes. Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. February 25, 2019
S 482 Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 389. December 18, 2019
S 480 Countering the Chinese Government and Communist Party's Political Influence Operations Act Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 13, 2019
S 277 Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. January 30, 2019
S 47 John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act Became Public Law No: 116-9. March 12, 2019
S 2 Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-22. February 27, 2019
SCONRES 47 A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system. Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5837-5838) September 23, 2020
SCONRES 39 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise freedom of speech, and petition the Government for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2737) June 4, 2020
SRES 807 A resolution urging the Government of Uganda and all parties to respect human, civil, and political rights and ensure free and fair elections in January 2021, and recognizing the importance of multiparty democracy in Uganda. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S7808-7809) December 18, 2020
SRES 789 A resolution urging the Government of Thailand to protect and uphold democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S7217) December 3, 2020
SRES 756 A resolution urging the Government of Tanzania and all parties to respect human, civil, and political rights and ensure free and fair elections in October 2020, and recognizing the importance of multi-party democracy in Tanzania. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6416-6417) October 23, 2020
SRES 749 A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's efforts to hold fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6332-6333) October 20, 2020
SRES 724 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the practice of politically motivated imprisonment of women around the world and calling on governments for the immediate release of women who are political prisoners. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S5878) September 24, 2020
SRES 695 A resolution designating September 2020 as "National Voting Rights Month". Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5614-5615) September 15, 2020
SRES 689 A resolution condemning the crackdown on peaceful protestors in Belarus and calling for the imposition of sanctions on responsible officials. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S5573-5574) September 14, 2020
SRES 684 A resolution calling on the Government of Cameroon and separatist armed groups from the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions to end all violence, respect the human rights of all Cameroonians, and pursue a genuinely inclusive dialogue toward resolving the ongoing civil conflict in Anglophone Cameroon. Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. January 1, 2021

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