Topic

Protest and dissent

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
891 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 421–450, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
S 3802 Ending Medical Censorship and Cover Ups in China Act of 2020 116th May 21, 2020
S 3798 Hong Kong Autonomy Act 116th June 29, 2020
S 3744 Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 116th June 17, 2020
S 3683 COVID–19 Accountability Act 116th May 11, 2020
S 3669 COVID–19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020 116th May 7, 2020
S 2936 Refugee Protection Act of 2019 116th November 21, 2019
S 2832 Turkey Human Rights Promotion Act of 2019 116th November 12, 2019
S 2758 Hong Kong Be Water Act 116th October 31, 2019
S 2743 A bill to establish the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, and for other purposes. 116th October 30, 2019
S 2710 A bill to prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force. 116th November 27, 2019
S 2483 TRAP Act 116th September 17, 2019
S 2351 Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2019 116th July 31, 2019
S 2097 Protecting Sensitive Locations Act 116th July 11, 2019
S 2069 Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act 116th July 10, 2019
S 1838 Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 116th November 27, 2019
S 1468 Cambodia Accountability and Return on Investment Act of 2019 116th May 14, 2019
S 1369 Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019 116th May 8, 2019
S 1025 VERDAD Act of 2019 116th June 3, 2019
S 612 Saudi Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2019 116th 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. 116th February 25, 2019
S 482 Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019 116th December 18, 2019
S 480 Countering the Chinese Government and Communist Party's Political Influence Operations Act 116th February 13, 2019
S 277 Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 116th January 30, 2019
S 47 John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 116th March 12, 2019
S 2 Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act 116th 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. 116th 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. 116th 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. 116th 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. 116th 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. 116th October 23, 2020

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.