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 631–660, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
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. 114th 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. 114th 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. 114th March 6, 2015
HR 5912 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 114th July 15, 2016
HR 5882 Freedom Riders National Historical Park Act 114th August 4, 2016
HR 5851 Refugee Protection Act of 2016 114th August 17, 2016
HR 5850 Secure the Northern Triangle Act 114th September 19, 2016
HR 5847 Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2016 114th July 14, 2016
HR 5631 Iran Accountability Act of 2016 114th July 15, 2016
HR 5474 Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act 114th June 14, 2016
HR 5134 Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016 114th April 29, 2016
HR 4264 Azerbaijan Democracy Act of 2015 114th December 16, 2015
HR 4230 Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act 114th December 17, 2015
HR 3683 African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2015 114th November 30, 2016
HR 3445 Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Accountability Act of 2015 114th September 8, 2015
HR 2621 China Human Rights Protection Act of 2015 114th August 20, 2015
HR 2140 Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2015 114th May 20, 2015
HR 1323 Shahbaz Bhatti International Religious Freedom Act of 2015 114th March 20, 2015
HR 1159 Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act 114th March 20, 2015
HR 757 North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 114th 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. 114th March 7, 2015
HR 194 Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act 114th January 7, 2015
HRES 866 Expressing support for designation of the month of September as "National Voting Rights Month". 114th September 21, 2016
HRES 861 Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia. 114th 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. 114th 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. 114th July 20, 2016
HRES 728 Supporting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Cambodia. 114th September 12, 2016
HRES 695 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. 114th April 20, 2016
HRES 636 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding Burma's 2015 elections. 114th April 29, 2016
HRES 584 Urging the President to seek an independent investigation into the death of Tibetan Buddhist leader and social activist Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and to publicly call for an end to the repressive policies used by the People's Republic of China in Tibet. 114th February 12, 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.