Topic

Racial and ethnic relations

Bills 2,987 First seen 110th Most recent 119th

2,987 bills on this subject

Filed across 10 Congresses, from the 110th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 672. 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
15 bills in the 110th Congress. Showing 1–15, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
HR 6883 National Commission to Study the Establishment of the National Museum of the American People Act of 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. September 15, 2008
HR 6777 Noose Hate Crime Act of 2008 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. August 1, 2008
HR 6776 David Ray Ritcheson Hate Crime Prevention Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. August 1, 2008
HR 6701 Civil Rights Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. July 31, 2008
HR 6616 Colonel Charles Young Home National Historical Site Study Act Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. July 28, 2008
HRES 1532 Condemning the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, and expressing sympathy to the innocent victims from India and around the world. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. December 10, 2008
HRES 1529 Acknowledging the 40th anniversary of the election of Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, the first African-American woman in Congress. Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. November 19, 2008
HRES 1528 Honoring the life and recognizing the accomplishments of civil rights leader J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. October 3, 2008
HRES 1467 Expressing the concern of the House of Representatives for the plight of Iraq's vulnerable ethno-religious minorities, and urging greater measures to protect the members of such minorities who have become refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced persons. Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. September 18, 2008
HRES 1466 Honoring Dr. Guion S. "Guy" Bluford, Jr., and the 25th anniversary of his historic flight as the first African-American in space. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. September 22, 2008
HRES 1435 Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. September 23, 2008
HRES 1402 Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. September 23, 2008
HRES 1377 Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and commending Muslims in the United States and throughout the world for their faith. Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. July 24, 2008
HRES 1361 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review implementation of commitments made at the 2001 Durban Conference to combat all forms of racism by defeating the campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation's Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-Semitism, and undermining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. September 23, 2008
HRES 1357 Recognizing the significance of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the greatness of America in her ability to admit and remedy past mistakes and to recognize that there are other communities who may have suffered the mistakes of our government but have not received an apology and reparations. The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. July 31, 2008

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.