Topic

Racial discrimination

323 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 108th at 92. 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 107th to 110th
323 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 121–150, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HRES 858 Condemning the recent vote by the British National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) to boycott Israeli academia. 109th June 9, 2006
HRES 668 Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Texas Western's 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and recognizing the groundbreaking impact of the title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights in America. 109th February 28, 2006
HRES 413 Expressing the concern of House of Representatives regarding the amount of United States foreign assistance provided to Egypt over the past 25 years without meaningful political reforms by the Government of Egypt, and for other purposes. 109th July 28, 2005
HRES 367 Condemning bigotry, violence, and discrimination against Iranian-Americans. 109th August 23, 2005
HRES 347 Condemning the Government of Mexico for printing and distributing blatantly racist postage stamps and urging Mexican President Vincente Fox to immediately cease printing and distributing the postage stamps and recall from circulation those postage stamps currently on the market. 109th July 11, 2005
HRES 259 Condemning the existence of racially restrictive covenants in housing documents and urging States to adopt legislation similar to that which was enacted in California to address the issue. 109th June 6, 2005
HRES 166 Urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch. 109th April 7, 2005
HRES 39 Commending countries and organizations for marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and urging a strengthening of the fight against racism, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and anti-Semitism. 109th January 25, 2005
S 4009 Environmental Justice Enforcement Act of 2006 109th September 29, 2006
S 3976 Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006 109th September 28, 2006
S 2703 Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Cesar E. Chavez Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 109th July 26, 2006
S 2138 ERPA 109th December 16, 2005
S 1145 Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2005 109th May 26, 2005
S 1055 No Child Left Behind Improvement Act of 2005 109th May 17, 2005
S 840 Fair Pay Act of 2005 109th April 19, 2005
S 682 Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas Act of 2005 109th March 17, 2005
S 516 ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2005 109th March 3, 2005
S 448 A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation. 109th February 17, 2005
S 122 Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2005 109th January 24, 2005
S 46 A bill to authorize the extension of unconditional and permanent nondiscriminatory treatment (permanent normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine, and for other purposes. 109th January 24, 2005
SCONRES 90 A concurrent resolution acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean. 109th May 1, 2006
SJRES 15 A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States. 109th August 31, 2005
SRES 533 A resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the permanent integration of professional football by 4 pioneering players. 109th July 17, 2006
SRES 380 A resolution celebrating Black History Month. 109th February 16, 2006
SRES 240 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding manifestations of anti-Semitism by United Nations member states and urging action against anti-Semitism by United Nations officials, United Nations member states, and the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. 109th September 15, 2005
SRES 44 A resolution celebrating Black History Month. 109th February 8, 2005
HCONRES 526 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation. 108th November 19, 2004
HCONRES 482 Recognizing and celebrating the abolition of slavery more than 150 years ago in the Latin American countries of Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela, and for other purposes. 108th July 22, 2004
HCONRES 476 Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and encouraging the people of the United States to recognize the accomplishments of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party by committing themselves to the fundamental principles of freedom, equality, and democracy. 108th July 26, 2004
HCONRES 451 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment of a scholarship fund to make tuition grants available to eligible former students who were denied an education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, when the public schools closed rather than comply with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. 108th July 15, 2004

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.