S.RES.198: A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversaries of the ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, often referred to as the "Second Founding" of the United States.

About This Bill

  • Introduced June 10, 2015
  • Latest Major Action June 10, 2015

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Bill Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Commemorates the 150th anniversaries of the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. Designates 2015 as the "Sesquicentennial of Our Nation's Second Founding, New Birth of Freedom: Commemorating the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments."

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
June 10, 2015

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4061; text as passed Senate: CR S4033)

June 10, 2015

Introduced in the Senate by Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

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