S.RES.679: A resolution commemorating June 19, 2022, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.

Bill Cosponsors

50 (28 Democrats, 1 Independent Democrat, 21 Republicans)

• Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
• Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
• Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
• Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
• Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
• John Boozman (R-Ark.)
• Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
• Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)
• Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
• Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
• Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)
• Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
• Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
• Susan Collins (R-Maine)
• Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
• Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)
• Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
• Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
• Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
• Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
• Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)
• John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
• Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
• Angus King (ID-Maine)
• Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
• Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
• Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
• Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)
• Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
• Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
• Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
• Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
• Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
• John Thune (R-S.D.)
• Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
• Tina Smith (D-Minn.)
• Mark Warner (D-Va.)
• Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)
• Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
• Todd Young (R-Ind.)
• Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)
• Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
• Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
• Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)
• Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
• Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
• Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
• Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)
• Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.)

Bill Version

• Agreed to Senate - June 15, 2022