Bills About Civil Rights And Liberties, Minority Issues Sponsored by Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.)

Rep. Jackson Lee sponsored 17 bills about civil rights and liberties, minority issues in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
July 1, 2020 H.RES.1038 Recognizing the forthcoming centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. 84
All Democrats
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
June 15, 2020 H.RES.1001 Recognizing June 19, 2020, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 214
Bipartisan
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
June 18, 2020 H.R.7232 To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Juneteenth Independence Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes. 158
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
June 15, 2020 H.RES.1005 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the enhancement of unity in America. 0 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
July 16, 2019 H.RES.494 Condemning the false, inflammatory, and racially offensive statements made by the President of the United States regarding four women of color who are duly elected Members of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
June 19, 2019 H.RES.450 Recognizing June 19, 2019, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 57
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan. 3, 2019 H.R.40 To address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. 173
All Democrats
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
March 28, 2019 H.RES.265 Commemorating the life and legacy of Sojourner Truth. 29
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
June 19, 2018 H.RES.948 Recognizing June 19, 2018, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 53
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
June 15, 2017 H.RES.386 Recognizing June 19, 2017, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 57
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan. 3, 2017 H.RES.12 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the enhancement of unity in America. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
June 15, 2016 H.RES.787 Recognizing June 19, 2016, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 57
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
June 25, 2015 H.RES.342 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the enhancement of unity in America. 9
All Democrats
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
June 11, 2015 H.RES.309 Recognizing June 19, 2015, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 78
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
June 19, 2014 H.RES.632 Recognizing June 19, 2014, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 45
All Democrats
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1035)
June 17, 2013 H.RES.268 Observing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day. 40
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Aug. 1, 2008 H.R.6778 To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. 7
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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