S.J.Res. 49 became law, with cosponsors from both parties
A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 99 words.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community. Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues: 15 of 546 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.7%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 304 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from enrolled bill to public law · 931 words
- Subjects
- Congressional tributesCrime preventionCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsHate crimes +8 more
- Latest action
- Sep 14, 2017: Signed by President.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
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- 115th H.J.Res. 117 Condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesvill R · Introduced