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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that efforts to allow people to assist others to commit suicide and efforts to promote suicide as a rational solution to certain problems…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that efforts to allow people to assist others to commit suicide and efforts to promote suicide as a rational solution to certain problems should be opposed.

Introduced: October 8, 1987 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Oct 26, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Oct 8, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 8, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 8, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that it opposes efforts to pass Federal or State legislation allowing people to assist others to commit suicide or to promote suicide as a rational solution to certain problems.

What's happening now October 26, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 194: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that efforts to allow people to assist others to commit suicide and efforts to promote suicide as a rational solution to certain problems should be opposed.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-194/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 194: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that efforts to allow people to assist others to commit suicide and efforts to promote suicide as a rational solution to certain problems should be opposed.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-194/.
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H. Con. Res. 194, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-194/.
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[H. Con. Res. 194: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that efforts to allow people to assist others to commit suicide and efforts to promote suicide as a rational solution to certain problems should be opposed.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-194/)
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