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HCONRES 270 103th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Capital punishment Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Criminal procedure Discrimination in criminal justice administration Racial discrimination Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the use of racially based quotas designed to thwart the implementation of the death penalty.

Introduced: July 21, 1994 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Aug 18, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Jul 21, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jul 21, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that neither the President nor any other entity in the executive branch should attempt to impose a racially based quota system to challenge death penalties.

What's happening now August 18, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 12, 1994
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 21, 1994
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 270: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the use of racially based quotas designed to thwart the implementation of the death penalty.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-270/
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"H. Con. Res. 270: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the use of racially based quotas designed to thwart the implementation of the death penalty.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-270/.
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H. Con. Res. 270, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HCONRES-270/.
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