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HR 609 104th Congress House Families Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Federal advisory bodies Gays Government Operations and Politics Lesbians Research Suicide Youth services

Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act

Introduced: January 20, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jan 20, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jan 20, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act - Establishes the National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention to combat the epidemic of suicide among gay and lesbian youth and to advise the Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal and State youth service agencies concerning how to include the concerns of gay and lesbian youth within existing suicide prevention policies, programs, and research.

What's happening now February 21, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 15, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 7, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 7, 1995
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 15, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 609: Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-609/
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"H.R. 609: Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-609/.
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H.R. 609, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-609/.
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