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HCONRES 360 108th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Blacks Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Criminal investigation Hate crimes Minorities Murder Racial violence

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.

Introduced: February 10, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
May 12, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2890-2891)
Mar 1, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 10, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 10, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on the Department of Justice to investigate the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 and the acquittal of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant.

What's happening now May 12, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2890-2891)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HCONRES 527 Related bill Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.
  • SCONRES 150 Related bill A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 12, 2004
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 12, 2004
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 12, 2004
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 12, 2004
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 2, 2004
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 2, 2004
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 2, 2004
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 2, 2004
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 2, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Apr 2, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 360: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-360/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 360: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-360/.
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H. Con. Res. 360, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-360/.
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