HCONRES 396 108th Congress House Commemorations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Discrimination in education Discrimination in employment Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Homosexuality Labor and Employment Local laws School districts School personnel Secondary education Sex discrimination Sexual harassment Sexual orientation Special days State laws

Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging units of local government, States, and school districts to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers,…

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Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging units of local government, States, and school districts to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees from discrimination and harassment.

Introduced: March 25, 2004 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

Apr 30, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Apr 2, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Mar 25, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 25, 2004

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses support for the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (designated April 21, 2004, a day on which participating students vow to remain silent for a full day to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees).

Encourages: (1) each unit of local government and each State to adopt laws to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees from discrimination and harassment; and (2) each school district in the United States to protect such individuals from discrimination and harassment.

What's happening now April 30, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 6

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Apr 21, 2004

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Apr 20, 2004

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Apr 2, 2004

Baldwin, Tammy

Wisconsin · Mar 25, 2004

DeLauro, Rosa L.

Connecticut · Mar 25, 2004

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Mar 25, 2004

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 396: Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging units of local government, States, and school districts to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees from discrimination and harassment.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-396/

MLA

"H. Con. Res. 396: Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging units of local government, States, and school districts to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees from discrimination and harassment.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-396/.

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H. Con. Res. 396, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-396/.

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[H. Con. Res. 396: Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence and encouraging units of local government, States, and school districts to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, teachers, and school employees from discrimination and harassment.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-396/)