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HCONRES 457 108th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights workers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Criminal investigation Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Mississippi Murder Prosecution Special prosecutors

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murders of James E. Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.

Introduced: June 18, 2004 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Jun 28, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jun 18, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 18, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on the Department of Justice to investigate the murders of James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman (volunteers for "Freedom Summer," a project dedicated to helping African Americans in Mississippi earn equal rights) in 1964. Calls on Attorney General John Ashcroft to: (1) formally offer the Attorney General of Mississippi the Department's services to review the case file and serve as special prosecutor in a new trial; and (2) report to Congress the findings of the Department's investigation.

What's happening now June 28, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 18, 2004
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 18, 2004
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 18, 2004
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 18, 2004
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 18, 2004
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Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 18, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 457: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murders of James E. Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-457/
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"H. Con. Res. 457: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murders of James E. Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-457/.
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H. Con. Res. 457, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-457/.
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