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HCONRES 86 108th Congress House Commemorations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Discrimination in education Education Elementary and secondary education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Homosexuality Local laws School districts School personnel Sex change Sex discrimination Sexual harassment Sexual orientation Special days State laws Students Teachers

Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence.

Introduced: March 11, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
May 5, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Mar 11, 2003
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 11, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Requests that the President issue a proclamation calling for observation of April 9, 2003, as such Day.

Encourages each city and State to adopt laws, and each school district to adopt policies, to prohibit such discrimination and harassment.

What's happening now May 5, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 30, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 2, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 3, 2003
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Apr 3, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 20, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 11, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 11, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 86: Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-86/
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"H. Con. Res. 86: Supporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-86/.
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H. Con. Res. 86, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-86/.
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