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HCONRES 77 109th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Blacks Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Criminal investigation Hate crimes Minorities Mississippi Murder Racial violence

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

Introduced: February 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
Apr 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on: (1) all authorities with jurisdiction, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of Mississippi, to expeditiously bring those responsible for the 1955 murder of Emmett Till to justice and provide all the resources necessary to ensure a timely and thorough investigation; and (2) DOJ to fully report the findings of the investigation to Congress.

What's happening now April 4, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 17, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 77: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-77/
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"H. Con. Res. 77: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-77/.
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H. Con. Res. 77, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-77/.
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