SRES 39
109th Congress
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A resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation.
Introduced: February 7, 2005
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2005
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6364-6365)
Jun 13, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6364-6365)
Jun 13, 2005
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 7, 2005
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1059)
Feb 7, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1059-1061)
Feb 7, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Declares that the Senate: (1) apologizes to the victims and survivors of lynching for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation; (2) expresses its deepest sympathies and most solemn regrets to the descendants of such victims whose ancestors were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all other U.S. citizens; and (3) remembers the history of lynching, to ensure that these personal tragedies will be neither forgotten nor repeated.
What's happening now
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6364-6365)
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