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Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging people of the United States to pause and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther…

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Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging people of the United States to pause and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 31, 2008 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

Apr 1, 2008

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Apr 1, 2008

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1860)

Apr 1, 2008

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1860)

Apr 1, 2008

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1061.

Apr 1, 2008

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1860-1864)

Apr 1, 2008

Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.

Mar 31, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 31, 2008

Introduced in House

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Encourages all Americans to: (1) pause and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 40th anniversary of his death; (2) commemorate Dr. King's legacy so that, as he hoped, "one day this Nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal"; and (3) remember the message of Dr. King and rededicate themselves to his goal of a free and just United States.

What's happening now April 1, 2008

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 11

Green, Al

Texas · Apr 1, 2008

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Mar 31, 2008

Cleaver, Emanuel

Missouri · Mar 31, 2008

Cohen, Steve

Tennessee · Mar 31, 2008

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Mar 31, 2008

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Mar 31, 2008

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Mar 31, 2008

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Mar 31, 2008

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 31, 2008

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Virginia · Mar 31, 2008

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Mar 31, 2008

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1061: Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging people of the United States to pause and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1061/

MLA

"H. Res. 1061: Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging people of the United States to pause and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1061/.

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H. Res. 1061, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1061/.

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[H. Res. 1061: Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging people of the United States to pause and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1061/)