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HRES 254 112th Congress House Emergency Management Fires Floods and storm protection Natural disasters Religion

Encouraging people in the United States to join together in prayer for the victims of the destructive tornadoes and flooding in the South and Midwest and the devastating drought and dangerous…

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Encouraging people in the United States to join together in prayer for the victims of the destructive tornadoes and flooding in the South and Midwest and the devastating drought and dangerous wildfires in the South and Southwest.

Introduced: May 12, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
May 5, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) people in the United States should pray for the victims of the tornadoes and flooding in the South and lower Midwest and the drought and wildfires in the South and Southwest; and (2) the House of Representatives prays for the safety of the firefighters, for fair weather to allow recovery and rebuilding, for the affected families and communities, and for those individuals who were injured or killed.

What's happening now May 5, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 1
McCotter, Thaddeus
· May 25, 2011
Farenthold, Blake
· May 12, 2011
LATOURETTE, STEVEN
· May 12, 2011
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 11, 2011
Pearce, Stevan
· May 5, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 254: Encouraging people in the United States to join together in prayer for the victims of the destructive tornadoes and flooding in the South and Midwest and the devastating drought and dangerous wildfires in the South and Southwest.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-254/
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"H. Res. 254: Encouraging people in the United States to join together in prayer for the victims of the destructive tornadoes and flooding in the South and Midwest and the devastating drought and dangerous wildfires in the South and Southwest.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-254/.
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H. Res. 254, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-254/.
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[H. Res. 254: Encouraging people in the United States to join together in prayer for the victims of the destructive tornadoes and flooding in the South and Midwest and the devastating drought and dangerous wildfires in the South and Southwest.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-254/)
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