HRES 282
112th Congress
House
Immigration
Asia
China
Immigration status and procedures
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jun 1, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3809-3810)
May 26, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 26, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
States that the House of Representatives: (1) acknowledges that the framework of past anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
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