SRES 325 114th Congress Senate Congress Charitable contributions Congressional officers and employees Congressional operations and organization Members of Congress Military personnel and dependents Senate Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

A resolution permitting the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.

Introduced: December 2, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Dec 2, 2015

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8319; text as passed Senate: CR S8307-8308)

Dec 2, 2015

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8319; text as passed Senate: CR S8307-8308)

Dec 2, 2015

Introduced in Senate

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

Authorizes a Senator, officer, or employee of the Senate to: (1) collect from another such individual, within Senate buildings, nonmonetary donations of clothing, toys, food, and housewares for charitable purposes related to serving persons in need or members of the Armed Forces and the families of those members during the holiday season, if the charitable purposes do not otherwise violate any rule or regulation of the Senate or of federal law; and (2) work with a nonprofit organization with respect to the delivery of such donations.

What's happening now December 2, 2015

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8319; text as passed Senate: CR S8307-8308)

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Cosponsors 1

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Dec 2, 2015

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 325: A resolution permitting the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SRES-325/

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"S. Res. 325: A resolution permitting the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SRES-325/.

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S. Res. 325, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SRES-325/.

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