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HRES 545 115th Congress House

Recognizing the violence and other challenges faced by transgender women of color in America.

Introduced: September 28, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 28, 2017
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 29, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Encourages the development of policies that support transgender women of color and the transgender community.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 28, 2017
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Takano, Mark
California · Sep 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 545: Recognizing the violence and other challenges faced by transgender women of color in America.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-545/
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"H. Res. 545: Recognizing the violence and other challenges faced by transgender women of color in America.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-545/.
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H. Res. 545, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-545/.
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