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HR 4068 116th Congress House

Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019

Official title: To require the United States Commission on Civil Rights to establish advisory committees for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the Co… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the United States Commission on Civil Rights to establish advisory committees for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

Introduced: July 25, 2019 See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Advisory bodiesAmerican SamoaCaribbean areaCommission on Civil Rights
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GuamNorthern Mariana IslandsPuerto RicoU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 28, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 25, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 28, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019

This bill requires the Commission on Civil Rights to establish at least one advisory committee in each of the following territories, composed of persons domiciled in such territories: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 1
Crist, Charlie
· Oct 15, 2019
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Jul 25, 2019
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4068: Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4068/
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"H.R. 4068: Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4068/.
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H.R. 4068, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4068/.
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