HRES 871
116th Congress
House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Older Americans Bill of Rights to establish that older Americans should have the right to live with dignity and…
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Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Older Americans Bill of Rights to establish that older Americans should have the right to live with dignity and with independence.
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Feb 27, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Feb 27, 2020
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Plain-English summary
This resolution expresses support for the enactment of the Older Americans Bill of Rights.
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Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
113
D
Lee, Susie
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
D
Beatty, Joyce
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
D
Brownley, Julia
Bustos, Cheri
Butterfield, G. K.
D
Carson, André
D
Casten, Sean
D
Castor, Kathy
D
Chu, Judy
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
CLAY, WM.
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
COOPER, JAMES
D
Courtney, Joe
D
Craig, Angie
Crist, Charlie
D
Davis, Danny K.
DAVIS, SUSAN
DEFAZIO, PETER
D
DeGette, Diana
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Deutch, Theodore
D
Dingell, Debbie
DOYLE, MIKE
ENGEL, ELIOT
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Foster, Bill
D
Frankel, Lois
Fudge, Marcia
Gabbard, Tulsi
D
Garamendi, John
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Golden, Jared F.
D
Gomez, Jimmy
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
HASTINGS, ALCEE
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
JOHNSON, EDDIE
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Keating, William R.
D
Kelly, Robin L.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 871: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Older Americans Bill of Rights to establish that older Americans should have the right to live with dignity and with independence.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-871/
"H. Res. 871: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Older Americans Bill of Rights to establish that older Americans should have the right to live with dignity and with independence.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-871/.
H. Res. 871, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-871/.
[H. Res. 871: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should enact the Older Americans Bill of Rights to establish that older Americans should have the right to live with dignity and with independence.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-871/)