HRES 990
116th Congress
House
Recognizing racism as a national crisis and the need for a truth and reconciliation process.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Health promotion and preventive careRacial and ethnic relations
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Jun 4, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Jun 4, 2020
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Plain-English summary
This resolution recognizes racism as a national public health crisis and supports the creation of a truth and reconciliation process to address historic, enduring systemic and structural racism against black people.
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
65
D
McCollum, Betty
D
Soto, Darren
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
D
Cohen, Steve
Brown, Anthony
Cicilline, David
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Moore, Gwen
PRICE, DAVID
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
CLAY, WM.
DEFAZIO, PETER
D
Kelly, Robin L.
D
Pocan, Mark
Richmond, Cedric
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Welch, Peter
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Espaillat, Adriano
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
Bass, Karen
Blumenauer, Earl
COOPER, JAMES
D
Davis, Danny K.
Demings, Val
D
Evans, Dwight
Fudge, Marcia
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
Horsford, Steven
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
JOHNSON, EDDIE
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Kennedy, Joseph
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Raskin, Jamie
RYAN, TIM
D
Scott, David
D
Sewell, Terri A.
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Carson, André
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 990: Recognizing racism as a national crisis and the need for a truth and reconciliation process.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-990/
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