HRES 119 119th Congress House Health Health care coverage and access Health care quality Minority health Racial and ethnic relations

Declaring racism a public health crisis.

Introduced: February 6, 2025 Introduced by: Hayes, Jahana Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution declares racism a public health crisis and supports efforts to address health disparities and inequities across all sectors.

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Cosponsors 14

Evans, Dwight

Pennsylvania · Mar 31, 2025

Velázquez, Nydia M.

New York · Mar 4, 2025

Jayapal, Pramila

Washington · Mar 3, 2025

Tokuda, Jill N.

Hawaii · Feb 24, 2025

Brown, Shontel M.

Ohio · Feb 6, 2025

Carson, André

Indiana · Feb 6, 2025

Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila

Florida · Feb 6, 2025

Jackson, Jonathan L.

Illinois · Feb 6, 2025

Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"

Georgia · Feb 6, 2025

McIver, LaMonica

New Jersey · Feb 6, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Feb 6, 2025

Ramirez, Delia C.

Illinois · Feb 6, 2025

Tlaib, Rashida

Michigan · Feb 6, 2025

Watson Coleman, Bonnie

New Jersey · Feb 6, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 119: Declaring racism a public health crisis.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-119/

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"H. Res. 119: Declaring racism a public health crisis.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-119/.

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H. Res. 119, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-119/.

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[H. Res. 119: Declaring racism a public health crisis.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-119/)