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HRES 143 97th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Prosecution Violence

A resolution to express the sense of the House that combating crime must be made a national priority.

Introduced: May 21, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 27, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
May 21, 1981
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
May 21, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that combating violent crime should be a national priority.

What's happening now May 27, 1981

Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 22, 1981
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 22, 1981
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 143: A resolution to express the sense of the House that combating crime must be made a national priority.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-143/
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"H. Res. 143: A resolution to express the sense of the House that combating crime must be made a national priority.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-143/.
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H. Res. 143, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-143/.
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