House Bill 657 - Declaring unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination and providing for the establishment of a Cabinet-level Department of Reconciliation charged with eliminating racism and invidious discrimination.

Purpose and Summary

Chamber: House

Introduced date: 2023-08-18

Recent Activity

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Alternative Names

Declaring unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination and providing for the establishment of a Cabinet-level Department of Reconciliation charged with eliminating racism and invidious discrimination.

Declaring unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination and providing for the establishment of a Cabinet-level Department of Reconciliation charged with eliminating racism and invidious discrimination.

Associated Legislation

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Policy Areas

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Potential Impact

Sponsors and Supporters

Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]

Cosponsors and Supporters

Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]

Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]

Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]

Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]

Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]

Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]

Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16]

Committees and Subcommittees

Judiciary Committee

Variations and Revisions

Declaring unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination and providing for the establishment of a Cabinet-level Department of Reconciliation charged with eliminating racism and invidious discrimination.

3/13/2024, 4:40 PM

This resolution condemns racism and invidious discrimination as evil and antithetical to the U.S. Constitution and declares unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination in America. (Invidious discrimination generally refers to discri...

Congress
118

Number
HRES - 657

Introduced on
2023-08-18

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

8/18/2023

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

This resolution condemns racism and invidious discrimination as evil and antithetical to the U.S. Constitution and declares unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination in America. (Invidious discrimination generally refers to discri...

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedDeclaring unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination and providing for the establishment of a Cabinet-level Department of Reconciliation charged with eliminating racism and invidious discrimination.

Policy Areas
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary10/13/2023

This resolution condemns racism and invidious discrimination as evil and antithetical to the U.S. Constitution and declares unconditional war on racism and invidious discrimination in America. (Invidious discrimination generally refers to discri...


Latest Action8/18/2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.