IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1078 
Recognizing the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice 
on its 50th anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CAPUANO, and 
Mr. KEATING) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and 
Economic Justice on its 50th anniversary. 
Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes the invalu-
able contributions to the advancement of civil rights 
made by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and 
Economic Justice on the occasion of its 50th anniversary; 
Whereas the Boston, Massachusetts-based Lawyers’ Com-
mittee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice was the 
first of 8 affiliated local committees of the national Law-
yers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (referred to 
in this resolution as the ‘‘Lawyers’ Committee’’) and was 
followed by local affiliates in the cities of Chicago, Illi-
nois, Denver, Colorado, Jackson, Mississippi, Los Ange-
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les, California, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Fran-
cisco, California, and Washington, District of Columbia; 
Whereas the Lawyers’ Committee was founded in 1963 at the 
request of President John F. Kennedy to enlist the lead-
ership and resources of private bars in combating racial 
discrimination and the resulting inequality of oppor-
tunity; 
Whereas Senator Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated 50 years 
ago as of June 2018, was also critical and central to the 
launch of the Lawyers’ Committee; 
Whereas the Lawyers’ Committee and its local affiliates orga-
nize pro bono services from private law firms to fight for 
numerous causes, including voting rights, criminal jus-
tice, economic justice, environmental justice, educational 
opportunities, fair housing and community development, 
and other civil rights matters; 
Whereas the Lawyers’ Committee and its local affiliates form 
the largest pro bono civil rights network in the world, 
working with over 150 national, regional, statewide, and 
local grassroots organizations and over 150 law firms; 
Whereas over the past 5 decades, the Lawyers’ Committee 
and its local affiliates have been on the front lines of the 
struggle for equal justice in the United States and 
around the world, with notable contributions including— 
(1) advancing the cause of the civil rights movement 
by pursuing cases involving voting rights, racial segrega-
tion, education, economic justice, fair housing, criminal 
justice, hate crimes, and more; 
(2) contributing to the enactment of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) and the 
authorization of its subsequent extensions; 
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(3) leading Election Protection, the Nation’s oldest 
and largest nonpartisan voter protection program to en-
sure greater access to the ballot box for all people of the 
United States; 
(4) contributing to the enactment and enforcement 
of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); 
(5) working to combat the scourge of hate crimes 
and racially motivated violence impacting communities; 
(6) joining the movement to end apartheid in the 
Republic of South Africa by fighting against human 
rights abuses and representing political dissidents in the 
courts for more than 30 years and through the open elec-
tions in 1994; 
(7) working to develop and enact the Civil Rights 
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–166; 105 Stat. 1071), 
which advanced the rights of workers in employment dis-
crimination claims; and 
(8) joining relief efforts during the humanitarian cri-
sis caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 by helping sur-
vivors navigate legal matters, including government dis-
aster assistance and insurance claims; and 
Whereas the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under 
Law, in collaboration with its 8 local affiliates across the 
country, continues to spearhead the struggle against ha-
tred and oppression and pursue equal justice for all 
through the rule of law, particularly disenfranchised com-
munities that are disproportionately comprised of the eco-
nomically disadvantaged and people of color: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 
founding of the Boston, Massachusetts-based Law-
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