Title: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
This resolution celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, providing for women's suffrage. The resolution also reaffirms the desire of Congress to continue strengthening democratic participation.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 354 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 354

 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of 
the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution 
                         of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2019

 Mrs. Lawrence (for herself, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Lynch, 
 Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cook, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
Vargas, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Schakowsky, 
Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Stevens, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. 
  Stefanik, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Ryan, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. 
 Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Moore, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Casten of 
  Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New 
  York, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Frankel, Mrs. Watson 
 Coleman, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Soto, Mr. Bacon, Mr. 
Cummings, Mr. Sires, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Stivers, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. 
Moulton, Ms. Dean, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Woodall, Mrs. 
 Lee of Nevada, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Haaland, Mr. 
 Spano, Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Ms. Titus, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. 
 Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, 
  Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Miss Gonzalez-
Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Guest, Mr. Green 
 of Texas, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Richmond, 
Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Blunt 
Rochester, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Bass, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. 
   Evans, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. 
Beatty, Ms. Wild, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Cheney, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. 
Speier, Mr. Gianforte, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Roybal-
 Allard, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Shalala, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. 
Trahan, Ms. Adams, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Meng, 
   Mr. McGovern, Ms. Omar, and Mr. Kennedy) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of 
the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution 
                         of the United States.

Whereas Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
        States, guided by the shared ideals of freedom, sovereignty, democracy, 
        civil liberties, and individual rights;
Whereas from 1919 to 1920, the Sixty-Sixth Congress debated, and State 
        legislatures considered, an amendment to the Constitution to provide 
        suffrage for women;
Whereas on May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives approved a proposed 
        amendment, followed by the Senate a few weeks later on June 4, 1919;
Whereas the introduction, passage, and ultimate ratification of the 19th 
        Amendment were the culmination of decades of work and struggle by 
        advocates for the rights of women across the United States and 
        worldwide;
Whereas the ratification of the 19th Amendment ensured women could more fully 
        participate in our democracy and fundamentally changed the role of women 
        in the civic life of our Nation;
Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th 
        Amendment by three-fourths of the States, providing the support 
        necessary under article V of the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment becoming a 
        part of the Constitution of the United States, providing for women's 
        suffrage; and
Whereas the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment 
        represents a historical milestone to be lauded and celebrated: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage and 
        ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's 
        suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States;
            (2) honors the role of the ratification of the 19th 
        Amendment in further fulfilling the promise of the Constitution 
        of the United States and promoting the core values of our 
        democracy;
            (3) reaffirms the opportunity for people in the United 
        States to learn about and commemorate the efforts of the 
        women's suffrage movement and the role of women in our 
        democracy; and
            (4) reaffirms the desire of Congress to continue 
        strengthening democratic participation and to inspire future 
        generations to cherish and preserve the historic precedent 
        established under the 19th Amendment.
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