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Supporting the goals and ideals of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

Bill: 114-hconres-38
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Commemorative events and holidays
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 
Supports the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each state, city, and local educational agency to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

Bill: 114-hconres-39
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2015-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Emergency communications systems
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: 
 Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
 
Recognizes the importance and contributions of the nation's public safety communications professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement authorities, and they have the full protection of the law to the possession of the recording devices, and full protection of the law regarding data saved on the recording devices.

Bill: 114-hconres-41
Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2015-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
First Amendment rights
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) U.S. citizens and residents have the Constitutional right to record law enforcement officers in a public place and shall be required to give up possession of a recording device used to do so based only upon the individual's consent or a warrant based on probable cause; (2) law enforcement officers shall safeguard data stored on any recording device seized from an individual and the destruction of such data is a violation of federal law; and (3) no data stored on a recording device seized from an individual may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding unless collected pursuant to a warrant based on probable cause or where an exception to the warrant requirement applies.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for official Congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States Capitol.

Bill: 114-hconres-42
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2015-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Religion
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: 
Authorizes the use of the Capitol grounds for official congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, September 24, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition and the establishment of Balboa Park in San Diego, California.

Bill: 114-hconres-44
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2015-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: California
Commemorative events and holidays
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: 
Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Panama-California Exposition and the founding of Balboa Park in San Diego, California. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the establishment of Fort Michilimackinac on the Straits of Mackinac, and its importance to the people of Michigan and the United States.

Bill: 114-hconres-45
Sponsor: Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Historic sites and heritage areas
Michigan
Military history

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 
 Recognizes the significance of the establishment of Fort Michilimackinac and its importance to the people of Michigan and the United States on the occasion of its tricentennial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the National Institutes of Health should encourage a global pediatric clinical trial network, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hconres-46
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2015-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Europe
International organizations and cooperation
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that:
 
 
 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should encourage a global pediatric clinical trial network through the allocation of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to supplement the salaries of new and early investigators who participate in it;
 
NIH grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements should be awarded to participating entities, solely for the purpose of supplementing the salaries of such investigators; and
 
 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should engage the European Medicines Agency and other foreign regulatory entities during the formation of such network to encourage their participation and should continue to engage such entities, once such network becomes operational, to encourage and facilitate their participation with the goal of enhancing the network's global reach.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Introduced in House
To correct the enrollment of S. 178.

Bill: 114-hconres-47
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Crime victims
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S.178 (Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015) with respect to: (1) the pilot program for testing best practices for identifying victims of human trafficking, and (2) criteria for granting preference to grant applicants under the public safety and community-oriented policing grant program of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S.178 (Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015) with respect to: (1) the pilot program for testing best practices for identifying victims of human trafficking, and (2) criteria for granting preference to grant applicants under the public safety and community-oriented policing grant program of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S.178 (Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015) with respect to: (1) the pilot program for testing best practices for identifying victims of human trafficking, and (2) criteria for granting preference to grant applicants under the public safety and community-oriented policing grant program of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3198)
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3198)
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H3504)
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H3504)
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H3504)
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

Bill: 114-hconres-48
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Asia
Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Military history
U.S. Capitol
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 8, 2015, for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 8, 2015, for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

action_date: 2015-06-03
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 8, 2015, for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3728)
action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3728)
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H3624)
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H3624)
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H3624)
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Mr. Harper asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider. (consideration: CR H3624)
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the daisy as the flower for military caregivers.

Bill: 114-hconres-49
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Horticulture and plants
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
Honors military caregivers of members of the Armed Forces and veterans for their service and sacrifice to the United States. 
 
Encourages the people of the United States to show support to military families and the sacrifices endured by those families in service to the United States.
 
 Recognizes the daisy as the flower for military caregivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater.

Bill: 114-hconres-50
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
South Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker (to be paid for with private funds) to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action or unaccounted for, or who died in-theater, if the Secretary of the Army has exclusive authority to approve the site and design of the marker.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in July 1999.

Bill: 114-hconres-51
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Serbia
Violent crime
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: 
 
 
those individuals responsible for the July 1999 murders of U.S. citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in Serbia should be brought to justice; 
 
it is reprehensible that no individual has ever been found guilty for executing the Bytyqi brothers, or of any other crimes associated with their deaths, and that no individual is even facing charges for these crimes; 
 
the government of Serbia and its relevant ministries and offices, including the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor's Office, should make it a priority to investigate and prosecute as soon as possible those current or former officials believed to be responsible for their deaths; and 
 
 progress in resolving this case should remain a significant factor determining the further development of U.S.-Serbian relations.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Honoring American veterans disabled for life.

Bill: 114-hconres-52
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2015-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Disability and paralysis
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: 
Honors American veterans disabled for life. Expresses appreciation to the men and women left permanently wounded, ill, or injured as a result of service in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Honoring American veterans disabled for life.

Bill: 114-hconres-53
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2015-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Disability and paralysis
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: 
Honors American veterans disabled for life. Expresses appreciation to the men and women left permanently wounded, ill, or injured as a result of service in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Authorizing the reprinting of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the United States Constitution.

Bill: 114-hconres-54
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2015-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
House of Representatives

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: 
Authorizes the printing as a House document of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the U.S. Constitution.
 
Prescribes requirements in each chamber for distribution of copies of the printed document for their respective use.

action_date: 2015-06-10
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the printing as a House document of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the U.S. Constitution.
 
Prescribes requirements in each chamber for distribution of copies of the printed document for their respective use.

action_date: 2015-06-11
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Authorizes the printing as a House document of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the U.S. Constitution.
 
Prescribes requirements in each chamber for distribution of copies of the printed document for their respective use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4117)
action_date: 2015-06-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4117)
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H4032)
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H4032)
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4032)
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Mr. Davis, Rodney asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider. (consideration: CR H4032)
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Introduced in House