Bills · 119th Congress · S.Res. 290

A resolution commemorating June 19, 2025, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.

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Sponsored by John Cornyn RRepublican, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

31 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Kirsten E. Gillibrand DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bill Cassidy RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Catherine Cortez Masto DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Susan M. Collins RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Angus S. King, Jr. IIndependentOriginal cosponsor
Richard Blumenthal DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Kevin Cramer RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Jeanne Shaheen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Raphael G. Warnock DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mark Kelly DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ron Johnson RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Maria Cantwell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mazie K. Hirono DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Cindy Hyde-Smith RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
John W. Hickenlooper DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tim Scott RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
John Hoeven RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Roger F. Wicker RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Todd Young RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Marsha Blackburn RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
James C. Justice RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Katie Boyd Britt RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Bernard Sanders IIndependentOriginal cosponsor
Tim Kaine DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Richard J. Durbin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ron Wyden DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jeff Merkley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Alex Padilla DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Cory A. Booker DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ted Cruz RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor

Text

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Actions

  1. Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3536; text: 6/18/2025 CR S3475)
  2. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
  3. Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  6. Introduced in Senate

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee (Senate)Discharged From, June 25, 2025; Referred To, June 18, 2025

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