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| 97-hr-7383 | 97 | hr | 7383 | Japanese American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Community Redress Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-12-08 | 1982-12-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 0 | Japanese American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Community Redress Act - Establishes a Community Fund to aid in the restoration of the economic and social well-being of communities of Japanese-Americans and Aleut-Americans who were relocated or interned during World War II by the Government. Establishes a Community Fund National Board of Directors and eight regional Community Fund Local Review Boards to establish an application and distribution system for such funds. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:50:20Z | |
| 97-hr-7384 | 97 | hr | 7384 | Japanese-American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Individual Redress Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-12-08 | 1982-12-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | D000592 | 0 | Japanese-American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Individual Redress Act - Entitles to a $25,000 benefit payment each Nikkei, Aleut, or other individual who, as a result of Executive Order Numbered 9066 or related Government actions: (1) was detained in a relocation camp during World War II; (2) was forced to evacuate the west coast of the United States; or (3) suffered certain specified losses. Entitles such individuals who suffered losses exceeding $25,000 to payment of such amount as determined by the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) identify individuals who are eligible for such benefits; (2) notify such individuals of their eligibility; (3) determine the amount exceeding $25,000 which is sufficient to compensate an individual; and (4) direct the U.S. Treasurer to make the payments required by this Act. Requires all benefits to be paid within three years and six months after enactment of this Act. Declares that benefits paid under this Act shall not be included as gross income for purposes of any Federal or State tax or eligibility for any Federal or State social security or benefit program. Declares that the United States waives its sovereign immunity for any claim for losses described in this Act and its defenses of res judicata and collateral estoppel on account of any settlement under an earlier specified act. Waives the statute of limitations for civil actions or tort claims against the United States with respect to actions commenced under this Act. Requires the Treasurer and the Attorney General to report to Congress on activities conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:50:16Z | |
| 97-hr-7386 | 97 | hr | 7386 | A bill to amend the laws of the United States to eliminate gender-based distinctions, and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-12-08 | 1982-12-08 | Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18] | NY | R | G000417 | 43 | Title I: Armed Forces, Soldiers' Home, Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service, and Merchant Marine - Amends Federal Military laws dealing with the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard to eliminate gender-based distinctions. Title II: Elimination of Gender-based distinctions under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program, Railroad Retirement and the Work Incentive Program - Eliminates gender-based distinction in the social security and railroad retirement programs. Title III: Amendments to United States Code - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Walsh-Healey Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Federal criminal code and other acts dealing with Indian affairs, transportation, public lands and provisions relating to Saint Elizabeth Hospital and contract law to eliminate gender-based distinctions. | 2023-05-11T13:12:19Z | |
| 97-sconres-132 | 97 | sconres | 132 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should maintain effective programs to assist in providing disabled persons with opportunities for full, productive lives and to protect such persons from unfair discrimination in Federal and Federal-assisted programs and activities and that disabled persons should receive fair treatment in the administration of disability benefits. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-12-08 | 1982-12-08 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 19 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal programs providing educational and rehabilitation services for disabled Americans should be maintained and funded at their current levels. States that changes in permanent regulations implementing Federal laws about the education and civil rights of handicapped individuals should not lessen the rights and protections provided under current regulations. States that reviews of social security eligiblity should be conducted in a manner ensuring fair treatment. States that the level of veterans disablity compensation benefits for service-connected conditions should be maintained. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-s-3008 | 97 | s | 3008 | A bill to amend the laws of the United States to eliminate gender-based distinctions. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 19 | Title I: Armed Forces, Soldiers' Home, Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service, and Merchant Marine - Amends Federal Military laws dealing with the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard to eliminate gender-based distinctions. Title II: Elimination of Gender-Based Distinctions Under the Old Age, Surviviors, and Disability Insurance Program, Railroad Retirement and the Work Incentive Program - Eliminates gender-based distinctions in the social security and railroad retirement programs. Title III: Amendments to United States Code - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Walsh-Healey Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Federal Criminal Code and other Acts dealing with Indian affairs, transportation, public lands and provisions relating to Saint Elizabeth Hospital and contract law to eliminate gender-based distinctions. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-611 | 97 | hjres | 611 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to prayer or other religious activity in public schools. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit prayer or other religious activity in public schools. States that neither the United States nor any State shall require any person to participate in prayer or other religious activity, or influence the form or content of any prayer or other religious activity in such public schools. | 2023-05-11T13:01:44Z | |
| 97-hr-7200 | 97 | hr | 7200 | A bill entitled: "Equal Rights Act of 1982". | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Kramer, Ken [R-CO-5] | CO | R | K000322 | 5 | Declares that in order to protect the rights of all persons by the equal protection clause of the Constitution, it is necessary to establish a uniform nationwide standard governing classifications based on gender. Prohibits the Federal Government and any State or local government from making and enforcing a classification based upon gender unless it is necessary to achieve a compelling interest of that government and is the least burdensome alternative possible. | 2023-05-11T13:12:03Z | |
| 97-sres-478 | 97 | sres | 478 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the need to maintain guidelines which ensure equal rights with regard to education opportunity. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-09-22 | 1982-09-22 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 23 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that guidelines relating to title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Education Amendments of 1972 should not be repealed or altered in a manner which will deny any person equal access to education. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-s-2928 | 97 | s | 2928 | A bill to provide for equal access to public secondary schools. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-09-17 | 1982-09-27 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 1 | Prohibits any public secondary school receiving Federal assistance from discriminating against any meetings during noninstructional periods on the basis of religious content. Provides that such meetings must be voluntary, orderly and lawful. Authorizes any person aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action in either the U.S. district court or a State court of competent jurisdiction for both damages and equitable relief. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-sjres-247 | 97 | sjres | 247 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-09-16 | 1982-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit voluntary prayer in public schools or institutions. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-s-2851 | 97 | s | 2851 | A bill relating to compelling governmental interests. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-08-18 | 1982-08-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 3 | States that each person has the right to be free from any classification based on sex, made by the United States or any State, unless such classification is necessary to achieve a compelling interest of the United States or such State. Provides that if any person under color of Federal or State law subjects one to a classification based on sex which is not necessary to achieve a compelling governmental interest, he or she shall be liable to the person injured. Allows any person aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States. Enables the Attorney General to bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-s-2849 | 97 | s | 2849 | Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-08-17 | 1982-09-01 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department; GAO; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 1 | Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act - Title I: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids, and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center Service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and succeeding fiscal years for Center operation and maintenance in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Title II: Vinland National Center for Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals - Establishes the Vinland National Center for Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals to: (1) provide training for handicapped individuals and training and technical assistance for the establishment of healthsport and physical fitness activities and programs for the handicapped in States and local communities; and (2) conduct basic and applied research and collect and disseminate information. Directs the Center to establish a National Advisory Panel on Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals. Exempts the Panel from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) Center construction and program plans and reports; (2) Center expenditures from non-Federal support; (3) limits on Center use of funds; and (4) auditing of the Center's records and monitoring, and evaluation of its activities. Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services Administra… | 2025-08-29T19:51:47Z | |
| 97-sres-449 | 97 | sres | 449 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to human rights violations in connection with the construction of the trans-Siberian pipeline. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-08-17 | 1982-08-17 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO] | CO | R | A000219 | 8 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Secretary of State should investigate and report to Congress on the extent to which forced labor will be employed and human rights violated in the construction of the trans-Siberian pipeline; and (2) Federal agency heads should assure U.S. conformance with existing treaties on the importation of goods produced with slave labor. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-s-2844 | 97 | s | 2844 | Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1982 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-08-16 | 1982-09-01 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN] | IN | R | Q000007 | 0 | Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1967 to revise the enforcement procedures under the Act. Allows for a person claiming to be aggrieved under the Act to institute a civil action for equitable relief. Removes the upper age ceiling (70 years) on the protections afforded by the Discrimination in Employment Act. Restores the exemption from the ban on mandatory retirement for tenured faculty members. | 2025-08-29T19:51:47Z | |
| 97-sres-445 | 97 | sres | 445 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate concerning consultations with the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania with respect to facilitation of increased emigration and the encouragement of religious and cultural freedom. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-08-13 | 1982-09-24 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should seek assurances that Romania will review its emigration procedures. States that continued harassment and persecution of religious groups and ethnic minorities in Romania violates the Helsinki Final Act and basic human rights and freedoms. Declares that the United States should pursue these matters with the Romanian Government and in appropriate international forums. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-hconres-393 | 97 | hconres | 393 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should prosecute violations of the civil rights laws and Federal criminal laws by the Ku Klux Klan to the greatest extent possible, and that civic and religious groups should help to teach the young people of our Nation about the benefits of tolerance and the contribution that each of the ethnic, racial, and religious groups in this country makes to our American way of life. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-08-11 | 1982-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Gray, William H., III [D-PA-2] | PA | D | G000402 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General and each U.S. attorney should: (1) vigorously investigate all alleged acts of violence, harassment and coercion directed at a minority or ethnic group by a member of the Ku Klux Klan; (2) prosecute violations of civil rights and Federal criminal laws; and (3) seek injunctions against future acts of discrimination, harassment or coercion against any citizen because of such citizen's race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Urges civic and religious groups to educate young Americans to be tolerant of all ethnic, racial, and religious groups. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hconres-385 | 97 | hconres | 385 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should allow Yuri Balovlenkov to emigrate. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-28 | 1982-08-18 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | M000702 | 33 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should allow Yuri Balovlenkov to emigrate. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hjres-548 | 97 | hjres | 548 | A joint resolution calling for peace in Northern Ireland and the establishment of a United Ireland. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-23 | 1982-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Urges the President to direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to call upon that body to: (1) request full respect for the civil rights of all the people of Northern Ireland, the termination of discrimination, and settlement of the question of the unification of Ireland; and (2) designate a commission to oversee an election of the people of all Ireland concerning unification. Discontinues all U.S. military aid and training programs with, and weapons and ammunition exports to, the United Kingdom of Great Britain which are related to the suppression of the minority in Northern Ireland and which are not exclusively reserved for North Atlantic Treaty Organization functions. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hconres-379 | 97 | hconres | 379 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should permit Sergei Petrov to emigrate to the United States to be reunited with his wife, Virginia Hurt Johnson. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Butler, M. Caldwell [R-VA-6] | VA | R | B001182 | 55 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should permit Sergei Petrov to emigrate to the United States to be reunited with his wife. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-544 | 97 | hjres | 544 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Denies application of this amendment to any Federal law concerning the military draft or military service, or any State law concerning State militia service. | 2023-05-11T13:01:39Z | |
| 97-hr-6820 | 97 | hr | 6820 | Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-21 | 1982-12-10 | Executive Comment Received From Education. | House | Rep. Erdahl, Arlen [R-MN-1] | MN | R | E000198 | 16 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 97-950) Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act - Title I: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids, and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center Service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and succeeding fiscal years for Center operation and maintenance, in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Title II: Vinland National Center for Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals - Establishes the Vinland National Center for Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals to: (1) provide training for handicapped individuals and training and technical assistance for the establishment of healthsport and physical fitness activities and programs for the handicapped in States and local communities; and (2) conduct basic and applied research and collect and disseminate information relating to healthsports and physical fitness. Directs the Center to establish a National Advisory Panel on Healthsports and Physical Fitness for Handicapped Individuals. Exempts the Panel from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) Center construction and program plans and reports; (2) Center expenditures from non-Federal support; (3) limits on the Center's use of funds; and (4) auditing of the Center's records and moni… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hjres-540 | 97 | hjres | 540 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-19 | 1982-07-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Exempts military draft or military service from the application of this amendment. | 2023-05-11T13:01:39Z | |
| 97-hjres-533 | 97 | hjres | 533 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-14 | 1982-07-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 219 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. | 2023-05-11T13:01:38Z | |
| 97-hjres-534 | 97 | hjres | 534 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-14 | 1982-07-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Ertel, Allen E. [D-PA-17] | PA | D | E000208 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. | 2023-05-11T13:01:39Z | |
| 97-sjres-213 | 97 | sjres | 213 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-14 | 1982-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 53 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hconres-375 | 97 | hconres | 375 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the imprisonment and treatment of Alfreds Zarins by the Government of the Soviet Union. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-13 | 1982-07-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-22] | OH | D | E000031 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) express at every suitable opportunity U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Alfreds Zarins; (2) urge the Soviet Union to release Zarins from prison, provide him with medical care, and permit him to express his belief in Latvian culture; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-529 | 97 | hjres | 529 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-06-24 | 1982-06-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. | 2023-05-11T13:01:38Z | |
| 97-hres-515 | 97 | hres | 515 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the right to life of handicapped infants. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-06-24 | 1982-07-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | D000435 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a handicapped child's right to life should not be abridged or denied on account of age, health, defect or condition of dependency. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 97-hres-506 | 97 | hres | 506 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the Soviet Union's obligations under international law to allow Lev Shapiro, his wife Elizaveta Shapiro, and their child to emigrate to Israel. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-06-16 | 1982-09-21 | Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Fiedler, Bobbi [R-CA-21] | CA | R | F000102 | 36 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to allow Lev Shapiro and his family to emigrate to Israel; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States, in evaluating its relations with other countries, will consider the extent to which those countries honor their commitments to human rights under international law. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-sconres-101 | 97 | sconres | 101 | A concurrent resolution to provide that a handicapped child's right to life should not be abridged or denied on account of age, health, defect, or condition of dependency. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-26 | 1982-06-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. | Senate | Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] | AL | R | D000259 | 6 | Declares that a handicapped child's right to life should not be abridged or denied on account of age, health, defect, or condition of dependency. | 2026-01-07T14:44:51Z | |
| 97-hjres-493 | 97 | hjres | 493 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-25 | 1982-07-27 | Motion to Discharge Committee Filed by Kindness. Discharge Petition No: 20. | House | Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | K000190 | 54 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit prayer in public schools or institutions. States that no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer. | 2023-05-11T13:01:36Z | |
| 97-hconres-348 | 97 | hconres | 348 | A concurrent resolution to urge the Government of the Soviet Union to facilitate the emigration of a Soviet citizen, and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-21 | 1982-05-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | Y000013 | 0 | Urges the Soviet Union to facilitate the emigration of Andrei Frolov. Expresses the sympathy of the Congress to the families of others who have attempted to obtain and been denied exit visas. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-6455 | 97 | hr | 6455 | A bill to affirm the intrinsic value of all human life, to recognize the humanity of unborn children, and to ensure that the federal government not participate in or support abortions. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-20 | 1982-06-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits. | House | Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3] | KY | D | M000291 | 12 | Prohibits Federal involvement in the performance of abortions, except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Includes the following activities within the scope of this prohibition: (1) performance of an abortion by a Federal agency; (2) use of appropriated funds to perform or reimburse or refer for abortions; (3) use of funds for research or training with respect to abortion; or (4) contracting for insurance which pays or reimburses for abortion. Prohibits any institution receiving Federal funding from discriminating against any employee or student because of such person's opposition to abortion. Authorizes the bringing of individual or class actions in Federal court to enforce this Act. Provides for expedited Supreme Court review with regard to this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-sjres-199 | 97 | sjres | 199 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-18 | 1982-09-16 | Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 7 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit prayer in public schools or institutions. States that no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hconres-343 | 97 | hconres | 343 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the right of children born with birth defects to life sustaining medical treatment. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-12 | 1982-05-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Staton, David Michael [R-WV-3] | WV | R | S000818 | 19 | Expresses the sense of Congress that an infant has the inalienable right to full medical treatment and food and nutrients necessary to sustain its life regardless of handicapping condition. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 97-hconres-339 | 97 | hconres | 339 | A concurrent resolution to urge the government of the Soviet Union to facilitate the emigration of certain Soviet citizens, and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-11 | 1982-05-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] | NY | R | K000086 | 0 | Urges the Soviet Union to facilitate the emigration of certain named Soviet citizens who are married to citizens of Western countries and who have begun a hunger strike to protest the Soviet refusal to allow them to emigrate. Expresses U. S. support and sympathy to the families of the hunger strikers and to the families of others who have attempted to obtain and been denied exit visas. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-sres-390 | 97 | sres | 390 | A resolution urging the Soviet Union to allow Abe Stolar, his wife, Gita, and his son, Michael, to emigrate to Israel. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-11 | 1982-06-21 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 21 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Soviet Union should permit Abe Stolar and his family to emigrate to Israel and that the President should express U.S. opposition to the forced captivity of the Stolar family by the Soviet Union. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hconres-336 | 97 | hconres | 336 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the compliance by the Soviet Union with certain international agreements on human rights. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-10 | 1982-10-01 | Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Moffett, Toby [D-CT-6] | CT | D | M000839 | 120 | (Measure passed House, amended) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Soviet Union should comply with certain international agreements relating to human rights by pursuing a more humane emigration policy and by ceasing harassment of Jews and others seeking to emigrate; (2) Soviet compliance with internationally recognized emigration rights would significantly promote improved relations with the United States; (3) the President should convey these concerns of Congress to the Soviet Union at every appropriate opportunity; and (4) the President should also convey these concerns to U.S. allies. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-sconres-93 | 97 | sconres | 93 | A concurrent resolution to urge the Government of the Soviet Union to facilitate the emigration of certain Soviet citizens, and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-10 | 1982-05-10 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 12 | Urges the Soviet Union to facilitate the emigration of certain named Soviet citizens who are married to citizens of Western countries and who have begun a hunger strike to protest the Soviet refusal to allow them to emigrate. Expresses U.S. support and sympathy for the families of the hunger strikers and for the families of others who have attempted to obtain and been denied exit visas. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hconres-330 | 97 | hconres | 330 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the Soviet Union's obligations under international law to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate to Israel, and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-05-05 | 1982-12-21 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 139 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with other countries. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-6230 | 97 | hr | 6230 | News Media Privacy Protection Act of 1982 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-04-29 | 1982-05-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18] | NY | R | G000417 | 13 | News Media Privacy Protection Act of 1982 - Prohibits any Government employee from using the power to punish for contempt or otherwise to compel any person to: (1) disclose news information obtained for dissemination in a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television broadcast; or (2) identify the source of any such information. | 2025-08-29T19:49:48Z | |
| 97-hr-6191 | 97 | hr | 6191 | A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize appropriations for the United States Commission on Civil Rights for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-04-28 | 1982-08-05 | Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.550 Reported to House. | House | Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] | CA | D | E000064 | 0 | Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Civil Rights Commission for FY 1983 in the amount of $13,000,000 (currently, $12,600,000). | 2023-05-11T13:10:34Z | |
| 97-s-2394 | 97 | s | 2394 | Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-04-19 | 1982-04-27 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department; OMB. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 1 | Age Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs Act - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to assure that no apprenticeship program discriminates on the basis of age against any person who is between the ages of 18 and 45. | 2025-08-29T19:51:35Z | |
| 97-hconres-302 | 97 | hconres | 302 | A concurrent resolution urging the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate to Israel, and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-31 | 1982-04-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to provide Ida Nudel with adequate medical care and allow her to emigrate; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-5982 | 97 | hr | 5982 | A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of Congress a specially struck medal to the widow of Roy Wilkins. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-30 | 1982-04-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 0 | Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, a specially struck gold medal to the widow of Roy Wilkins. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hjres-446 | 97 | hjres | 446 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the year of 1982 as "Year of the Unborn Child". | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-24 | 1982-03-24 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Siljander, Mark D. [R-MI-4] | MI | R | S000409 | 3 | Designates 1982 as Year of the Unborn Child. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hr-5862 | 97 | hr | 5862 | A bill to protect unborn human beings. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-17 | 1982-04-22 | Executive Comment Requested from OPM, OMB. | House | Rep. Dougherty, Charles F. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | D000446 | 5 | Prohibits Federal involvement in the performance of abortions, except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Includes the following activities within the scope of this prohibition: (1) performance of an abortion by a Federal agency; (2) use of appropriated funds to perform or reimburse or refer for abortions; (3) use of funds for research or training with respect to abortion; or (4) contracting for insurance which pays or reimburses for abortions. Prohibits any institution receiving Federal funding from discriminating against any employee or student because of such person's opposition to abortion. Declares that for the purposes of the due process clause of the 14th amendment to the Constitution, human life exists from conception without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency, and that "person" includes all human beings. Recognizes the compelling interest of each State to protect the lives of those whom the State regards as human beings, independent of the status of unborn children under the 14th amendment. Provides for expedited Supreme Court review with regard to this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hres-398 | 97 | hres | 398 | A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that Alexsei Murzhenko and Yuri Fiodorov should be released from prison and allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-17 | 1982-09-30 | Resolution Agreed to in House by Unanimous Consent. | House | Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5] | NY | R | M000458 | 61 | Expresses the concern of the House of Representatives over the well-being of Yuri Fiodorov and Alexsei Murzhenko. Calls upon the Soviet Union to release them and to permit them to emigrate. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hres-397 | 97 | hres | 397 | A resolution concerning the observance by the Government of Romania of the human rights of the Hungarians in Transylvania, especially the right of self-determination. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-16 | 1982-10-05 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] | PA | D | Y000014 | 30 | Declares that the House of Representatives deplores the denial of the rights of Hungarians and people of other nationalities in Transylvania by the Romanian Government. Requests the President and the Secretary of State to discuss the human rights of the Hungarians in Transylvania with the Government of Romania. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-sconres-69 | 97 | sconres | 69 | A concurrent resolution urging the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate to Israel and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-15 | 1982-04-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 18 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the forced exile of Ida Nudel; (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide her with adequate medical care and allow her to emigrate; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hres-380 | 97 | hres | 380 | A resolution on the imposition of martial law in Poland and the release of Lech Walesa. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-09 | 1982-03-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 48 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Lech Walesa and others detained by Poland's government for political reasons should be released. Declares that Walesa and other Solidarity members should be permitted to: (1) participate in negotiations concerning the future of Solidarity; (2) comment on the situation in Poland; and (3) travel freely. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-5689 | 97 | hr | 5689 | Civil Rights Act of 1982 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-02 | 1982-03-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 32 | Civil Rights Act of 1982 - Title I: Equal Opportunity Provisions - Establishes uniform procedures for the enforcement by the Federal Government of civil rights laws, including title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and numerous other discrimination laws and provisions. Continues to authorize individual Federal agencies to investigate, attempt to resolve, and monitor compliance with regard to discrimination complaints, but otherwise centralizes enforcement authority in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Attorney General. Permits an individual to bring a civil action directly in Federal court for an alleged act of discrimination. Requires an investigative agency to seek to develop a voluntary compliance agreement by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring civil actions in court for patterns or practices of unlawful discrimination. Prohibits a Federal agency from issuing any regulation with regard to employment discrimination without the prior approval of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Prohibits any Federal agency and the Commission from issuing any regulation without the approval of the Attorney General. Establishes a one-House congressional veto procedure for regulations under this Act issued by any Federal agency, the Commission, and the Attorney General. Makes any such regulation effective 45 days after its transmittal to Congress if it is not disapproved. Continues generally an "effects" standard for proving discrimination, but requires the effect to be "reasonably foreseeable" with regard to certain discriminatory acts, including denial of Federal benefits. Title II: Administrative Provisions - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine which personnel employed in connection with functions affected by this Act shall be transferred to the Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. | 2025-08-29T19:49:39Z | |
| 97-sjres-154 | 97 | sjres | 154 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the thirty-eighth meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-02 | 1982-03-04 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 29 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express to the Soviet Union U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to prohibitions of emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-sres-330 | 97 | sres | 330 | A resolution on the imposition of martial law in Poland and the release of Lech Walesa. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-02 | 1982-03-02 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 94-0. Record Vote No: 41. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 29 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that Lech Walesa and others detained by Poland's government for political reasons should be released. Declares that Lech Walesa and other Solidarity members should be permitted to: (1) participate in negotiations concerning the future of Solidarity; (2) comment on the situation in Poland; and (3) travel freely. | 2023-05-11T13:12:58Z | |
| 97-s-2148 | 97 | s | 2148 | A bill to protect unborn human beings. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-03-01 | 1982-04-13 | Read the second time and placed on the Calendar. Calendar No. 474. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 2 | Prohibits Federal involvement in the performance of abortions, except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Includes the following activities within the scope of this prohibition: (1) performance of an abortion by a Federal agency; (2) use of appropriated funds to perform or reimburse or refer for abortions; (3) use of funds for research or training with respect to abortion; or (4) contracting for insurance which pays or reimburses for abortion. Prohibits any institution receiving Federal funding from discriminating against any employee or student because of such person's opposition to abortion. Declares that for the purposes of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, human life exists from conception without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency, and that "person" includes all human beings. Recognizes the compelling interest of each State to protect the lives of those whom the State regards as human beings, independent of the status of unborn children under the fourteenth amendment. Provides for expedited Supreme Court review with regard to this Act. | 2023-05-11T13:16:49Z | |
| 97-sres-326 | 97 | sres | 326 | A resolution relating to the imprisonment of Yuri Badzyo. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-02-25 | 1982-06-21 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) express U.S. opposition to the Soviet Union's imprisonment of Yuri Badzyo; (2) urge the Soviet Union to release Badzyo and stop harassing him and his family; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States, in evaluating its relations with other countries, will consider the extent to which those countries honor their commitments to human rights under international law. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hconres-265 | 97 | hconres | 265 | A concurrent resolution concerning tax-exempt status of private schools. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-02-03 | 1982-02-04 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that current Federal law authorizes and requires the Internal Revenue Service to deny tax-exempt status and deductibility of contributions to private schools that practice racial discrimination. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-sconres-59 | 97 | sconres | 59 | A concurrent resolution concerning tax-exempt status of private schools. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-01-28 | 1982-02-02 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department. | Senate | Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO] | CO | D | H000287 | 28 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that current Federal law authorizes and requires the Internal Revenue Service to deny tax-exempt status and deductibility of contributions to private schools that practice racial discrimination. | 2025-01-03T20:55:44Z | |
| 97-hconres-251 | 97 | hconres | 251 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Soviet families, known as the Siberian Seven, who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the discrimination of their Pentacostal faith by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-01-27 | 1982-02-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 41 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) advise the Soviet Union of U.S. concern over the deprivation by the Soviet government of the religious freedom of the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families and the refusal of such government to permit the emigration of such families; and (2) ensure that those families will be permitted to stay in the U.S. embassy in Moscow until the Soviet Union authorizes their emigration. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-5378 | 97 | hr | 5378 | A bill to clarify that the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 does not provide tax benefits to organizations which discriminate on the basis of race or color. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-01-27 | 1982-02-04 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 5 | Provides that an organization which discriminates on the basis of race or color shall not be exempt from tax under any provision of the Internal Revenue Code and that no deduction shall be allowed under any provision of such Code for any contribution to (or for the use of) such an organization. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) prohibit programs designed to rectify the effects of past discrimination; or (2) imply that Federal court decisions which deny tax exemptions to institutions which discriminate on the basis of race or color are not correct interpretations of the law. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hconres-249 | 97 | hconres | 249 | A concurrent resolution condemning religious persecution and bigotry as an official policy or practice of national governments. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-01-26 | 1982-02-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 93 | Expresses the Congress's opposition to religious persecution and bigotry wherever practiced, encouraged, or tolerated by national governments. Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. officials should emphasize U.S. opposition to such persecution. States that the appropriate congressional committees should hold hearings to determine U.S. policy toward governments that violate the international law guaranteeing freedom from religious persecution and bigotry. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hconres-245 | 97 | hconres | 245 | A concurrent resolution making it clear that the law provides no Federal tax benefits to educational organizations which are racially discriminatory. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-01-25 | 1982-02-04 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 14 | States that the Congress regards the President's action with respect to educational organizations which are racially discriminatory as null and void. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hconres-241 | 97 | hconres | 241 | A concurrent Resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the continued internal exile and treatment by the Government of the Soviet Union of Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Yelena Bonner. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-16 | 1981-12-16 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] | CO | D | W000647 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile and should allow him and his wife to choose their place of residence. Urges the President to: (1) protest the continued internal exile of Sakharov; (2) call upon other nations to join in such protest; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which foreign countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-380 | 97 | hjres | 380 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-16 | 1981-12-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-2] | OH | D | L000508 | 7 | Constitutional Amendment - States that for the purposes of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, the word "person" applies to all human beings without regard to age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Declares that no unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person, but permits a law allowing justification to be shown for medical procedures required to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn offspring, if this law requires every reasonable effort to be made to preserve the life of each. | 2023-05-11T13:01:26Z | |
| 97-sconres-58 | 97 | sconres | 58 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the continued internal exile and treatment by their Government of the Soviet Union of Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Yelena Bonner. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-16 | 1981-12-16 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 7 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile and should allow him and his wife to choose their place of residence. Urges the President to: (1) protest the continued internal exile of Sakharov; (2) call upon other nations to join in such protest; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which foreign countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2023-05-11T13:12:29Z | |
| 97-sjres-137 | 97 | sjres | 137 | A joint resolution to amend the Constitution to preserve the right to life. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-16 | 1981-12-16 | Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - States that for the purposes of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, the word "person" applies to all human beings without regard to age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Declares that no unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person, but permits a law allowing justification to be shown for medical procedures required to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn offspring, if this law requires every reasonable effort to be made to preserve the life of each. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-5222 | 97 | hr | 5222 | A bill to amend the Age Discrimination Act of 1967 to permit a trial by jury in any action brought against a Federal agency under such act. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-15 | 1982-01-29 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Donnelly, Brian J. [D-MA-11] | MA | D | D000416 | 0 | Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to entitle a person to a trial by jury concerning any issue of fact in an action arising under specified provisions of such Act relating to Federal employment, regardless of whether any party in such action seeks equitable relief. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-5200 | 97 | hr | 5200 | School Desegregation Amendments Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-11 | 1981-12-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Young, Robert A. [D-MO-2] | MO | D | Y000051 | 7 | School Desegregation Amendments Act - Limits the authority of the Federal courts to order the assignment or transportation of students, consolidation of school districts, or alteration of State or local tax rates for the purpose of remedying unconstitutional segregation of students in actions involving the State or local school board. | 2025-08-29T19:49:24Z | |
| 97-sconres-53 | 97 | sconres | 53 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the policies of the Government of the Soviet Union of anti-Semitism and discrimination against Jewish immigration. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-11 | 1981-12-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 11 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism are morally reprehensible. Urges the President to tell the Soviet Union that the United States opposes these policies and wants emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews removed. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hjres-373 | 97 | hjres | 373 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the 38th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-10 | 1982-03-22 | Became Public Law No: 97-157. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 100 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #11 (387-0)) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February 1982 meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express, to the Soviet Union, U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to restrictions on emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-sjres-135 | 97 | sjres | 135 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should recognize the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the 38th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February, 1982. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-10 | 1981-12-10 | Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] | RI | D | P000193 | 29 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express to the Soviet Union U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to prohibitions of emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hconres-231 | 97 | hconres | 231 | A concurrent resolution to authorize the erection of certain structures at the west front of the Capitol in connection with a rally to be held on January 15, 1982, in commemoration of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-08 | 1981-12-16 | Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. | House | Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | F000046 | 1 | (Measure passed House, amended) Authorizes the erection of certain structures at the west front of the Capitol in connection with a rally to be held on January 15, 1982, in commemoration of the birth of Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior. | 2024-02-07T11:39:48Z | |
| 97-hres-286 | 97 | hres | 286 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress associates itself fully and completely with the hunger strike protest by Andrei Sakharov and urges the Government of the Soviet Union to abide by its commitments and to permit Yelizaveta Alekseyeva to emigrate. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-12-08 | 1981-12-09 | Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] | CO | D | W000647 | 47 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress associates itself with the hunger strike by Andrei Sakharov. Urges the Soviet Union to permit Yelizaveta Alekseyeva to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to allow Andrei Sakharov and his wife to choose their place of residence. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hconres-229 | 97 | hconres | 229 | A concurrent resolution calling the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to end the current policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism and expressing the sense of the Congress that the dramatic decline of Jewish emigration from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is morally reprehensible. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-23 | 1981-11-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11] | NJ | D | M000796 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism are morally reprehensible. Urges the President to tell the Soviet Union that the United States opposes these policies and wants emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews removed. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hr-5098 | 97 | hr | 5098 | A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of political preference. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-22 | 1981-11-22 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 12 | Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of "political preference." | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-sres-246 | 97 | sres | 246 | A resolution relative to the hunger strike of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-21 | 1981-11-24 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress associates itself with Andrei Sakharov's hunger strike. Urges the Soviet Union to permit the fiancee of Sakharov's stepson to emigrate. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hr-5021 | 97 | hr | 5021 | A bill to extend the date for the submission to the Congress of the report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-18 | 1982-03-16 | Became Public Law No: 97-152. | House | Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3] | CA | D | M000249 | 4 | Amends the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act to extend the deadline by which the Commission must submit a report of its findings and recommendations to Congress. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hconres-218 | 97 | hconres | 218 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the imprisonment and treatment by the Government of the Soviet Union of Mart Niklus, and for other purposes. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-12 | 1982-06-21 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4] | IL | R | D000269 | 35 | (Measure passed House, amended) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Mart Niklus; (2) urge the Soviet Union to permit Niklus to emigrate; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hconres-219 | 97 | hconres | 219 | A concurrent resolution calling upon the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to end the current policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-12 | 1981-11-19 | Executive Comment Requested from State. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 164 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism are morally reprehensible. Urges the President to tell the Soviet Union that the United States opposes these policies and wants emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews removed. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hres-268 | 97 | hres | 268 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the need to maintain guidelines which ensure equal rights with regard to education opportunity. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-12 | 1981-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] | RI | R | S000136 | 158 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that guidelines relating to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (concerning sex discrimination in education) should not be repealed or altered. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hres-269 | 97 | hres | 269 | A resolution calling upon the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to permit the emigration of Yuli Kosharovsky and his immediate family to Israel. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-12 | 1982-05-04 | Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 78 | (Measure passed House, amended) Condemns the treatment of Yuli Kosharovsky and his family by the Soviet Union. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should express U.S. opposition to the refusal of the Soviet Union to permit Kosharovsky and his family to emigrate to Israel; (2) the Soviet Union should comply with international agreements and with its constitution by permitting the Kosharovsky's to emigrate; and (3) the Soviet Union should end its persecution of persons seeking to emigrate and its denial of basic religious, civil, and human rights to Jews. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hconres-215 | 97 | hconres | 215 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the imprisonment and treatment by the Government of the Soviet Union of Alexander Paritsky and his family. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-10 | 1981-12-15 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 69 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) express U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Alexander Paritsky; (2) urge the Soviet Union to release him from prison, to stop harassing him and his family, and to permit him and his family to emigrate; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-sconres-47 | 97 | sconres | 47 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the imprisonment and treatment by the Government of the Soviet Union of Alexander Paritsky and his family. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-10 | 1981-12-15 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 37 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) express U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Alexander Paritsky; (2) urge the Soviet Union to release him from prison, to stop harassing him and his family, and to permit him and his family to emigrate; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hjres-354 | 97 | hjres | 354 | A joint resolution to designate 1982 as the "National Year of Disabled Persons". | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-04 | 1981-12-12 | See S.J.Res.134. | House | Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3] | KS | R | W000636 | 236 | Requests the President to designate 1982 as the "National Year of Disabled Persons." | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hr-4889 | 97 | hr | 4889 | A bill to amend the gender rule of construction in Chapter 1 of Title 1, United States Code. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-11-04 | 1981-11-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] | CA | D | E000064 | 1 | Revises the rule of statutory construction relating to gender to provide that words importing one gender apply to the other as well (currently, words importing the masculine gender include the feminine). | 2023-05-11T13:08:38Z | |
| 97-hr-4873 | 97 | hr | 4873 | A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of Congress a specially struck medal to the widow of Roy Wilkins. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-29 | 1981-11-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 56 | Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, a specially struck gold medal to the widow of Roy Wilkins. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hconres-208 | 97 | hconres | 208 | A concurrent resolution authorizing a bust or statue of George Washington Carver and a bust or statue of Booker T. Washington, to be placed in the Capitol. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-28 | 1981-10-28 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Ashbrook, John M. [R-OH-17] | OH | R | A000221 | 0 | Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure statues or busts of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver for placement in the Capitol. | 2024-02-07T11:39:48Z | |
| 97-s-1760 | 97 | s | 1760 | Public School Civil Rights Act of 1981 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-21 | 1981-11-03 | Subcommittee on Constitution. Measure without amendments to full committee. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Public School Civil Rights Act of 1981 - Eliminates inferior Federal court jurisdiction to issue any order requiring the assignment or transportation of students to public schools on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Permits individuals and school boards to seek relief from court orders made prior to this Act unless the court makes certain findings, including that the acts giving rise to the order intentionally and specifically caused the segregation; that no other remedy would work; and that the benefits of the order outweigh its economic, social, and educational costs. | 2025-08-29T19:51:19Z | |
| 97-hconres-205 | 97 | hconres | 205 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to violations of human rights by the Soviet Union in the Ukraine. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-20 | 1982-06-21 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-15] | NJ | D | D000586 | 76 | (Measure passed House, amended) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should : (1) proclaim November 9, 1982, the sixth anniversary of the establishment of the Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords, as a day honoring that Group; and (2) ask the Soviet Union to release the jailed members of the Group and to cease persecuting and jailing Ukrainian citizens seeking their rights. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 97-hr-4756 | 97 | hr | 4756 | Voluntary Prayer in Public Schools and Buildings Act | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-15 | 1981-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4] | MS | D | D000466 | 0 | Voluntary Prayer in Public Schools and Buildings Act - Eliminates Supreme Court and Federal district court jurisdiction to review and hear any case arising out of State law relating to voluntary prayer in public buildings and schools. | 2025-08-29T19:49:17Z | |
| 97-s-1741 | 97 | s | 1741 | A bill to provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-15 | 1981-11-02 | Read the second time and placed on the Calendar. Calendar No. 366. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | Declares that for the purposes of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, each human life exists from conception without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or conditions of dependency, and that "person" includes all human beings. Recognizes the compelling interest of each State to protect the lives of those whom the State regards as human beings, independent of the status of unborn children under the fourteenth amendment. Eliminates inferior Federal court jurisdiction to issue any order in any case involving a State or local law that: (1) protects the rights of persons between conception and birth; or (2) limits or regulates abortion or provides funding or other assistance for abortions. Declares that this shall not deprive the Supreme Court of the authority to render appropriate relief in any case. | 2023-05-11T13:16:12Z | |
| 97-s-1742 | 97 | s | 1742 | Voluntary School Prayer Act of 1981 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-15 | 1981-11-02 | Read the second time and placed on the Calendar. Calendar No. 367. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | Voluntary School Prayer Act of 1981 - Eliminates Supreme Court and Federal district court jurisdiction to review and hear any case arising out of State law relating to voluntary prayer in public buildings and schools. | 2025-08-29T19:51:14Z | |
| 97-s-1743 | 97 | s | 1743 | Neighborhood School Transportation Relief Act of 1981 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-15 | 1981-11-02 | Read the second time and placed on the Calendar. Calendar No. 368. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Neighborhood School Transportation Relief Act of 1981 - Eliminates inferior Federal court jurisdiction to issue any order: (1) requiring the assignment of any student to a public school for the purpose of altering the racial or ethnic composition of its student body; (2) requiring the closing of any public school for such purpose; or (3) precluding any education board from fulfilling any contract provision regarding the assignment of faculty or administration to a public school. | 2025-08-29T19:51:14Z | |
| 97-s-1708 | 97 | s | 1708 | A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-06 | 1981-11-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 6 | Amends title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Directs that this Act shall not be construed to permit a finding of discrimination based on statistical differences or the fashioning of any remedy requiring a quota. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 97-hr-4683 | 97 | hr | 4683 | A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate the upper age limitation of 70 years of age established in section 12 of such Act. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-10-05 | 1981-10-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 0 | Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to remove the existing 70 year upper age limit to which the prohibitions of such Act apply, thus extending the protection of such Act to all individuals who are at least 40 years of age. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hconres-193 | 97 | hconres | 193 | A concurrent resolution authorizing a bust or statue of Booker T. Washington and a bust or statue of George Washington Carver, each to be placed in the Capitol. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-09-29 | 1981-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 0 | Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure statues or busts of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver for placement in the Capitol. | 2024-02-07T11:39:48Z | |
| 97-hr-4615 | 97 | hr | 4615 | A bill to amend section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) relating to civil actions for the deprivation of rights, to limit the applicability of that statute to laws relating to equal rights. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-09-29 | 1981-10-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1] | AL | R | E000084 | 0 | Amends current law creating a Federal cause of action for the violation of a person's civil rights under color of State law to limit the availability of such action to the deprivation of constitutional rights or laws providing for equal rights of citizens or all persons within United States jurisdiction. | 2023-05-11T13:08:14Z | |
| 97-hconres-187 | 97 | hconres | 187 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Secretary of State Haig should, in his upcoming discussions with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko, raise the issue of the basic rights of Soviet citizens, particularly freedom of immigration and of religion. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-09-22 | 1982-01-11 | Favorable Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 36 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should discuss Soviet human rights issues, particularly immigration rights and religious freedom, with the Soviet Foreign Minister in upcoming meetings at the United Nations General Assembly. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-s-1647 | 97 | s | 1647 | Neighborhood School Transportation Relief Act of 1981 | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-09-21 | 1981-11-17 | Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. Measure to full committee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. | Senate | Sen. East, John P. [R-NC] | NC | R | E000017 | 0 | Neighborhood School Transportation Relief Act of 1981 - Eliminates inferior Federal court jurisdiction to issue any order: (1) requiring the assignment of any student to a public school for the purpose of altering the racial or ethnic composition of its student body; (2) requiring the closing of any public school for such purpose; or (3) precluding any education board from fulfilling any contract provision regarding the assignment of faculty or administration to a public school. | 2026-01-07T14:44:51Z | |
| 97-sjres-109 | 97 | sjres | 109 | A joint resolution to designate August 30, 1982, as "Roy Wilkins Day." | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1981-09-17 | 1981-09-17 | Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Requests the President to designate August 30, 1982, as "Roy Wilkins Day." | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z |
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