Ask AI
Public Law115th CongressCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
S.J.Res. 49Became Law

A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.

This bill became law

Filed
Comm.
Floor
Both
Law

What it doesSummary public law (Sep 14, 2017)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. 

Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community.

Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.

What just happenedSep 14, 2017

Signed by President.

Who’s behind it

Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA](D-VA)Sponsor
56 cosponsors45 D9 R2 I
Read on Congress.gov
56cosponsors17actions1related bills14subjects
  1. Sep 14, 2017President

    Signed by President.

  2. Sep 14, 2017BecameLaw36000

    Signed by President.

  3. Sep 14, 2017Floor

    Presented to President.

  4. Sep 14, 2017President28000

    Presented to President.

  5. Sep 12, 2017FloorH38310

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  6. Sep 12, 2017FloorH37100

    On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7288)

  7. Sep 12, 2017Floor8000

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7288)

  8. Sep 12, 2017FloorH30200

    Mr. Goodlatte asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.

  9. Sep 12, 2017FloorH30000

    Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7287-7288)

  10. Sep 12, 2017FloorH15000

    Held at the desk.

  11. Sep 12, 2017Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  12. Sep 12, 2017FloorH14000

    Received in the House.

  13. Sep 11, 2017Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5165; text: CR S5165)

  14. Sep 11, 2017Floor17000

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5165; text: CR S5165)

  15. Sep 7, 2017Calendars

    Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.

  16. Sep 6, 2017Calendars

    Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5006)

  17. Sep 6, 2017IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Public LawSep 14, 201749

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. 

Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community.

Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.

Passed House without amendmentSep 12, 201781

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. 

Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community.

Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.

Passed Senate without amendmentSep 11, 201782

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. 

Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community.

Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.

Introduced in SenateSep 6, 2017

This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. 

Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community.

Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.

A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place d… — Informed