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Bill117th CongressFiled Apr 29, 2021Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
S.Res. 200

A resolution condemning recent hate crimes committed against Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 29, 2021)

This resolution condemns all manifestations of expressions of racism and anti-Asian and Pacific Islander or ethnic intolerance and calls for specified actions by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and federal law enforcement.

The resolution (1) calls on the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider holding a hearing related to the surge in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and (2) applauds DOJ's commitment to conducting a 30-day review of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

The resolution calls on federal law enforcement officials, working with state and local officials, to

  • expeditiously and vigorously investigate all reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States,
  • work to improve the reporting of such hate crimes, and
  • hold the perpetrators of those crimes accountable and bring the perpetrators to justice.

What just happenedApr 29, 2021

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2369; text: CR S2369)

Who’s behind it

Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA](R-IA)Sponsor
27 cosponsors5 D22 R
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  1. Apr 29, 2021Floor

    Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2369; text: CR S2369)

  2. Apr 29, 2021Floor17000

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2369; text: CR S2369)

  3. Apr 29, 2021IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Introduced in SenateApr 29, 2021

This resolution condemns all manifestations of expressions of racism and anti-Asian and Pacific Islander or ethnic intolerance and calls for specified actions by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and federal law enforcement.

The resolution (1) calls on the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider holding a hearing related to the surge in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and (2) applauds DOJ's commitment to conducting a 30-day review of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

The resolution calls on federal law enforcement officials, working with state and local officials, to

  • expeditiously and vigorously investigate all reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States,
  • work to improve the reporting of such hate crimes, and
  • hold the perpetrators of those crimes accountable and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Passed SenateApr 29, 202155

This resolution condemns all manifestations of expressions of racism and anti-Asian and Pacific Islander or ethnic intolerance and calls for specified actions by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and federal law enforcement.

The resolution (1) calls on the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider holding a hearing related to the surge in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and (2) applauds DOJ's commitment to conducting a 30-day review of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

The resolution calls on federal law enforcement officials, working with state and local officials, to

  • expeditiously and vigorously investigate all reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States,
  • work to improve the reporting of such hate crimes, and
  • hold the perpetrators of those crimes accountable and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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