US Congress Senate Resolution 496 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-3)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-06-19 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4308-4310; text as passed Senate: CR S4308; text of measure as introduced: CR S4304)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Recognizes the historical significance to the nation, and supports the continued celebration, of Juneteenth Independence Day (June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved African Americans were free). Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future, and (2) the celebration of the end of slavery is an important and enriching part of the history and heritage of the United States.

A resolution observing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.

Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-19	Senate	Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4308-4310; text as passed Senate: CR S4308; text of measure as introduced: CR S4304)

HR323 (Same As) 2011-06-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
SR211 (Same As) 2011-06-20 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3937)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-resolution/496/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/sres496/BILLS-112sres496ats.pdf