Bill Title: Recognizing June 19, 2016, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. [HR787 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charles Rangel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eleanor Norton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-DC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Loretta Sanchez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-46	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank Pallone [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gregory Meeks [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Henry Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joyce Beatty [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lacy Clay [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sanford Bishop [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Elijah Cummings [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Brenda Lawrence [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Marc Veasey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-33	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joseph Crowley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Honda [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-17	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Alma Adams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Donna Edwards [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Terri Sewell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AL-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bonnie Coleman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Luis Gutierrez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Marcia Fudge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ruben Hinojosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-15	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Hakeem Jeffries [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Julia Brownley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-26	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mark Pocan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WI-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gerald Connolly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Ruben Gallego [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AZ	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gene Green [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-29	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steve Israel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Danny Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Daniel Kildee [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Debbie Dingell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Corrine Brown [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jerrold Nadler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steve Cohen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Henry Cuellar [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-28	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Earl Blumenauer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OR-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Janice Hahn [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-44	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robin Kelly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Derek Kilmer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative G. Butterfield [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eliot Engel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-16	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Barbara Lee [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tammy Duckworth [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Zoe Lofgren [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Conyers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Cedric Richmond [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Stacey Plaskett [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VI	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ted Lieu [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-36	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Betty McCollum [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Rick Larsen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Chaka Fattah [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Chris Van Hollen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Alcee Hastings [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-20	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Pete Olson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-22	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Al Green [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Randy Weber [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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