Legislation
Urging the Secretary of State that in 2015, a year of significant anniversaries for the Jewish people, U.S. embassies in appropriate countries should commemorate this anniversary year with significant public events including the message that the...
H.RES.57
Introduced: January 27, 2015
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: February 11, 2015
Honoring the victims of the Holocaust, commending countries and organizations for marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to strengthen the fight against anti...
H.RES.49
Introduced: January 26, 2015
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: February 11, 2015
A resolution recognizing May as Jewish American Heritage Month and honoring Holocaust survivors and their contributions to the United States of America.
S.Res.458
Introduced: May 22, 2014
Last Major Action: Agreed to in Senate
Last Major Action Date: May 22, 2014
A resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass.
S.RES.290
Introduced: November 12, 2013
Last Major Action: Agreed to in Senate
Last Major Action Date: November 12, 2013
A resolution to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the heroic rescue of Danish Jews during the Second World War by the Danish people.
S.RES.227
Introduced: September 17, 2013
Last Major Action: Agreed to in Senate
Last Major Action Date: October 4, 2013
A resolution commending the people of Albania on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosovo for protecting and saving the...
S.RES.601
Introduced: November 27, 2012
Last Major Action: Referred to Senate (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: November 27, 2012
Commending the Albanian people on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosova for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews...
H.RES.812
Introduced: November 15, 2012
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: November 15, 2012
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras.
S.RES.516
Introduced: June 29, 2012
Last Major Action: Placed on Senate calendar
Last Major Action Date: September 19, 2012
Expressing support for designation of August 23 as Black Ribbon Day to recognize the victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes.
H.RES.790
Introduced: September 19, 2012
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: September 19, 2012
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras.
H.RES.766
Introduced: August 2, 2012
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: August 2, 2012
Congratulating Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
H.RES.1743
Introduced: December 1, 2010
Last Major Action: Passed in House
Last Major Action Date: December 15, 2010
Honoring the life of Miep Gies, who aided Anne Frank's family while they were in hiding and preserved her diary for future generations.
H.RES.1074
Introduced: February 4, 2010
Last Major Action: Passed in House
Last Major Action Date: February 24, 2010
Commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration and extermination camp, honoring the victims of the Holocaust, and expressing commitment to strengthen the fight against anti-Semitism, bigotry, and...
H.RES.1044
Introduced: January 27, 2010
Last Major Action: Passed in House
Last Major Action Date: February 3, 2010
Condemning continuing violations of religious freedom in the Middle East
H.RES.840
Introduced: October 15, 2009
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: October 15, 2009
Encouraging the people of the United States to reflect on and remember the integrity and courage of the 6,135 Christian men and women of Poland who acted to save their Jewish countrymen and countrywomen from extermination by Nazi Germany
S.RES.289
Introduced: September 25, 2009
Last Major Action: Referred to Senate (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: September 25, 2009
Expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras
S.RES.153
Introduced: May 19, 2009
Last Major Action: Passed in Senate
Last Major Action Date: June 18, 2009
Recognizing June 6, 2009, as the 70th anniversary of the tragic date when the M.S. St. Louis, a ship carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, returned to Europe after its passengers were refused admittance to the United States
S.RES.11
Introduced: April 23, 2009
Last Major Action: Passed in Senate
Last Major Action Date: May 19, 2009
Honoring the life, achievements, and contributions of Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig
H.RES.283
Introduced: March 24, 2009
Last Major Action: Passed in House
Last Major Action Date: May 4, 2009
Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the support of Congress for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
H.RES.364
Introduced: April 27, 2009
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: April 27, 2009
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Iran's lack of protection for internationally recognized human rights creates poor conditions for religious freedom in the Islamic Republic of Iran
H.RES.33
Introduced: January 8, 2009
Last Major Action: Referred to House (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: January 8, 2009
Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass
H.RES.1435
Introduced: September 15, 2008
Last Major Action: Passed in House
Last Major Action Date: September 23, 2008
Expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and communist eras
S.RES.603
Introduced: June 26, 2008
Last Major Action: Referred to Senate (sub)committee
Last Major Action Date: June 26, 2008