SRES 201 · 112th Congress · Immigration

A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Introduced 2011-05-26· Sponsored by Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6353-6354)(2011-10-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] States that the Senate: (1) acknowledges that the framework of past anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others.…

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Cosponsors (10)

6 Democrats4 Republicans