HRES 1499 · 118th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.

Introduced 2024-09-24· Sponsored by Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]· House

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Latest: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.(2024-09-24)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 1499 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1499 Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 24, 2024 Mr. Raskin (for himself, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Brown, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Costa, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Frost, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Soto, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Wo…

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