Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of Congress that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.
2005-06-22: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Recognizing the 230th anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which was the first proclamation issued by American colonists calling for complete separation of the American colonies from the British Crown.
2005-05-10: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the community development block grant program should remain under the administration of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
2005-04-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain injury and support for the designation of a National Brain Injury Awareness Month.
2006-05-04: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
2005-02-14: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
2005-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Expressing the sense of Congress that there should be established a Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
2006-02-14: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
2005-11-22: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation.
2005-03-02: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by including such contributions in the teaching of United States history.
2005-02-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Recognizing the contributions of Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, the "Greensboro Four", to the civil rights movement.
2005-02-16: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Act to Save America's Forests
2004-11-08: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Extension Act of 2004
2004-08-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1115 South Clinton Avenue in Dunn, North Carolina, as the "General William Carey Lee Post Office Building".
2004-10-30: Became Public Law No: 108-395.
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2004
2004-07-07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the "Eva Holtzman Post Office".
2004-10-30: Became Public Law No: 108-403.
PROTECTION Act
2004-11-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Hate Crimes bill
2004-06-25: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1274)
Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act
2004-10-08: Received in the Senate.
Displacement Prevention Act of 2004
2004-08-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.