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US HRes344
US HRes344Urging the discontinued use of the Confederate battle flag, which represents pain, humiliation, torture, and racial oppression, in remembrance of the Emanuel 9.
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Introduced
06/25/2015
06/25/2015
In Committee
07/09/2015
07/09/2015
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2017
01/03/2017
Introduced Session
114th Congress
Bill Summary
Urging the discontinued use of the Confederate battle flag, which represents pain, humiliation, torture, and racial oppression, in remembrance of the Emanuel 9. Urges: states hanging the Confederate battle flag in public and state locations to remove the flag; states to discontinue use of the Confederate battle flag and its likeness on any property deemed governmental speech, including license plates; businesses to discontinue selling Confederate battle flags and related merchandise; and states with flags that include depictions of and symbolic references to the Confederate battle flag to remove those depictions and references.
AI Summary
This Resolution urges the discontinuation of the Confederate battle flag's use, recognizing it as a symbol of pain, humiliation, torture, and racial oppression, particularly in remembrance of the Emanuel 9, the nine African-American victims of a tragic shooting. The resolution calls on states to remove the flag from public and state locations, and to cease its use and any similar imagery on government property, including license plates, which is referred to as "governmental speech" or government-sanctioned expression. It also encourages businesses to stop selling the flag and related items, and asks states whose own flags incorporate depictions or symbolic references to the Confederate battle flag to remove them. The context for this resolution includes historical opposition to civil rights, the specific tragedy at the Emanuel AME Church, and the fact that major retailers have already stopped selling such merchandise.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (36)
Jim Clyburn (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Karen Bass (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Corrine Brown (D),
G. Butterfield (D),
André Carson (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Lacy Clay (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
John Conyers (D),
Danny Davis (D),
Donna Edwards (D),
Chaka Fattah (D),
Marcia Fudge (D),
Al Green (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Hakeem Jeffries (D),
Eddie Johnson (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Brenda Lawrence (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
John Lewis (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Donald Payne (D),
Cedric Richmond (D),
Bobby Scott (D),
David Scott (D),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Chris Van Hollen (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Maxine Waters (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (on 07/09/2015)
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