3.0.0 622 2023-01-11T13:46:04Z 2023-01-11T13:46:04Z Senate SRES 2020-06-15 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-15T23:14:27Z 2020-06-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2977) IntroReferral 2020-06-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-06-15 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-06-15 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-06-15 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-06-15 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2020-06-15 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-06-15 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-06-15 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-06-15 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-06-15 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-06-15 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2020-06-15 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-06-15 True Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Assault and harassment offenses Congressional tributes Crime victims Employee performance First Amendment rights Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers News media and reporting Protest and dissent Racial and ethnic relations Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status State and local government operations Violent crime Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2020-06-15 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-23T17:26:10Z This resolution condemns violence committed against people of the United States exercising their right to free speech and peaceful assembly, including journalists, and reaffirms the Senate's commitment to freedom of the press and peaceful assembly as pillars of democracy.

The resolution calls on local, state, and federal authorities to take steps to ensure that members of the media are able to safely perform their duties without interference, censorship, threats of violence, or physical harm and to explicitly exempt the news media from any curfew regulations.

The resolution calls on authorities and officials to (1) identify and thoroughly investigate instances in which government officials or members of police forces have restricted media access to the demonstrations or where violence was perpetrated against members of the media, and (2) ensure that such perpetrators are appropriately disciplined and charged.

]]> A resolution condemning attacks against members of the media and reaffirming the centrality of a free and independent press and peaceful assembly to the health of democracy in the United States. Display Title A resolution condemning attacks against members of the media and reaffirming the centrality of a free and independent press and peaceful assembly to the health of democracy in the United States. Official Title as Introduced A resolution condemning attacks against members of the media and reaffirming the centrality of a free and independent press and peaceful assembly to the health of democracy in the United States. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres622is/xml/BILLS-116sres622is.xml 2020-06-15 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2977) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.