Recognizing Chinese railroad workers who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869, and their important contribution to the growth of the United States.

3.0.0 681 2023-01-11T13:45:15Z 2023-01-11T13:45:15Z Senate SRES 2020-08-13 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-13T16:21:26Z Recognizing Chinese railroad workers who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869, and their important contribution to the growth of the United States. 116 165 HRES 2019-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS 2020-08-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5411) IntroReferral 2020-08-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N Immigration Asia California China Congressional tributes Employment discrimination and employee rights Immigrant health and welfare Racial and ethnic relations Railroads Transportation employees U.S. history Worker safety and health Immigration

00 2020-08-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-06T11:18:25Z This resolution recognizes the contributions of the Chinese immigrants who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869. The resolution also acknowledges the risks they faced in completing the railroad's construction while enduring discrimination and unequal pay and treatment.

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A resolution recognizing the Chinese railroad workers who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869 and the important contributions of those railroad workers to the growth of the United States. Display Title A resolution recognizing the Chinese railroad workers who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869 and the important contributions of those railroad workers to the growth of the United States. Official Title as Introduced A resolution recognizing the Chinese railroad workers who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869 and the important contributions of those railroad workers to the growth of the United States. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres681is/xml/BILLS-116sres681is.xml 2020-08-13 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5411) 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.