RACIAL RELATIONS

Amendments

Owens, Jesse: tribute (S. Res. 226), S6924, S6929 [16DE]

Articles and editorials

Nelson Mandela Backstory—Iowa’s Dick Clark, S129 [8JA], S4696 [22JY]

When Whites Just Don’t Get It—Part 4, H8021 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 5555), H7883 [18SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (see H. Con. Res. 100), H4829 [22MY]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner honoring the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see S. 2886), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 4409), H2961 [4AP]

——— issue commemorative postage stamp honoring James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner and the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7454 [11SE]

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 4488), H3240 [28AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 3907), H1241 [16JA]

——— improve Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 3908), H1241 [16JA]

——— provide grants to establish a national hate crime hotline and hate crime information and assistance website and provide training and education to local law enforcement to prevent hate crimes (see H.R. 5028), H5876 [8JY]

Dept. of the Interior: require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail (see H.R. 5068), H6106 [10JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require the Federal Insurance Office to carry out a study on illegal steering and redlining in the insurance industry (see H.R. 5067), H6106 [10JY]

Evers, Medgar: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5282), H7125 [30JY]

Haiti: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 474), H1658 [5FE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2999), S6626 [11DE]

Minorities: anniversary of Executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations (see H. Res. 479), H1771 [11FE]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1770 [11FE]

Smithsonian Institution: allow display of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines (see S. 2147), S1653 [13MR]

Taxation: prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term ‘‘redskins’’ (see S. 2884), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 5690), H7937 [12NO]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see S. 1945), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3899), H1240 [16JA]

Poems

‘‘I Can’t Breathe’’, H8654 [4DE]

Remarks in House

Barbour, Haley: characterization of post-election remarks made about President Obama, E1558 [13NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (H. Con. Res. 100), H5134–H5136 [9JN], E985 [13JN]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of FBI raid resulting in murder of Black Panther party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, H8660–H8662 [4DE]

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of Freedom Summer volunteers during campaign to register Black voters in Mississippi, E1221 [24JY]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner honoring the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (H.R. 4409), H5506 [19JN]

——— continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H7279–H7287 [8SE], H7302 [9SE], H8201–H8209 [1DE], H8229, H8230 [2DE], H8279, H8360 [3DE], H8661, H8662 [4DE], H8871, H8872 [9DE], H8939 [10DE], E1735, E1736 [4DE]

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 4488), H3253, H3254 [29AP]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit Community Development Block Grant Program funding to implement proposed ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ rule, H5178, H5179 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: civil rights issues affecting major sports leagues, H4948 [29MY]

Education: impact of segregated neighborhoods on access to quality public school education, H4464, H4465, H4468, H4469 [19MY]

Europe: recognize people of African Descent and Black Europeans (H. Res. 421), E232 [25FE]

Europe Union: parliamentary hearing on Afrophobia, E232 [25FE]

Jewish Council on Urban Affairs: anniversary, E801 [21MY]

Law enforcement: mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (H.R. 3560), H7282 [8SE]

——— prohibit racial profiling, H5174 [9JN]

——— prohibit racial profiling (H.R. 2851), H7283 [8SE]

Lincoln, Abraham: historical importance of Emancipation Proclamation, H8022 [17NO]

Minorities: condemn remarks by Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling, H3222 [28AP], E615 [29AP]

——— criminal justice reform, H8025 [17NO]

——— improve economic condition of minorities, H3248 [29AP], H8022 [17NO]

National Basketball Association: commend response by Commissioner Adam Silver to racial remarks by Donald Sterling and urge owners to remove Sterling from ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers (basketball team), H3298 [30AP]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance, E1205 [22JY]

Religion: historical impact of Judeo-Christian values, H1929 [25FE], H4051 [9MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, E721 [8MY]

——— decision in Schuette v. Coalition To Defend Affirmative Action on Michigan constitutional amendment prohibiting State universities from considering race as part of its admissions process, E615 [29AP]

Taxation: prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term ‘‘redskins’’ (H.R. 5690), E1535 [12NO]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 3899), H4814 [22MY], H5505 [19JN], H5729, H5735 [25JN], H5772 [26JN], H5886 [9JY], H7044 [30JY], H7539 [16SE], E336 [10MR], E1075, E1086 [26JN]

Washington Redskins (football team): call for name change, H4841 [28MY], E1436 [17SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines, H1602 [5FE]

Remarks in Senate

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (H. Con. Res. 100), S3551 [10JN]

Civil rights: anniversary of murder of Freedom Summer volunteers during campaign to register Black voters in Mississippi, S4142 [26JN]

——— continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, S5474 [10SE]

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 4488), S3308 [22MY]

Indiana: tribute to individuals involved in the civil rights movement, S4302–S4304 [9JY]

King, Representative Steve: characterization of remarks on Hispanic community, S2597 [1MY], S3392 [4JN], S3560 [11JN]

Law enforcement: assessment of criminal justice system relative to disparate treatment of African Americans and incarceration levels, S6489–S6491 [10DE]

——— prohibit racial profiling (S. 1038), S5474 [10SE], S6373 [8DE]

National Basketball Association: commend response by Commissioner Adam Silver to racial remarks by Donald Sterling, S2549 [30AP]

Owens, Jesse: tribute (S. Res. 226), S6929 [16DE]

Patent and Trademark Office: cancellation of Washington Redskins (football team) trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans, S3805 [18JN]

Smithsonian Institution: allow display of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines (S. 2147), S1667 [13MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, S3229 [21MY]

——— anniversary of decision in Loving v. Virginia relative to interracial marriage, S3655 [12JN]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (S. 1945), S443 [16JA], S2558 [30AP], S4126 [26JN]

Washington Redskins (football team): call for name change, S2549 [30AP], S3261 [22MY], S3781 [18JN]

Reports

Dept. of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Las Vegas, NV, Initiative, H7285 [8SE]

Statements

Prohibit Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program Funding To Implement Proposed ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ Rule: Nathan Mehrens, Americans for Limited Government (organization), H5178 [9JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 100, use of Capitol rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, H5134 [9JN]

H.R. 4488, Gold Medal Technical Corrections Act, H3253 [29AP]

S. 2147, allow Smithsonian Institution display of Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Montford Point Marines, S1667 [13MR]

S. Res. 226, tribute to Jesse Owens, S6940 [2JA]

Tributes

Mandela, Nelson R., S129 [8JA]