CIVIL WAR—U.S. see also War

Bills and resolutions

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2496 [28AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, OH (see S. 541), S1074 [24FE] (see H.R. 1033), H1113 [24FE]

Dept. of Transportation: reduce highway and surface transportation funding available for a State if it issues a license plate that contains an image of a Confederate flag (see S. 1689), S4648 [25JN]

Flags: urge States to remove the Confederate flag from public and State locations and on property deemed governmental speech and urge businesses to discontinue selling such flags (see H. Res. 344), H4771 [25JN]

Holland, Milton M.: posthumously restore promotion to Army captain that was rescinded due to his race (see H.R. 1010), H1069 [13FE]

House of Representatives: remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (see H. Res. 341), H4771 [25JN] (see H. Res. 355), H5030 [9JY]

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: adjust boundary to include Wallis House and Harriston Hill (see S. 1930), S6296 [4AU] (see H.R. 3371), H5766 [29JY]

National cemeteries: prohibit display of Confederate flag (see H.R. 3007), H5029 [9JY]

National parks and recreation areas: modify boundary of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and Mississippi and establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System (see S. 1943), S6379 [5AU] (see H.R. 87), H39 [6JA]

Petersburg National Battlefield: modify boundary (see S. 718), S1439 [11MR] (see H.R. 1621), H2033 [25MR]

Tubman, Harriet: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1743), H2152 [13AP]

Ulysses S. Grant Association: designate as institution for organizing and leading bicentennial celebration of birth of Ulysses S. Grant (see S. Res. 195), S3925 [9JN] (see S. Res. 209), S4545 [23JN] (see H. Res. 334), H4592 [23JN]

Motions

House of Representatives: remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (H. Res. 341), H4663 [25JN]

——— remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (H. Res. 355), H4975 [9JY]

Proposals

Remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building, H4633 [24JN]

Remarks in House

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: tribute to Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration, E515 [16AP]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, H4583 [23JN], H4607 [24JN], H4875 [8JY], H4964, H4965, H4966, H4967, H4968, H4969, H4970, H4972, H4973, H4978–H4984, H5017–H5019, H5025–H5027 [9JY], H5034, H5083, H5084 [10JY], H5109–H5115 [13JY], E954 [23JN], E992 [25JN], E1033 [10JY], E1046 [13JY], E1059 [14JY]

House of Representatives: remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building, H4981–H4984 [9JY], E1046 [13JY]

——— remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (H. Res. 341), H4637 [24JN], H4662, H4663, H4761 [25JN], H5017 [9JY], E986 [25JN], E1077 [16JY]

——— remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (H. Res. 355), H4974–H4976, H4978, H5017, H5018 [9JY], H5034 [10JY], E1029 [9JY]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation observances, E1589 [4NO]

National Park Service: allow display of U.S. flag, POW/MIA flag, or restricted display of Confederate flags in national cemeteries and reaffirm policy to request removal of Confederate flag from concession stands, H4946 [8JY]

——— prohibit funding to allow a grave in any Federal cemetery to be decorated with a Confederate flag, H4818 [7JY], H4875 [8JY]

——— prohibit non-educational products that depict the Confederate flag from being sold at concession stands, H4811 [7JY], H4875 [8JY]

——— prohibit purchase or display of Confederate flags except in situations where such flags would provide historical context, H4828 [7JY]

New Bedford, MA: unveiling of mural recognizing 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, E1083 [20JY]

New Mexico: tribute to historically significant Civil War battle sites, E712 [14MY]

Supreme Court: impact of Dred Scott v. Sandford decision on slavery, H5020 [9JY]

Texas: support changing names of schools named after Confederate generals, H5084 [10JY]

Remarks in Senate

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, S4337, S4339 [22JN], S4524 [23JN], S4560 [24JN], S4626 [25JN]

Lincoln, Abraham: anniversary of second inaugural address, S1278 [4MR]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD, S1041–S1043 [24FE]

Ulysses S. Grant Association: designate as institution for organizing and leading bicentennial celebration of birth of Ulysses S. Grant (S. Res. 209), S4554 [23JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 341, remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building, H4662 [25JN]

H. Res. 355, remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building, H4974 [9JY]

S. Res. 195, Ulysses S. Grant Association designation as institution for organizing and leading bicentennial celebration of birth of Ulysses S. Grant, S3932 [9JN]

S. Res. 209, Ulysses S. Grant Association designation as institution for organizing and leading bicentennial celebration of birth of Ulysses S. Grant, S4549 [23JN]

Tributes

Lincoln, Abraham, H990 [12FE]