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Encouraging the Architect of the Capitol to transition to the exclusive use of electricity derived from renewable energy sources to power the United States Capitol Complex by 2032. [HCR-74]
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[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
This concurrent resolution encourages the Architect of the Capitol to transition to the exclusive use of electricity derived from renewable energy sources to power the U.S. Capitol Complex by 2032.
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Recognizing the significance of the genuine autonomy of Tibet and the Tibetan people and the work His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has done to promote global peace, harmony, and understanding. [HR-697]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Religion ]
This resolution recognizes both the cultural and religious significance of an autonomous Tibet. The resolution also calls on the United States to increase support for Tibet in a number of areas, including the succession of the Dalai Lama and environmental policy.
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Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to place a real time display of the United States gross national debt in the main hearing room of the Committee on Appropriations and in the main hearing room of the Committee on the Budget. [HR-686]
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[Finance ]
This resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to place a real-time display of the gross national debt in the main hearing rooms of the House Appropriations Committee and the House Budget Committee.
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A concurrent resolution providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center in connection with memorial services to be conducted in the House wing of the Capitol for the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, late a Representative from the State of Maryland. [SCR-27]
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This concurrent resolution directs the Architect of the Capitol to move a catafalque (a wooden platform) from the Exhibition Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center to the House wing of the Capitol so that it may be used in connection with services for the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, late a Representative of Maryland.
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Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States. [HCR-53]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event on September 9, 2019, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 [S.2581]
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Provides FY2020 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the Senate and Joint Items such as the Joint Economic Committee, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2021, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Office of the Attending Physician, and the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services. In addition, the bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Capitol Police; the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights; the Congressional Budget Office; the Architect of the Capitol; the Library of Congress, including the
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 [S.2581]
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Provides FY2020 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the Senate and Joint Items such as the Joint Economic Committee, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2021, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Office of the Attending Physician, and the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services. In addition, the bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Capitol Police; the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights; the Congressional Budget Office; the Architect of the Capitol; the Library of Congress, including the
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Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States. [HCR-57]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event on September 10, 2019, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to the territory that would become the United States.
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Honoring Harriet Tubman Act [HB-3602]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Harriet Tubman and to place the statue in a permanent location in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
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HUMBLE Act Halt Unchecked Member Benefits with Lobbying Elimination Act [HB-3419]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying Congress at any time after leaving office, and for other purposes.
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Permitting official photographs of the House of Representatives to be taken while the House is in actual session on a date designated by the Speaker. [HR-420]
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This resolution authorizes official photographs of the House of Representatives to be taken while the House is in actual session, on a date designated by the Speaker.
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Directing the Joint Committee on the Library to revise the statue commemorating women's suffrage which is located in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, commonly known as the "Portrait Monument", by placing on the statue an inscription which is based on the original inscription which was on the statue when the statue was delivered to the United States Capitol in 1921, and for other purposes. [HCR-44]
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This concurrent resolution directs the Joint Committee on the Library to revise the statue, known as the Portrait Monument, commemorating women's suffrage located in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol by placing an inscription on it that is based on its original inscription when delivered to the U.S. Capitol on February 10, 1921. This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for a ceremony to unveil the revised Portrait Monument.
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 [HB-2779]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Libraries ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the House of Representatives and Joint Items such as the Joint Economic Committee, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Office of the Attending Physician, and the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services. In addition, the bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Capitol Police; the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights; the Congressional Budget Office; the Office of Technology Assessment; the Architect of the Capitol; the Library of Congress, including the Congressional
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A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States from 1941 to 1945. [SCR-17]
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[Arts and Culture ]
This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state, upon death, of the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during World War II, if the individual or their next of kin so elects.
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A resolution authorizing the taking of a photograph in the Senate Chamber. [SR-200]
This resolution suspends specified provisions of Rule IV of the Rules for the Regulation of the Senate Wing of the U.S. Capitol and Senate Office Buildings (prohibiting the taking of pictures in the Senate Chamber) to permit the Senate Photographic Studio to photograph the U.S. Senate in actual session on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 2:15 p.m.
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A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I. [SCR-14]
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This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event on June 9, 2019, to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I.
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Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. [HCR-31]
[Human Rights ]
This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center on April 29, 2019, for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
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National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [HB-1865]
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[Energy ]
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[Education ]
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Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 8 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Legislative
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To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol. [HB-1596]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm. The committee may authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the agreement as well as related contracts. The committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.
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A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol. [S.728]
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Requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. The committee shall place the statue in a suitable permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.