Legislative Priorities

Ask your Representative to become a co-sponsor of HR 1111 to establish a cabinet-level US Department of Peacebuilding

Awaiting House Action

HR40– Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee [D-TX-18]

Addresses the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the US and the 13 colonies between 1619 and 1865. S40

HR55 – Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act of 2021 – PASSED!!

HR350 – Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 –Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL-10]

Authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. S963

HCon Res19 – Establishment of a Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation – Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA-13]

Affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship to the US, that the Nation owes a long-overdue debt of remembrance to not only those who lived through the egregious injustices enumerated in this resolution, but also to their descendants; and urges the establishment of a US Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. . SConRes6

H.Res. 877- Foreign Policy for the 21st Century – Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D- WA- 7]

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding many of today’s greatest national security challenges and outlining a new framework for foreign policy for the 21st century.

HRes 332 – Green New Deal – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez [D-NY-14]

Brings US greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero and meets 100% of power demand in the country through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources by 2030; creates millions of jobs to provide a job guarantee to all Americans. HR2644, HR2664

Awaiting Senate Action

S2747, S4 – Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021– Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD-3], Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL-7]

HR1 addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government; HR4 amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes. Both HR1 and HR4 passed by the House

HR1280 – George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 – Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA-37]

Increases accountability for law enforcement misconduct, restricts the use of certain policing practices, enhances transparency and data collection, and establishes best practices and training requirements. Passed by the House

HR1620 – Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021 – PASSED!!!

S40 – Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act – Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Addresses the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the US and the 13 colonies between 1619 and 1865. HR40

S963 – Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 – Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

S. Con. Res. 6 – Establishment of a Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation – Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship to the United States, that the Nation owes a long-overdue debt of remembrance to not only those who lived through the egregious injustices enumerated in this resolution, but also to their descendants; and urges the establishment of a US Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. HConRes 19

As a reminder, there are numerous steps to enacting a bill into law.

The first step is to introduce it, with a Sponsor who is the author of the bill.
Then, the bill is assigned to various associated committees for review.
The leadership of these committees decide what will be discussed.

After that, there are more steps, outlined in the Working with Congress page on this website.

Each one of us has the power to communicate with our Members of Congress, and with the leads of the Committees, to let them know that any particular piece of legislation is important to us. The greater the noise we make, the greater the chance that the legislation will be heard in Committee and moved forward! So let your voice be heard!

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Find your Member of Congress and two Senators: https://www.congress.gov

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