Urging the Secretary of State that in 2015, a year of significant anniversaries for the Jewish people, U.S. embassies in appropriate countries should commemorate this anniversary year with significant public events including the message that the...

H.RES.57

Introduced:

January 27, 2015

Congress:

114

Session:

First

Last Major Action:

February 11, 2015

Referred to House (sub)committee

Stating that 2015 was a year of significance for the Jewish people because it marked the 80th anniversary of the passage of the Nuremburg Race Laws in Germany and the 70th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg trials and the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, this resolution urged the U.S. government to hold commemorative events.

7 cosponsors (5D, 2R).

Last major action: 2/11/15 referred to Subcomm. on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Robert Aderholt(R-AL)Tom Cole(R-OK)Marcy Kaptur(D-OH)Daniel Lipinski(D-IL)

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Legislation Topics

Holocaust