Relating to the recognition of the connection between the emancipation of African slaves in the Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands, to the American Declaration of Independence from the British Government.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats

0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

John Conyers (D-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jefferson (D-LA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Christensen.

• H.R. 4313 (105th) To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide that the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin Islands and…
• H.Con.Res. 161 (105th) Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the emancipation of African slaves in the Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands.
• H.Res. 487 (105th) Relating to the emancipation of African slaves in the Danish West Indies, now the United States Virgin Islands.
• H.R. 1152 (105th) To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 1561 (105th) To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 and title 23, United States Code, to allow the Virgin Islands and the other…
• H.R. 2498 (105th) To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend to certain fine jewelry certain trade benefits of insular…

Sponsor’s state and district

VI at-large district