House concurrent resolution · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of Congress that the George Washington letter to Tuoro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, which is on display at the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., is one of the most significant early statements buttressing the nascent American constitutional guarantee of religious freedom.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2001
- Committee actionJun 28, 2001
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2001 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 54.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 62.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-143 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 17, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/143
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 62, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hconres/62
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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