Recognizing and celebrating the abolition of slavery more than 150 years ago in the Latin American countries of Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela, and for other purposes.

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

12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats

0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.

• H.R. 4632 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19504 Linden Boulevard in St. Albans, New York, as the "Archie…
• H.Res. 654 (108th) Recognizing the 38th anniversary of the independence of Guyana and extending best wishes to Guyana for peace and further progress…
• H.Con.Res. 344 (108th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that American prisoners of war (POWs) during the 1991 Gulf War and their immediate family members…
• H.R. 4737 (108th) To provide additional exemptions from the community service requirement for a resident of a public housing project.
• H.R. 4738 (108th) Public Housing Community Service Incentive Act
• H.Res. 849 (108th) Congratulating Wangari Maathai for winning the Nobel Peace Prize and commending her for her tireless work to promote sustainable…

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-6 district