Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.

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

45 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 43 Democrats

2 of 45 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Anh Cao (R-LA), André Carson (D-IN), Travis Childers (D-MS), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), John Hall (D-NY), Deborah Halvorson (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael McMahon (D-NY) and 15 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Kissell.

• H.R. 3116 (111th) Berry Amendment Extension Act
• H.Res. 494 (111th) Recognizing the exemplary service of the soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the United States Army during World War II.
• H.Res. 660 (111th) Recognizing the distinguished history of the Laurinburg Normal Industrial Institute.
• H.R. 2329 (111th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
• H.R. 4662 (111th) Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost Saving Act of 2010
• H.R. 5393 (111th) Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2010

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-8 district