Recognizing December 2 as the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery and the 60th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others and commending the efforts of modern day abolitionists following in the tradition of Frederick Douglass.

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

43 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 39 Democrats

4 of 43 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Joe Baca (D-CA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Robert Brady (D-PA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Anh Cao (R-LA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Phil Hare (D-IL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and 13 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Laura Richardson.

• H.R. 4957 (111th) Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010
• H.R. 5562 (111th) Homeland Security Grant Management Improvement Act
• H.Res. 928 (111th) Supporting of the goals and ideals of Universal Children's Day to encourage citizens in the United States to share in the mission of…
• H.Res. 1474 (111th) Commending Harry Belafonte for receiving the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil and…
• H.R. 2744 (111th) Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42
• H.R. 2355 (111th) MOVEMENT Act of 2009

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-37 district