Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Resolution · HCONRES

H.Con.Res. 40 (112th)

Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

13 April 2011

Last action

11 July 2011 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Sponsors

Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]

Subjects

Education

Source updated

21 July 2025

Education

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each state, city, and local education authority to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 13 April 2011

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 April 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 April 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 11 July 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 13 April 2011

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 13 April 2011

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 13 April 2011

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 50 sponsors and actors.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.