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.

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Introduced

1 April 2009

Last action

14 May 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Sponsors

Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], 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. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

Subjects

Education

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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.

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Timeline

1 April 2009
Introduced
Referred to House Education and Labor
Source: IntroReferral
1 April 2009
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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
1 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
1 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 April 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Source: Committee
14 May 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/92
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