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H.Res. 291 (115th)

Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act and recognizing April 2017 as Fair Housing Month, which includes bringing attention to the discrimination faced by every-day Americans in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, and religion.

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Introduced

27 April 2017

Last action

2 May 2017 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Sponsors

Al Green, Emanuel Cleaver, Gregory Meeks, Mike Quigley, Danny Davis, JOHN LEWIS, Sanford Bishop, André Carson, WM. CLAY, G. K. Butterfield, Eleanor Norton, BOBBY RUSH, Keith Ellison, Stacey Plaskett, Donald Beyer, Pramila Jayapal, JOHN CONYERS, Alma Adams, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jamie Raskin, Nydia Velázquez, Maxine Waters, Gwen Moore, Frederica Wilson, Janice Schakowsky, Barbara Lee, Raúl Grijalva, Joyce Beatty, Vicente Gonzalez, Marcia Fudge, Robin Kelly, Brian Higgins, LUIS GUTIERREZ, Cedric Richmond, ALCEE HASTINGS, Jerry McNerney, Henry Johnson, Adam Smith, Brenda Lawrence, Carol Shea-Porter

Subjects

Housing

Source updated

6 December 2025

Housing

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Summary

Supports: (1) the goals and values of the 49th anniversary of the enactment of the Fair Housing Act and the 29th anniversary of the enactment of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and (2) activities to celebrate the historical milestones represented by such anniversaries.

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Timeline

  1. 27 April 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 27 April 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 27 April 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 2 May 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

    Source: Committee

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