PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Resolution · HRES

H.Res. 685 (116th)

Recognizing the service of all District of Columbia veterans, condemning the denial of voting rights in Congress and full equality as American citizens for veterans and their families who are District of Columbia residents, and calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the passage of H.R. 51, particularly in light of the service of District of Columbia veterans in every American war.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 November 2019

Last action

—

Status

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.

Sponsors

—

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

7 April 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

This resolution (1) recognizes the service of all District of Columbia veterans, (2) condemns the denial of voting rights in Congress and full equality as American citizens for veterans and their families who are District residents, and (3) calls for statehood for the District through the passage of H.R. 51 (Washington, D.C. Admission Act).

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

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

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