United States · Resolution · SRES
S.Res. 442 (108th)
A resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and their descendants for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation.
Introduced
29 September 2004
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Status
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9956)
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10 August 2026
Summary
Declares that the Senate: (1) apologizes to the victims and survivors of lynching for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation; (2) expresses its deepest sympathies and most solemn regrets to the descendants of such victims whose ancestors were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all other U.S. citizens; and (3) remembers the history of lynching, to ensure that these personal tragedies will be neither forgotten nor repeated.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 September 2004
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 September 2004
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 29 September 2004
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-resolution/442
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/sres/442