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S.Res.200 / 117th Congress

A resolution condemning recent hate crimes committed against Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2369; text: CR S2369)

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Version 55 · Passed Senate · Apr 29, 2021

This resolution condemns all manifestations of expressions of racism and anti-Asian and Pacific Islander or ethnic intolerance and calls for specified actions by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and federal law enforcement.

The resolution (1) calls on the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider holding a hearing related to the surge in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and (2) applauds DOJ's commitment to conducting a 30-day review of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

The resolution calls on federal law enforcement officials, working with state and local officials, to

expeditiously and vigorously investigate all reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States,

work to improve the reporting of such hate crimes, and

hold the perpetrators of those crimes accountable and bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R–IA

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    1. Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2369; text: CR S2369)

    2. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2369; text: CR S2369)

    3. Introduced in Senate

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