Bills

  Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008

  Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007

  Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2007

  Recognizing the importance of the Border Patrol in combating human smuggling and commending the Department of Justice for increasing the rate of human smuggler prosecutions.

  A resolution recognizing the historical significance of the sloop-of-war USS Constellation as a reminder of the participation of the United States in the transatlantic slave trade and of the efforts of the United States to end the slave trade.

  Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act

  Recognizing the historical significance of the United States sloop-of-war Constellation as a surviving witness to the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and a leading participant in America's effort to end the practice.

  William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

  Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act

  Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act

  Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008

  Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans.

  To increase global stability and security for the United States and the international community by reducing the number of individuals who are de jure or de facto stateless and at risk of being trafficked.

  Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more effectively facing the challenges of the future…

  A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions.

  United Nations Durban Review Conference (Durban II) Funding Prohibition Act of 2008

  National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007

  Expressing support for a national day of remembrance for Harriet Ross Tubman.

  Child Sexual Slavery Prevention Act of 2008