,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #ah1 #bjac  
,ms4 ,lee of ,california 7for herself1  
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,farr1 ,mr4 ,clay1
 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,chu1  
,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,johnson of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,ms4 ,eddie   
,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,ms4       
,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,danny  
,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,speier1  
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mrs4 ,ellmers1 ,mr4    
,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4  
,rush1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4  
,serrano1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,ms4 ,moore1    
,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,mr4 ,fattah1 ,mr4  
,israel1 ,mr4 ,watt1 ,mr4 ,hastings of  
,florida1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,polis1   
,mr4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,al   
,green of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1    
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 ,ms4         
,edwards1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1

 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,ms4         
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,van       
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,gutierrez1 ,mr4 ,peters  
of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,pitts1 ,mr4 ,chabot1
 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4       
,vargas1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,terry1
 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4      
,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,payne1
 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4 ,delaney1 ,mr4     
,fortenberry1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 
,ms4 ,bass1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4         
,jeffries1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1    
,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,long1 and ,ms4    
,slaughter7 submitted the following     
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,recognizing ,national    
,emancipation ,day1 marking the #aejth  
anniversary of the end of slavery in    
areas of rebellion1 and the significance
 of the ,emancipation ,proclamation in  
the struggle for the equal rights and   
freedoms afforded to all ,united ,states
 citizens4  ,whereas in #afai1 a ship   
flying the ,dutch flag stopped at ,old  

,point ,comfort in the ,virginia ,colony
 with #bj ,africans onboard2 ,whereas   
the arrival of these #bj ,africans to   
the ,virginia ,peninsula marked the     
beginning of more than #bjj years of    
captivity for ,africans in the ,united  
,states2 ,whereas ,president ,abraham   
,lincoln1 during the ,american ,civil   
,war and in accordance with the war     
powers vested to him issued a           
proclamation on ,september #bb1 #ahfb1  
declaring that on the first day of      
,january1 #ahfc1 all persons held as    
slaves within any ,state or designated  
part of a ,state1 the people whereof    
shall then be in rebellion against the  
,united ,states1 shall be then1         
thenceforward1 and forever free2        
,whereas the ,emancipation              
,proclamation1 as an ,executive order1  
legally emancipated millions of slaves  
in the ,states of ,south ,carolina1     
,mississippi1 ,florida1 ,alabama1       
,georgia1 ,louisiana1 ,texas1 ,virginia1
 ,arkansas1 and ,north ,carolina2       

,whereas for two-and-a-half years after 
the ,emancipation ,proclamation became  
official1 ,texas slaves were held in    
bondage and only after ,june #ai1 #ahfe1
 when ,union ,soldiers arrived in       
,galveston1 ,texas1 were                
,african-,american slaves in that ,state
 set free2 ,whereas1 on ,december #f1   
#ahfe1 the ,thirteenth ,amendment to the
 ,united ,states ,constitution1 which   
reads ,neither slavery nor involuntary  
servitude1 except as punishment for     
crime whereof the party shall have been 
duly convicted1 shall exist within the  
,united ,states1 or any place subject to
 their jurisdiction1 was adopted and    
effectively outlawed slavery in the     
,united ,states2 ,whereas the issuance  
of the ,emancipation ,proclamation was a
 significant precursor to the adoption  
of the ,thirteenth1 ,fourteenth1 and    
,fifteenth ,amendments to the ,united   
,states ,constitution1 also known as the
 ,reconstruction ,amendments1 adopted   
between #ahfe and #ahgj1 as well as the 

,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd1 the       
,national ,voting ,rights ,act of #aife1
 and the ,fair ,housing ,act of #aifh   
among others2 and ,whereas slaves and   
their descendants in the ,united ,states
 have contributed significantly to the  
foundation1 growth1 diversity1 and      
leadership of the ,united ,states3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of  
,representatives recognizes ,national   
,emancipation ,day1 marking the #aejth  
anniversary of the beginning of the end 
of slavery in areas of rebellion1 and   
the significance of the ,emancipation   
,proclamation in the struggle for the   
equal rights and freedoms afforded to   
all ,united ,states citizens4