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S.Res. 620

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A resolution designating June 19, 2020, as "Juneteenth Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.
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Passed
Latest Action · June 15, 2020
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2979; text: CR S2976)
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
June 15, 2020
Cosponsors (57)
28D 28R
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This resolution designates June 19, 2020, as "Juneteenth Independence Day" to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.

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