H.Con.Res. 40: Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

H.Con.Res. 40: Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-13 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

Plain summary

Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each state, city, and local education authority to adopt laws and policies to prohibit name-calling, bullying, harassment, and discrimination against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity or gender expression.

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Official text

Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] · 47 cosponsors

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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Al Green (D-TX), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO)

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Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hconres40.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong112-hconres40 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112