H.Res. 78: Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact.

H.Res. 78: Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-01 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) it is an indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust, and (2) to deny or minimize that the Holocaust was an effort to eliminate the Jewish people is shameful. Calls on all executive branch entities, including the White House, to affirm that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in the Holocaust.

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Official text

Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] · 126 cosponsors

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Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and 66 more.

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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)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hres78.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hres>

Record fed-us-cong115-hres78 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115