H.Res. 87: Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland and International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-31 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland and International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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This resolution calls on the people of the United States to remember the innocent victims murdered at Auschwitz, the Jews killed during the Holocaust, and all the victims of the Nazi reign of terror. The resolution also (1) calls on the people of the United States to continue working to end all genocide and persecution, and (2) recommits to combating all forms of anti-Semitism.

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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland and International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hres87.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hres>

Record fed-us-cong119-hres87 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills