Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed…

Full title

Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.

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IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

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D KissellSponsor

45 cosponsors · 43 D, 2 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Feb 23, 2010
House Passed Feb 26, 2010 383–0

Recognizes the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a nation.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Feb 26, 2010

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes the need for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue to work to eliminate any health and benefit disparities for our nation's minority veterans.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Feb 26, 2010 · 383 Yea – 0 Nay Adoption (two-thirds required) Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Bobby Bright	D	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Parker Griffith	R	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Not Voting
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Yea
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
Harry Mitchell	D	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Not Voting
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-10	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	Yea
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Not Voting
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Not Voting
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Not Voting
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Not Voting
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Not Voting
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Yea
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-32	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Yea
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Yea
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Not Voting
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Not Voting
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Yea
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Yea
Betsy Markey	D	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Not Voting
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Yea
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Yea
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Not Voting
Bill Posey	R	FL-15	Yea
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Yea
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
Ron Klein	D	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Suzanne Kosmas	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Yea
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Alan Grayson	D	FL-8	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Not Voting
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
John Linder	R	GA-7	Not Voting
Jim Marshall	D	GA-8	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-9	Not Voting
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Not Voting
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Yea
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Walter Minnick	D	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Yea
Deborah Halvorson	D	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-14	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Phil Hare	D	IL-17	Yea
Aaron Schock	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Brad Ellsworth	D	IN-8	Yea
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Not Voting
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Yea
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Yea
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Not Voting
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Not Voting
Joseph Cao	R	LA-2	Yea
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Bill Cassidy	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Not Voting
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Yea
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Yea
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Frank Kratovil	D	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Not Voting
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Yea
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Not Voting
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Not Voting
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Mark Schauer	D	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Gary Peters	D	MI-9	Yea
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Yea
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Not Voting
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-9	Yea
Travis Childers	D	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Larry Kissell	D	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Yea
Paul Hodes	D	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Yea
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
John Adler	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Not Voting
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Martin Heinrich	D	NM-1	Yea
Harry Teague	D	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Yea
Dean Heller	R	NV-2	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Not Voting
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Yea
Michael McMahon	D	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
John Hall	D	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
Scott Murphy	D	NY-20	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Yea
William Owens	D	NY-23	Not Voting
Michael Arcuri	D	NY-24	Yea
Daniel Maffei	D	NY-25	Yea
Christopher Lee	R	NY-26	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Eric Massa	D	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Not Voting
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Not Voting
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Driehaus	D	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Mary Jo Kilroy	D	OH-15	Yea
John Boccieri	D	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Zack Space	D	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Charles Wilson	D	OH-6	Yea
Steve Austria	R	OH-7	Yea
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Not Voting
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Not Voting
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Not Voting
Mary Fallin	R	OK-5	Not Voting
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Christopher Carney	D	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Not Voting
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Not Voting
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Not Voting
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Kathleen Dahlkemper	D	PA-3	Yea
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Joe Sestak	D	PA-7	Yea
Patrick Murphy	D	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Not Voting
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Yea
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Not Voting
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Not Voting
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Not Voting
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Yea
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Yea
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Not Voting
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Not Voting
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Not Voting
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Glenn Nye	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Thomas Perriello	D	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Yea
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Not Voting
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Not Voting
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Yea
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Not Voting
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Not Voting
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Yea
Steve Kagen	D	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Yea

Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Feb 26, 2010