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Session 8269: 1867-07-18 12:00:00

The Committee on the Judiciary reports back S. 137 with an amendment

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S. 137

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For the further security of equal rights in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the District of Columbia no citizen, being an elector, shall be excluded from any office, or from being selected as a juror, by reason of race or color, and so much of all laws making any such discrimination are hereby repealed.

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S. 137 (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e866239) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- S. 137: Committee Amendment (introduced on 1867-07-18 00:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e866236) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 00:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e866237) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - S. 137: Committee Amendment (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - IMPORT_FROM - e866240) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e866241) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - Motion for the Previous Question on the Committee Amendment to S. 137 (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e723927) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e723930) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e866242) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e866243) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - Motion to Separate the Amendment (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e866249) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e866250) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - Motion to Report S. 137 as Amended to the Senate (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e866251) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e866252) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e866244) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion for the Previous Question on the Passage of S. 137 (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e723934) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e723939) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion for the Yeas and Nays on the Passage of S. 137 (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e723937) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e723942) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e866247) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Reconsider the Vote on S. 137 (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e723945) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Motion to Lay the Reconsideration on the Table (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e723946) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e723948) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Report S. 137 as Amended to the Senate (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e866251) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1867-07-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e866252) [view current proposal at this moment]

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