119th Congress
H.Res. 797
Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Agreed to
- Sponsor
- Jamie Raskin(D-MD)
- Introduced
- Oct 8, 2025
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Education and Workforce; House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (60)
Original cosponsors (55)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Alma S. Adams (D-NC)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
- Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
- C001127
- S001193
Added later (5)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL) · Oct 10, 2025
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) · Oct 10, 2025
- Laura Friedman (D-CA) · Oct 21, 2025
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC) · Oct 21, 2025
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) · Oct 13, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Latest action(Oct 8, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Oct 8, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. - Oct 8, 2025
Submitted in House