III 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 214 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 29, 2017 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Booker , Mr. Burr , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Casey , Mr. Cochran , Ms. Collins , Mr. Coons , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Cruz , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Franken , Ms. Harris , Mr. Kaine , Mr. King , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Lee , Mr. Markey , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Moran , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Paul , Mr. Perdue , Mr. Peters , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Scott , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Warner , Ms. Warren , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Wyden , and Mr. Young ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Designating June 19, 2017, as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States.