III 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 547 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 14, 2018 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Brown , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Carper , Mr. Coons , Mr. Cornyn , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Donnelly , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Grassley , Ms. Harris , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Hatch , Mr. Heller , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Jones , Mr. Kaine , Mr. King , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Lee , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Paul , Mr. Perdue , Mr. Peters , Mr. Portman , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Scott , Ms. Smith , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Warner , Ms. Warren , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Young , and Mr. Cruz ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating June 19, 2018, as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States.