HRES1277 U.S. House: Recognizes the interconnected pain and oppression faced by the global majority… (Introduced)

Introduced

Introduced in House · May 14, 2026

May 12, 2026

Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Tlaib, and Ms. Clarke of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, House Administration, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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

RESOLUTION

Recognizing, from Chicago to Palestine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Puerto Rico, that the pain, violence, and oppression the global majority experiences are interconnected, acknowledges that the future must be self-determined, and affirms our humanity and dignity through a renewed mandate for human rights.

(1) recognizes the role and responsibility of the United States in enacting policies that impact the global majority;
(2) declares that the United States must—
1. (A) end its inhumane immigration policies, including deportation, immigration detention, militarizing the border, and repealing legal pathways of entry into the country;
2. (B) dismantle the Department of Homeland Security;
3. (C) create a humane, legal pathway to citizenship for anyone who chooses to migrate to the United States;
4. (D) acknowledge and affirm the right to return;
5. (E) reinstate non-discriminatory policies for temporary protected status, work permits, and asylum;
6. (F) give all unincorporated territories, colonies, and occupied territories their sovereignty;
7. (G) adopt a pro-peace agenda globally to advance human security in place of militarism;
8. (H) redirect global direct and indirect funding and material assistance used in the commission of genocide, war crimes, or other crimes against humanity to humane, safe migration around the world;
9. (I) redress the harms of its foreign policies, which include exploitation, resource extraction, and blatant colonialism and imperialism;
10. (J) completely redirect Department of Defense funding toward pro-peace initiatives;
11. (K) redirect all Department of Defense funding spent on militarism to strengthening global partnerships through peace initiatives;
12. (L) end military aid to nations reasonably believed to be committing human rights violations domestically or interfering with the delivery of humanitarian assistance, as codified under existing United States law, including the Foreign Assistance Act and the Leahy Laws; and
13. (M) redirect Department of State funding used for deportation toward humane migration;
(3) calls for—
1. (A) the global majority to have a protected means to self-governance and self-determination, including democratic participation and free and fair elections;
2. (B) the global majority to be able to meaningfully participate in democratic processes, including voting;
3. (C) all policies or actions that suppress or intentionally exclude the vote of the global majority be repealed and voter protections be implemented;
4. (D) policies to be implemented that protect freedom of speech and to dissent;
5. (E) international and campaign finance laws to ensure dark money does not interfere with democratic processes;
6. (F) stronger regulations and policies that combat mis- and disinformation due to the growth of artificial intelligence and social media;
7. (G) the unaffordability crisis to be addressed through an intersectional framework that acknowledges the disproportionate impact on the global majority;
8. (H) policy action that addresses spatial segregation, which excludes many residents from equal access to public services, education, and transportation;
9. (I) policies to be put in place to protect against forced evictions;
10. (J) eligibility to access to public housing to be determined regardless of documentation or status;
11. (K) abolishing systems in order to achieve safety, including—
  1. (i) mass incarceration;
  2. (ii) detention;
  3. (iii) mass deportation;
  4. (iv) the prison industrial complex;
  5. (v) torture, slavery, and unusual punishments; and
  6. (vi) carceral punishment and State executions;
12. (L) systems that center restorative justice be built;
13. (M) the expansion of care-based violence prevention;
14. (N) the global adoption of universal health care;
15. (O) eliminating barriers to accessing health care, such as documentation statuses;
16. (P) free universal health care;
17. (Q) universal health care that includes access and coverage of reproductive health care and gender affirming care;
18. (R) acknowledging the global majority’s land rights;
19. (S) the global majority to have decision making power over land use and ownership at the community level;
20. (T) the creation of community-driven, democratic processes that drive land use in place;
21. (U) the creation of policies and practices that honor and protect human rights, land, and environmental defenders;
22. (V) civil society to be empowered to expand civic spaces for land rights development for the global majority;
23. (W) global society to challenge the cultural hegemony of heteronormativity and patriarchy to achieve equality and authentic expression;
24. (X) legal protections and cultural recognition for all genders, sexual orientations, and abilities;
25. (Y) pay parity amongst the global majority; and
26. (Z) the United States to reinstate its global and domestic support for gender equity and the LGBTQIA+ community;
(4) the history and memory of the global majority to be preserved and the erasure of cultural practices to be prevented;
(5) policies that protect the preservation of memory through storytelling, song, art, and dance;
(6) policies that allow the freedom to speak the language of a given community’s choice;
(7) the end of discriminatory practices against Indigenous Peoples in the global majority;
(8) the global majority to have fair and living wages to achieve the right to dignified work;
(9) living, family-sustaining minimum wages;
(10) the global majority to have collective bargaining power and the ability to organize and assemble;
(11) global policies that empower the global majority to form or join unions to act together;
(12) protection against retaliation;
(13) policies that empower the global majority to strike;
(14) the global majority to have access to dignified retirement through pensions;
(15) States to invest in policies that prioritize green infrastructure and clean, communal spaces to achieve the right to sustainable communities;
(16) policies that address environmental racism, infrastructural neglect, and the systemic underfunding of public areas;
(17) corporate billionaires and megacorporations to be taxed at a fair rate to achieve the right to a just economy;
(18) investment in social benefits programs instead of providing relief to unaccountable leaders and megacorporations;
(19) global economies to defund billionaires;
(20) the United States to take a cooperative posture towards the global economy to move towards economic equity;
(21) the creation of a United States Human Rights Commission to monitor and respond to United States violations of human rights domestically and abroad; and
(22) the United States House of Representatives to build an affirmative legislative platform that works towards a just global society.

H.Res.1277