Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Owens, Mr. Rush, and Mr. Towns) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
Chaka Fattah
(PA); Alcee L. Hastings
(FL); Earl F. Hilliard
(AL); William J. Jefferson
(LA); Eddie Bernice Johnson
(TX); Carrie P. Meek
(FL); Major R. Owens
(NY); Bobby L. Rush
(IL); Edolphus Towns
(NY)
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Chicago
U.S. Congress. House. Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. H.R. 40. 107th
Cong., 1st
sess., Introduced in House January 3, 2001. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-107hr40ih.
APA
Congress, House of Representatives (2001, January 3). Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (H.R. 40 (IH)). Retrieved from https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-107hr40ih.
MLA
United States, Congress, House of Representatives. Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. U.S. Government Publishing Office, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-107hr40ih. 107th Congress, H.R. 40, Introduced in House 3 Jan. 2001.
Bluebook
H.R.40 - 107th Congress (2001-2002): Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, H.R.40, 107th Cong. (2001), https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-107hr40ih.
