3.0.0 98 2019-11-15T21:33:28Z 2019-11-15T21:33:28Z House H HR 2013-01-03 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CONYERS:H.R. 98.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to theUnited States Constitution, Congress shall have the power toenact appropriate laws protecting the civil rights of allAmericans.[Page H36]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2013-01-25T19:37:35Z Referred to 2013-01-03T16:09:40Z 2013-01-25 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. Committee 2013-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-01-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E12) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 N Law Civil actions and liability Crime victims Oklahoma Racial and ethnic relations Violent crime Law 00 2013-01-03 Introduced in House 2013-02-06T19:55:52Z John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013 - Declares that any person (including the state of Oklahoma) who, in connection with the Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma, race riot of 1921 and its aftermath, acted under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of the state of Oklahoma to subject, or cause to be subjected, any person to the deprivation, on account of race, of any right secured at the time of the deprivation by Oklahoma law, shall be liable to the party injured in a civil action for redress (thereby allowing claims for damages notwithstanding the federal court decision in Alexander v. State of Oklahoma, which found that such claims were time-barred and not to be determined on the merits).

Prohibits the commencement of such a civil action more than five years after enactment of this Act.

]]> John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013 Display Title John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To provide a remedy for survivors and descendants of the victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Riot of 1921. Introduced in House 2013-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr98ih/xml/BILLS-113hr98ih.xml 2013-01-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.