3.0.0 1055 2023-01-11T13:35:12Z 2023-01-11T13:35:12Z House HR 2017-02-14 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 14, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RUSH:H.R. 1055.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall havepower to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of theUnited States . . .''; andArticle I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers . . .''[Page H1185]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-02T19:03:25Z hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-02T18:59:50Z Referred to 2017-02-14T15:01:30Z 2017-03-02 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Committee 2017-03-02 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2017-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 N Crime and Law Enforcement Advisory bodies Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Drug trafficking and controlled substances Government liability Racial and ethnic relations Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-02-14 Introduced in House 2017-04-12T20:11:04Z Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2017

This bill establishes a commission to examine and report on: the disparate incarceration and the institution of forced prison labor within the African-American community, government and private sector support for and profit from mass incarceration, discriminatory laws and other forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors, and the lingering negative effects of mass incarceration.

The commission must make recommendations for education and remedies.

]]> Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2017 Display Title Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To acknowledge the fundamental injustice and the subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against those African-Americans impacted by the "War on Drugs" and the subsequent disparate and discriminatory mass incarceration, to determine the role that private corporations played in the prison industrial complex, to determine the impact of these forces on their families, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1055ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1055ih.xml 2017-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 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.