3.0.0 392 2023-01-11T13:34:46Z 2023-01-11T13:34:46Z Senate S 2017-02-15 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2017-05-16T15:11:57Z Markup by 2017-03-30T13:30:00Z Referred to 2017-02-15T19:30:58Z S. Rept. 115-63 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act 115 1242 HR 2018-01-08 Signed by President. Related bill CRS Related bill House Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 115 1460 S 2017-09-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-485. Related bill CRS 2017-05-16 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 81. Calendars 2017-05-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-63. Committee 2017-05-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-63. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2017-03-30 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2017-02-15 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1219) IntroReferral 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2017-02-15 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-02-15 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-02-15 True 2017-04-10T20:47:07Z S. 392, 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52611 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 30, 2017 Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorative events and holidays Racial and ethnic relations U.S. history Virginia Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2017-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-15T15:02:19Z 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act

This bill establishes the 400 Years of African-American History Commission to develop and carry out activities throughout the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619.

The commission must:

  • plan programs to acknowledge the impact that slavery and laws that enforced racial discrimination had on the United States;
  • encourage civic, patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious, and economic organizations to organize and participate in anniversary activities;
  • assist states, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the commemoration; and
  • coordinate for the public scholarly research on the arrival of Africans in the United States and their contributions to this country.

The commission may provide: (1) grants to communities and nonprofit organizations for the development of programs; (2) grants to research and scholarly organizations to research, publish, or distribute information relating to the arrival of Africans in the United States; and (3) technical assistance to states, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the commemoration.

The commission must prepare a strategic plan and submit a final report to Congress that contains a summary of its activities, an accounting of its received and expended funds, and its recommendations.

The commission shall terminate on July 1, 2020.

]]> 80 2017-05-16 Reported to Senate without amendment 2017-06-01T20:08:05Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

400 Years of African-American History Commission Act

(Sec. 3) This bill establishes the 400 Years of African-American History Commission to develop and carry out activities throughout the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619.

The commission must:

  • plan programs to acknowledge the impact that slavery and laws that enforced racial discrimination had on the United States;
  • encourage civic, patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious, and economic organizations to organize and participate in anniversary activities;
  • assist states, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the commemoration; and
  • coordinate for the public scholarly research on the arrival of Africans in the United States and their contributions to this country.

(Sec. 5) The commission may provide: (1) grants to communities and nonprofit organizations for the development of programs; (2) grants to research and scholarly organizations to research, publish, or distribute information relating to the arrival of Africans in the United States; and (3) technical assistance to states, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the commemoration.

(Sec. 7) The commission must prepare a strategic plan and submit a final report to Congress that contains a summary of its activities, an accounting of its received and expended funds, and its recommendations.

(Sec. 9) The commission shall terminate on July 1, 2020.

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