3.0.0 1083 2022-11-01T19:17:11Z 2022-11-01T19:17:11Z Senate S 2019-04-09 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-09T19:32:14Z Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act 116 40 HR 2019-06-19 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2019-04-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-04-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-05-02 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-05-02 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-05-02 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-05-14 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-05-21 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-05-21 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-05-22 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-05-23 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-06-04 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-06-04 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-06-13 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-06-13 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-06-20 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-06-24 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-07-16 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-07-29 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-06-12 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-06-12 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-07-29 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-09-14 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Advisory bodies Civics education Constitution and constitutional amendments Government liability Government studies and investigations Human rights Racial and ethnic relations State and local government operations U.S. history War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2019-04-09 Introduced in Senate 2019-06-21T20:12:12Z H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans. The commission shall examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. Among other requirements, the commission shall examine (1) the role of federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery, (2) forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors against freed slaves and their descendants, and (3) lingering negative effects of slavery on living African-Americans and society.

]]> H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act Display Title H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act Short Title(s) as Introduced H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to address 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 study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1083is/xml/BILLS-116s1083is.xml 2019-04-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.