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Judiciary Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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NJ
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D
IL
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2025-01-09
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Blumenthal
D
CT
2025-01-09
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Welch
D
VT
2025-01-09
True
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Andy
Kim
D
NJ
2025-01-09
True
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Tammy
Duckworth
D
IL
2025-01-09
True
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Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Elizabeth
Warren
D
MA
A.
2025-01-09
True
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Alex
Padilla
D
CA
2025-01-09
True
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Van Hollen
D
MD
2025-01-09
True
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Schiff
D
CA
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2025-01-09
True
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Warnock
D
GA
2025-01-09
True
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Markey
D
MA
J.
2025-01-09
True
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I
VT
2025-01-09
True
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HI
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2025-01-09
True
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MN
2025-01-09
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WA
2025-01-09
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RI
2025-01-09
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2025-01-09
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Coons
D
DE
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2025-01-21
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Kaine
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VA
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2025-01-23
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2025-01-09
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2025-03-18T20:13:48Z
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 must (1) compile documentary evidence of slavery in the United States; (2) study the role of the federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery; (3) analyze discriminatory laws and policies against formerly enslaved Africans and their descendants; and (4) recommend ways the United States may recognize and remedy the effects of slavery and discrimination on African Americans, including through a formal apology and compensation (i.e., reparations).
The commission consists of individuals from civil society and reparations organizations and individuals appointed by the President and congressional leadership. The commission may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and records, and contract with other entities to conduct its work.
The commission must submit its final report within one year of its first meeting.

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
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Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
2025-02-07T04:38:17Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
2025-02-07T04:38:17Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Official Title as Introduced
6

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.
2025-02-07T04:33:39Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Introduced in Senate
2025-01-09T05:00:00Z
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2025-01-09
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