HCONRES 24
110th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Black history
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
History
Human rights
International Affairs
Minorities
Pardons
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should grant a pardon to Marcus Mosiah Garvey to clear his name and affirm his innocence of crimes for which he was unjustly prosecuted and convicted.
Introduced: January 10, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E561-563)
Jan 10, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 10, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Declares that Marcus Mosiah Garvey (founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association): (1) was innocent of the charges brought against him by the U.S. government; and (2) should be recognized internationally as a leader and thinker in the struggle for human rights and dignity.
Calls upon the President to endeavor to restore Garvey's honor and good name by granting him a full posthumous pardon that proclaims his conviction to have been unjust and affirms his innocence.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E561-563)
Committees of jurisdiction
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