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Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act

Introduced: January 10, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1042.
Sep 23, 2008
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment. Without written report.
Nov 14, 2007
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Mar 30, 2007
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Jan 23, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 22, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 1 (Roll no. 45). (text: CR H805)
Jan 22, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 22, 2007
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H816-817)
Jan 22, 2007
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Jan 22, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 390.
Jan 22, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H805-806)
Jan 22, 2007
Mr. Clay moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 11, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E79)
Jan 10, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 10, 2007
Introduced in House
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Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act - Requires the Archivist of the United States to: (1) establish, as part of the National Archives, and maintain an electronically searchable database of historic records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction (including Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Records, the Southern Claims Commission Records, Records of the Freedmen's Bank, Slave Impressments Records, Slave Payroll Records, and the Slave Manifest) contained within federal agencies for genealogical and historical research; and (2) preserve relevant records.

Requires the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to provide grants to states, colleges and universities, and genealogical associations to preserve records and establish databases of local records of such information.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now September 23, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1042.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 22, 2007
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 10, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 390: Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-390/
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"H.R. 390: Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-390/.
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H.R. 390, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-390/.
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