HCONRES 44
111th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Human rights
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
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: February 10, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 10, 2009
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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