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HR 1843 111th Congress House Law Civil actions and liability Crime victims Oklahoma Racial and ethnic relations Violent crime

John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009

Introduced: April 1, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 11, 2009
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Jun 11, 2009
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 8, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Apr 1, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 1, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E847-848)
Apr 1, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009 - Provides that any Greenwood, Oklahoma, claimant (a survivor or descendant of victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot of 1921) who has not previously obtained a determination on the merits of a Greenwood claim may, in a civil action commenced within five years after enactment of this Act, obtain that determination.

What's happening now June 11, 2009

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 15, 2009
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Apr 1, 2009
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 1, 2009
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 1, 2009
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Apr 1, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1843: John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1843/
MLA
"H.R. 1843: John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1843/.
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H.R. 1843, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1843/.
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