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Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

Official title: 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… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: January 3, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 8, 2018
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Jackson Lee asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 40, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Jan 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action March 8, 2018

ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Jackson Lee asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 40, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Conyers, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

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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 to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 19
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jun 26, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 2018
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 15, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 14, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jun 21, 2017
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 7, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Mar 29, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 1, 2017
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 16, 2017
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jan 3, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 3, 2017
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 3, 2017
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jan 3, 2017
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 3, 2017
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 3, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 3, 2017
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 3, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-40/
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"H.R. 40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-40/.
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H.R. 40, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-40/.
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