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HR 3466 117th Congress House

Tulsa-Greenwood Massacre Claims Accountability Act of 2021

Official title: To provide a remedy for survivors and descendants of the victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Massacre of 1921.

Introduced: May 28, 2021 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
May 21, 2021
Introduced in House
May 21, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tulsa-Greenwood Massacre Claims Accountability Act of 2021

This bill provides a cause of action for the victims of the 1921 race massacre that occurred in the Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Specifically, any person who acted under color of authority of the State of Oklahoma or the City of Tulsa to deprive a victim, on account of race, of any constitutional right secured to the victim at that time shall be liable to the victim or the victim's beneficiary or heir in a civil action for compensation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 42
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 8, 2022
D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 25, 2022
D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Feb 9, 2022
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Dec 14, 2021
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jun 8, 2021
McEachin, A.
· Jun 8, 2021
D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 8, 2021
RUSH, BOBBY
· Jun 8, 2021
D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Jun 8, 2021
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · May 28, 2021
Bass, Karen
· May 28, 2021
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 28, 2021
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 28, 2021
D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · May 28, 2021
Lawrence, Brenda
· May 28, 2021
Lawson, Al
· May 28, 2021
Lee, Barbara
· May 28, 2021
D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 28, 2021
Payne, Donald
· May 28, 2021
D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · May 28, 2021
D
Scott, David
Georgia · May 28, 2021
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 28, 2021
D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 28, 2021
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 28, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· May 25, 2021
D
Chu, Judy
California · May 25, 2021
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · May 25, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· May 25, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· May 21, 2021
D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 21, 2021
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Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · May 21, 2021
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 21, 2021
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 21, 2021
D
Green, Al
Texas · May 21, 2021
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Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · May 21, 2021
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· May 21, 2021
D
Jacobs, Sara
California · May 21, 2021
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 21, 2021
D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · May 21, 2021
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 21, 2021
D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · May 21, 2021
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 21, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3466: Tulsa-Greenwood Massacre Claims Accountability Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3466/
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"H.R. 3466: Tulsa-Greenwood Massacre Claims Accountability Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3466/.
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