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Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United…

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Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.

Introduced: May 17, 2023 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 17, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution recognizes the responsibility of the federal government to provide reparations and encourages the passage and implementation of the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act.

What's happening now May 17, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 12
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Casar, Greg
Texas · Jan 9, 2024
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Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
California · Nov 17, 2023
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Aug 4, 2023
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 24, 2023
 D
Thanedar, Shri
Michigan · Jun 22, 2023
Bowman, Jamaal
· May 17, 2023
 D
Green, Al
Texas · May 17, 2023
 D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
Illinois · May 17, 2023
 D
Lee, Summer L.
Pennsylvania · May 17, 2023
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · May 17, 2023
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · May 17, 2023
 D
Ramirez, Delia C.
Illinois · May 17, 2023
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 17, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 414: Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-414/
MLA
"H. Res. 414: Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-414/.
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H. Res. 414, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-414/.
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[H. Res. 414: Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-414/)
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