Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 27, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 27, 2025
Submitted in House
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Plain-English summary
This resolution recognizes, and expresses support for preserving and investing in, freedmen's settlements.
Freedmen's settlements generally were established before and after emancipation by free and formerly enslaved African Americans to create self-sustaining communities away from racial violence and economic discrimination.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
15
D
Tokuda, Jill N.
D
Frost, Maxwell
D
Brown, Shontel M.
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Kelly, Robin L.
D
Ramirez, Delia C.
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
D
Beatty, Joyce
D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
D
McIver, LaMonica
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Pressley, Ayanna
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 173: Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-173/
"H. Res. 173: Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-173/.
H. Res. 173, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-173/.
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