US Congress House Bill 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 174-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-19 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans. The commission shall examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. Among other requirements, the commission shall identify (1) the role of the federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery, (2) forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors against freed slaves and their descendants, and (3) lingering negative effects of slavery on living African-Americans and society.

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

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Kwanza Hall [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-19	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-03	House	Introduced in House

SB1083 (Related) 2019-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/40/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr40/BILLS-116hr40ih.pdf