US Congress Senate Bill 1083 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)
Status: Introduced on April 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
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 examine (1) the role of 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.

H.B. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB40 (Related) 2019-06-19 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1083/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1083/BILLS-116s1083is.pdf