U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 40

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

To address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18

Introduced

January 4, 2021, in the House

Issue areas

• Civil rights

Policy area

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (from the Congressional Research Service)

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