Reparations Proposal Bill in House (HR 40)

[Mike Ellis]

Ready for some audacious hope and the changefulness of audacity?

Get ready to pay through the nose for the sins of your ancestors, gentlemen. Real or imagined, makes no difference. SOMEBODY'S gotta pay, and it's gonna be YOU.

H.R. 40: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (GovTrack.us)

H.R. 40:
111st Congress

Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

To acknowledge 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 examine the institution of slavery, subsequently 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:

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]show cosponsors (2)
Cosponsors [as of 2009-01-14]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL]
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Status:

Occurred: Introduced Jan 6, 2009
Occurred: Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments
Not Yet Occurred: Reported by Committee (pending)
Not Yet Occurred: Voted on in House (pending)
Not Yet Occurred: Voted on in Senate (pending)
Not Yet Occurred: Signed by President (pending)
This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Jan 14, 2009 8:24AM]
Last Action:
Jan 6, 2009: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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