HR 40 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 12, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act - Establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.

Authorizes appropriations.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2001 to Oct 9, 2002, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-FL	Carrie P. Meek	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-NY	Major R. Owens	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-LA	William J. Jefferson	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 8, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson		Mar 8, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 8, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Mar 8, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Mar 13, 2001
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 13, 2001

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

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