SEARCH Act
Latest action · Mar 19, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
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 12, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act or the SEARCH Act - Directs the Archivist of the United States to establish, as part of the National Archives, a national database consisting of historic records of servitude and emancipation in the United States to assist African Americans in researching their genealogy. Requires the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to maintain the database.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2007 to Jan 24, 2007; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Jan 12, 2007 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Jan 12, 2007 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Jan 12, 2007 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jan 12, 2007 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Jan 12, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 12, 2007 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jan 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Jan 23, 2007 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jan 23, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jan 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Jan 24, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 12, 2007 |
| Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee | Referred Mar 19, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
- Jan 12, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 12, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E103)
- Jan 12, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E103 | Elijah E. Cummings D-MD | Jan 12, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 295 | SEARCH Act | Identical bill | Mar 30, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse in the National Archives.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act
- SEARCH Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Archives
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Blacks
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Colleges
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Genealogy
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- History
- Minorities
- Public records
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Slavery
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
