Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Summary
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act This bill 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. The commission shall identify (1) the role of the 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.
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Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 25, 2021
Last action Jan 25, 2021
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Jan 25, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jan 25, 2021
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
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Cory A. Booker
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
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Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
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Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
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Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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