US Congress House Bill 40

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 131-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-01-09 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove [D-CA]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]
Rep. Greg Landsman [D-OH]	Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]	Rep. Daniel Goldman [D-NY]
Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Summer Lee [D-PA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2023-01-09	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H96)
2023-01-09	House	Introduced in House

SB40 (Related) 2023-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/40/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr40/BILLS-118hr40ih.pdf