US HR817 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)
Status: Introduced on October 26 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-10-26 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 26 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-10-26 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African Americans who duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era but were wrongly denied the right to take their seats should be recognized as former Members of the House.
Title
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African Americans who duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era but were wrongly denied the right to take their seats should be recognized as former Members of the House.
Sponsors
| Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA] | Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL] | Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL] | Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL] |
| Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] | Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA] | Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ] | Rep. Glenn Ivey [D-MD] |
| Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS] | Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA] |
| Rep. David Scott [D-GA] | Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO] | Rep. Al Green [D-TX] | Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] |
| Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA] | Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN] | Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL] | Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ] |
| Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA] | Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO] | Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH] | Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX] |
| Rep. Donald Davis [D-NC] | Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA] | Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH] | Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC] |
| Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-26 | House | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. |
| 2023-10-26 | House | Introduced in House |
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/817/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hres817/BILLS-118hres817ih.pdf |
