US Congress Senate Resolution 71 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-28 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1505)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation. Expresses the sense of the Senate that Jack Johnson, the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World, should receive a posthumous pardon to expunge from the annals of American criminal justice a racially motivated abuse of the federal government's prosecutorial authority and to recognize his athletic and cultural contributions to society.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation.

Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-28	Senate	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1505)

HCR31 (Related) 2017-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/71/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sres71/BILLS-115sres71is.pdf