Bill Sponsors: US HCR73 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Bill Title: Recognizing the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, which banned the slave trade in the British Empire, allowed for the search and seizure of ships suspected of transporting enslaved people, and provided compensation for the freedom of slaves.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. [HCR73 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sponsors

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Representative Charles Rangel [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-NY-13OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Sanford Bishop [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-GA-2OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Bobby Rush [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-IL-1OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Laura Richardson [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-CA-37OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Donald Payne [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-NJ-10OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative John Lewis [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-GA-5OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Raul Grijalva [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-AZ-7OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Chaka Fattah [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-PA-2OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Elijah Cummings [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-MD-7OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
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Representative Corrine Brown [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-FL-5OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Henry Johnson [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-GA-4OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Edolphus Towns [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-NY-10OpenSecretsFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide
Representative Eni Faleomavaega [D]SponsorSponsored BillsHD-ASOpenSecretsN/ABallotpediaVoteSmartBioGuide

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