Tulsa-Greenwood Massacre Claims Accountability Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 11/1/2022
Actions
- 2022-11-01Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- 2021-05-21Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2021-05-21Introduced in House
- 2021-05-21Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-21 (00)
Tulsa-Greenwood Massacre Claims Accountability Act of 2021
This bill provides a cause of action for the victims of the 1921 race massacre that occurred in the Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Specifically, any person who acted under color of authority of the State of Oklahoma or the City of Tulsa to deprive a victim, on account of race, of any constitutional right secured to the victim at that time shall be liable to the victim or the victim's beneficiary or heir in a civil action for compensation.
Cosponsors (20)
- Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- Troy Carter (D-LA)
- Anthony Brown (D-MD)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
- Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- David Scott (D-GA)
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