Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.
- Last Action
- 1/30/2019
Actions
- 2019-06-19Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2019-01-03Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- 2019-01-03Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-03 (00)
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans. The commission shall examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies. Among other requirements, the commission shall identify (1) the role of the federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery, (2) forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors against freed slaves and their descendants, and (3) lingering negative effects of slavery on living African-Americans and society.
Cosponsors (20)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Civics education
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- Government liability
- Government studies and investigations
- Human rights
- Racial and ethnic relations
- State and local government operations
- U.S. history
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
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