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IntroducedJan 09, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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A bill to address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
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Senate • Jan 09, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Sen. Kim, Andycosponsor
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammycosponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabethcosponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alexcosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chriscosponsor
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B.cosponsor
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G.cosponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J.cosponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernardcosponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K.cosponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tinacosponsor
- Sen. Murray, Pattycosponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldoncosponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeffcosponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A.cosponsor
- Sen. Kaine, Timcosponsor
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- Jan 09, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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