Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 40

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Ayanna Pressley DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

118 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Alma S. Adams DDemocrat
Becca Balint DDemocrat
Nanette Diaz Barragán DDemocrat
Joyce Beatty DDemocrat
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. DDemocrat
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. DDemocrat
Suzanne Bonamici DDemocrat
Shontel M. Brown DDemocrat
Julia Brownley DDemocrat
André Carson DDemocrat
Troy A. Carter DDemocrat
Ed Case DDemocrat
Sean Casten DDemocrat
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] DDemocrat
Judy Chu DDemocrat
Yvette D. Clarke DDemocrat
Emanuel Cleaver DDemocrat
James E. Clyburn DDemocrat
Steve Cohen DDemocrat
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] DDemocrat
Danny K. Davis DDemocrat
Madeleine Dean DDemocrat
Lloyd Doggett DDemocrat
Adriano Espaillat DDemocrat
Dwight Evans DDemocrat
Lizzie Fletcher DDemocrat
Valerie P. Foushee DDemocrat
Maxwell Frost DDemocrat
Sylvia R. Garcia DDemocrat
Al Green DDemocrat
Jahana Hayes DDemocrat
James A. Himes DDemocrat
Steven Horsford DDemocrat
Jonathan L. Jackson DDemocrat
Sara Jacobs DDemocrat
Pramila Jayapal DDemocrat
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. DDemocrat
Sydney Kamlager-Dove DDemocrat
Robin L. Kelly DDemocrat
Summer L. Lee DDemocrat
Ted Lieu DDemocrat
Jennifer L. McClellan DDemocrat
LaMonica McIver DDemocrat
Gregory W. Meeks DDemocrat
Grace Meng DDemocrat
Gwen Moore DDemocrat
Jerrold Nadler DDemocrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocrat
Ilhan Omar DDemocrat
Jimmy Panetta DDemocrat
Chellie Pingree DDemocrat
Mark Pocan DDemocrat
Mike Quigley DDemocrat
Delia C. Ramirez DDemocrat
Mary Gay Scanlon DDemocrat
Janice D. Schakowsky DDemocrat
Lateefah Simon DDemocrat
Haley M. Stevens DDemocrat
Marilyn Strickland DDemocrat
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] DDemocrat
Mark Takano DDemocrat
Shri Thanedar DDemocrat
Bennie G. Thompson DDemocrat
Dina Titus DDemocrat
Rashida Tlaib DDemocrat
Jill N. Tokuda DDemocrat
Ritchie Torres DDemocrat
Lori Trahan DDemocrat
Nydia M. Velázquez DDemocrat
Bonnie Watson Coleman DDemocrat
Nikema Williams DDemocrat
Frederica S. Wilson DDemocrat
Greg Landsman DDemocrat
Melanie A. Stansbury DDemocrat
Greg Casar DDemocrat
Linda T. Sánchez DDemocrat
Adam Smith DDemocrat
Kweisi Mfume DDemocrat
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] DDemocrat
Jasmine Crockett DDemocrat
Ami Bera DDemocrat
Robert Garcia DDemocrat
Ro Khanna DDemocrat
James P. McGovern DDemocrat
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DDemocrat
Terri A. Sewell DDemocrat
Stacey E. Plaskett DDemocrat
Darren Soto DDemocrat
Joaquin Castro DDemocrat
Wesley Bell DDemocrat
Jesús G. "Chuy" García DDemocrat
Joe Neguse DDemocrat
Mark DeSaulnier DDemocrat
Diana DeGette DDemocrat
Jimmy Gomez DDemocrat
Morgan McGarvey DDemocrat
Maxine Dexter DDemocrat
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott DDemocrat
Christian D. Menefee DDemocrat
Doris O. Matsui DDemocrat
Val T. Hoyle DDemocrat
Janelle S. Bynum DDemocrat
Cleo Fields DDemocrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz DDemocrat
Glenn Ivey DDemocrat
Shomari Figures DDemocrat
Marc A. Veasey DDemocrat
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. DDemocrat
Maxine Waters DDemocrat
Paul Tonko DDemocrat
Gabe Amo DDemocrat
Analilia Mejia DDemocrat
Lucy McBath DDemocrat
Sarah McBride DDemocrat
Suzan K. DelBene DDemocrat
Mike Levin DDemocrat
Teresa Leger Fernandez DDemocrat
Everton Blair Jr. DDemocrat

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. Introduced in House
  3. Introduced in House

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  • Judiciary Committee (House)Referred To, January 3, 2025

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