Recognizing that the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the crime of enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.

Sponsored by Summer L. Lee DDemocrat, introduced May 15, 2025. Policy area, as Congress files it: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

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