US Congress House Bill 40

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 73-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]
Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove [D-CA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Summer Lee [D-PA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA]	Rep. LaMonica McIver [D-NJ]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Lateefah Simon [D-CA]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI]	Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/40/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr40/BILLS-119hr40ih.pdf