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This bill — the H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act — would establish a 13-member Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans. It would charge the commission with examining slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the U.S. from 1619 to the present and recommending appropriate remedies.

Among other requirements, the commission would examine:

Federal and state governments’ role in supporting the institution of slavery;
Forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors against freed slaves and their descendants; and
Lingering negative effects of slavery on living African-Americans and society.

This bill would authorize $12 million for the commission. The commission’s membership would consist of three members appointed by the president, three by the House, one by the Senate, and six from organizations that have championed racial justice.

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