NONPARTISAN · SOURCED FROM CONGRESS.GOV, OPENFEC, SENATE & HOUSE CLERKS · UPDATED REGULARLY
119th Congress · House bill · Last action Jan 3, 2025
BillsCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesH.R. 40Congress.gov ↗
H.R. 40In CommitteeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Democrats establish commission to study reparations for African Americans

Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna (D-MA)111 cosponsorsIntroduced Jan 3, 2025
In plain English

A plain-English summary isn’t available for this bill yet.

Where it is in the process

Introduced
Jan 3
House committee
Jan 3
3
House floor
-
4
Senate
-
5
Signed
-
What happens next: Sits in committee. Needs a markup or favorable report to advance to the House floor.

Sponsor

Cosponsors (111)

AR
BR
NR
JR
DR
SR
SR
+104
All Democratic.

Activity timeline

Jan 3
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 3
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 3
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Read the bill text
Official text via Congress.gov. Opens in a new tab.
Read full text →

Full action log

All 3 recorded actions since introduction · Source: Congress.gov
Jan 3
HOUSEReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 3
Introduced in House
Jan 3
Introduced in House

All 30 cosponsors

30 Democrats · 0 Republicans
Democrats (30)

In the news

You Can't Separate Juneteenth From the Call for Reparations - Time Magazine
VIDEO: Ahead of America’s 250th, Pressley, Advocates Call On Congress to Advance Transformative Reparative Justice Agenda - House.gov
Brazil Takes Initial Steps to Implement a 40 Hour Work Week - The National Law Review
Pressley Applauds UN’s Support for Reparations, Continues Push for H.R. 40 - House.gov
Track this bill
Get an alert when it moves to the next stage or gets a vote.
Share
Embed this tracker on your site
Paste this HTML into your blog post or website to show a live tracker for this bill.
The embedded card updates automatically as the bill progresses. Preview →