Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

History

Conyers n daa introduci act 1989 yuuni pul ni , kabi daa lahi nig katari tooi zag li wuhi Congress kam poyi koo naan yi retireyi . Yum pihi ta n kuli balla.

Juneteenth 2019 yuuni daa Nya ka House of Judiciary Subcommittee Constitution maa puuni , Civil Rights, ni Civil Liberties daa conduct tila solo ni bi wum din beini zag chag din daa nig yun tohani ziini , ni di ti yuuni la reparations alizama din daa nig yuuni la 2007, "one year poyi ni election of the country's first black president".

Rep. Conyers daa kan la yuuni October 2019, o daa sponzila Act maa each and every Legislative session from 1989 to 2017 yuuni puuni . "40" number referyir ti "Alei Kawlei din daa bi loo" United States "daa nig freed slaves: poyi ni Civil War, ni bin nya forty acres mule ni ".

Cory Booker nyala sponsor zan ti companion bill Senate puuni. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi daa wuhi o expression tab sog ti H.R. 40. 2020 Democratic presidential candidates nim maa Pam daa wuhi bi expressed ti support maa.

April 2021, ka bill maa da clearyi committee maa tuuli puuni history ni, Kadi ziri kunni House floor ti markups mini vote.

Drafting and amendments (1989–2023)

Bill maa daa traci di origins Representative John Conyers' initial 1989 yuuni proposal (H.R. 40), kadi daa boli ti commission ni bi examine slavery's lingering ni tumdi sham kalei bi walgi ti reparations models. Kaman 32 re-introductions, legislation daa evolvi through four distinct phases: Fact-Finding Era yuuni (1989–2000) daa focusi ti yun kurbuna documentation; Quantification Phase (2001–2014) yuuni daa pahi economic impact assessments; Implementation Period maa yuuni (2015–2020) daa incorporatila specific redress proposals; ni Current Framework (2021–present) kadi daa yal gi chag ti gbaa systemic racism beyond slavery. 2023 version (S. 40) daa mandatila commission calculating damages 1619 yuuni puuni zag chag 2025, ka daa zag Jim Crow, redlining, ni mass pahi incarceration impacts ni. version maa daa lahi borila consultations ni National Archives ni di declassify relevant documents zag chag federal complicity slavery puuni.

Contents

Bill maa, tuuli proposal yuuni 1989 zag ti Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (former U.S. Representative ti Michigan) daa booni ti creation of Commission ni a Karim ka to submiti formal report ti American nima ni di findings ni recommendations zag chag remedies ni reparation proposals ti African-Americans, as a result of ;

1. institution zag ti slavery, ka ti pahi Federal ni State governments din daa sog institution ti slavery.
2. de jure mini de facto discrimination against freed slaves ni bi descendants haali ni Civil War naabu zag hali ni present day.
3. lingering negative effects zag ti institution slavery.
4. Beihagu din maali textual ni digital instructional resources ni technologies . Bi daa zag li are deny ti inhumanity of slavery ni crime against humanity of people of Afrikan descent.5 role of Northern complicity in the Southern based institution of slavery.
5. the direct benefits ti societal institutions, public mini private sectors, as well as higher education, corporate, religious and associational entities.
6. recommending appropriate ways to educate the American public of the Commission's findings.
7. recommending appropriate remedies in consideration of the Commission's findings.