H.Res. 173 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 27, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.
IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 40 words.
This resolution recognizes, and expresses support for preserving and investing in, freedmen's settlements. Freedmen's settlements generally were established before and after emancipation by free and formerly enslaved African Americans to create self-sustaining communities away from racial violence and economic discrimination.
Context
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues: 15 of 546 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.7%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 55 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 448 words
- Subjects
- Community life and organizationCongressional tributesHistorical and cultural resourcesIntergovernmental relationsRacial and ethnic relationsTexas +2 more
- Latest action
- Feb 27, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
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