H.R. 40: To acknowledge 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 examine the institution of slavery, subsequently 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. H.R. 40: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2007-01-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E11-12) 2007-01-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. 2007-02-02 H.R. 40: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act h H.R. 40: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (110th Congress) Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act To acknowledge 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 examine the institution of slavery, subsequently 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. 2007-01-04 110 2007-01-04 40 introduced HouseBill LegislativeAction ShortTitle OfficialTitle