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Legislative Priorities
Awaiting House Action
HR40– Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee [D-TX-18]
Addresses the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the US and the 13 colonies between 1619 and 1865. S40
HR55 – Emmitt Till Anti-Lynching Act of 2021 – Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL-1]
Seeks to amend section 249 of title 18, US Code, to specify lynching as a hate crime act. SConRes19
HR350 – Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 –Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL-10]
Authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. S963
HCon Res19 – Establishment of a Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation – Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA-13]
Affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship to the US, that the Nation owes a long-overdue debt of remembrance to not only those who lived through the egregious injustices enumerated in this resolution, but also to their descendants; and urges the establishment of a US Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. . SConRes6
HRes 332 – Green New Deal – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez [D-NY-14]
Brings US greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero and meets 100% of power demand in the country through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources by 2030; creates millions of jobs to provide a job guarantee to all Americans. HR2644, HR2664
Awaiting Senate Action
HR1, HR4 – For the People Act of 2021 and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021- Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD-3], Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL-7]
HR1 addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government; HR4 amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes. Both HR1 and HR4 passed by the House
HR1280 – George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 – Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA-37]
Increases accountability for law enforcement misconduct, restricts the use of certain policing practices, enhances transparency and data collection, and establishes best practices and training requirements. Passed by the House
HR1620 – Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021 – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee [D-TX-18]
Reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act of 1994 grant programs and makes modest yet vital enhancements to existing law. Passed by the House
S40 – Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act – Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Addresses the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the US and the 13 colonies between 1619 and 1865. HR40
S963 – Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021 – Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the FBI to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. HR350
SCon Res6 – Establishment of a Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation – Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship to the United States, that the Nation owes a long-overdue debt of remembrance to not only those who lived through the egregious injustices enumerated in this resolution, but also to their descendants; and urges the establishment of a US Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. HConRes 19
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