US Congressional Committee to Consider Reparations Bill – By VOA News Staff (VOA News) / April 12 2021
A U.S. House of Representatives committee is due to consider Wednesday a bill to create a commission to study the history of slavery in the United States and recommend “appropriate remedies.”
Lawmakers have for decades introduced legislation to examine slavery, which began in the U.S. in the early 1600s, as well as discrimination against the descendants of African who were forcefully brought to the U.S. and subjected to slavery.
The House Judiciary Committee says its markup session will be the first for one of those bills. During the markup process, committee members weigh possible changes to the legislation, and usually bills reaching that step have enough support to be sent on to the full House for consideration.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said the legislation, known as H.R. 40, is meant to “reckon with our past and bring us closer to racial understanding and advancement.”
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