119th Congress
H.Res. 173
Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Agreed to
- Sponsor
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove(D-CA)
- Introduced
- Feb 27, 2025
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (15)
Original cosponsors (8)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Added later (7)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL) · Mar 4, 2025
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) · Mar 4, 2025
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) · Mar 4, 2025
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) · Mar 4, 2025
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH) · Mar 4, 2025
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL) · Mar 18, 2025
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) · Mar 25, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 27, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - Feb 27, 2025
Submitted in House