119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 3, 2025
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 3, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 3, 2025)
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans.
The commission must (1) compile documentary evidence of slavery in the United States; (2) study the role of the federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery; (3) analyze discriminatory laws and policies against freed African slaves and their descendants; and (4) recommend ways the United States may recognize and remedy the effects of slavery and discrimination on African Americans, including through a formal apology and compensation (i.e., reparations).
The commission consists of individuals from civil society and reparations organizations and individuals appointed by the President and congressional leadership; Members of Congress and governmental employees may not serve on the commission. The commission may hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and records, and contract with other entities to conduct its work.
The commission must submit its final report within 18 months of its first meeting.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Accounting
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Economics/Economic Development
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Banking
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Accounting
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Economics/Economic Development
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Jul 13, 2026 · issue area: Banking
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…mpletion of the federalist papers, Constitution to protect the majority from blatant minority tyranny, SOLN restitution Act and LND, the official Black dollar. HR 40 can be that vehicle to amend the current status of HR 40 with the found solutions mentioned through ought www.stateoflocnation.com. It is in these findings why…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Feb 26, 2026 · issue area: Accounting
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ompliance. State Task Force Declarations (All States): Amounts recorded as receivables; payable in USD. Congressional Budget Office (CBO): $20,000,000 owed for H.R. 40 research compensation; payable in USD. IRS - 2023 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. IRS - 2024 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. Cour…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Feb 26, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ompliance. State Task Force Declarations (All States): Amounts recorded as receivables; payable in USD. Congressional Budget Office (CBO): $20,000,000 owed for H.R. 40 research compensation; payable in USD. IRS - 2023 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. IRS - 2024 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. Cour…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Feb 26, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ompliance. State Task Force Declarations (All States): Amounts recorded as receivables; payable in USD. Congressional Budget Office (CBO): $20,000,000 owed for H.R. 40 research compensation; payable in USD. IRS - 2023 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. IRS - 2024 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. Cour…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Feb 26, 2026 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ompliance. State Task Force Declarations (All States): Amounts recorded as receivables; payable in USD. Congressional Budget Office (CBO): $20,000,000 owed for H.R. 40 research compensation; payable in USD. IRS - 2023 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. IRS - 2024 Research & Development Refund: Payable in USD. Cour…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…sex at conception (male or female) in federal programs. (EO 14168) Support the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act (HR 40/S 40) Support the Fit to Serve Act (HR 3569/S 2006) Support the GLOBE Act (HR 4245) Support the Ranked Choice Voting Act (HR 6589)Support the Fair Representati…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Nov 13, 2025 · issue area: Accounting
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
DISCLAIMER: The $20,000,000 along with other outstanding A/R owed by various departments of the US gov't represents the pending HR 40 research reimbursement owed to SoLN GPBC entities. It remains unpaid due to federal non-response and is used for reporting and documentation purposes only. It…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Nov 13, 2025 · issue area: Constitution
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
DISCLAIMER: The $20,000,000 along with other outstanding A/R owed by various departments of the US gov't represents the pending HR 40 research reimbursement owed to SoLN GPBC entities. It remains unpaid due to federal non-response and is used for reporting and documentation purposes only. It…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Nov 13, 2025 · issue area: Economics/Economic Development
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
DISCLAIMER: The $20,000,000 along with other outstanding A/R owed by various departments of the US gov't represents the pending HR 40 research reimbursement owed to SoLN GPBC entities. It remains unpaid due to federal non-response and is used for reporting and documentation purposes only. It…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: LOC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Nov 13, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$20,000,000
Paid to lobbying firm
DISCLAIMER: The $20,000,000 along with other outstanding A/R owed by various departments of the US gov't represents the pending HR 40 research reimbursement owed to SoLN GPBC entities. It remains unpaid due to federal non-response and is used for reporting and documentation purposes only. It…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…sex at conception (male or female) in federal programs. (EO 14168) Support the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act (HR 40/S 40) Support the Fit to Serve Act (HR 3569/S 2006) Support the GLOBE Act (HR 4245) Support the Ranked Choice Voting Act Support the Fair Representation Act (H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…obligation to provide reparations for the crime of enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.; H.R. 40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act; S.Con.Res. 26 - A concurrent resolution apologizing for the enslavement and ra…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…sex at conception (male or female) in federal programs. (EO 14168) Support the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act (HR 40/S 40) Support the Fit to Serve Act (Hr 3569/S 2006) Support the GLOBE Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION · lobbying firm or registrant: FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$1,000,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.40 - Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing