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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last progress June 12, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 12, 2025 by Jasmine Crockett
Creates a formal call to establish a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to acknowledge the harms of slavery and subsequent policies, memorialize victims and descendants, and promote steps to reduce ongoing racial inequities. The resolution frames these actions as necessary for national unity, warns that unresolved racial harms threaten democracy, and positions a truth-and-healing commission as a complement to broader conversations about remedies and reparations.
The first ship carrying enslaved Africans to what is now the United States arrived in 1619.
The arrival in 1619 led to the institution of chattel slavery and systematic oppression of people of color for more than 400 years.
The institution of chattel slavery subjugated African Americans for nearly 250 years and fractured the Nation.
The Constitution’s signing failed to end slavery and helped embed a belief in a racial hierarchy, which produced persistent inequities in education, health care, employment, Social Security and veteran benefits, land ownership, financial assistance, food security, wages, voting rights, and the justice system.
That oppression denied opportunity and mobility to African Americans and other people of color and resulted in stolen labor worth billions of dollars.
Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
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Last progress June 12, 2025 (8 months ago)
Primary direct beneficiaries and subjects are people and communities harmed by slavery and its legacy, including African Americans and descendants of enslaved persons; the resolution seeks symbolic recognition, memorialization, and a formal process for truth-telling and recommendations. Because the measure is an urging resolution rather than an appropriations or authorizing statute, it imposes no immediate legal or fiscal obligations on federal, state, or local governments. Its practical impact depends on follow-up actions: if a commission is created with funding and a statutory mandate, federal agencies, museums, schools, researchers, and civic institutions could be asked to participate in research, hearings, memorial design, and policy development. The resolution may also affect public discourse and policy agendas by legitimizing a national truth-and-healing process, potentially influencing future legislative proposals, federal programs, educational curricula, and commemorative activities. Politically, the call for a commission can deepen public debate and partisan differences over historical responsibility, remedies, and the role of government in addressing structural racial inequities.