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Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · D–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposed resolution would support an annual Slavery Remembrance Month, with August identified in its introductory statements. It would commemorate enslaved people, recognize those who fought slavery, and condemn slavery and its continuing effects. It would also encourage public remembrance and authorize and request a presidential proclamation inviting people across the United States to observe the month through ceremonies and activities.
Whereas the House of Representatives and the Senate recognize August as Slavery Remembrance Month and commemorate the lives of all enslaved people while also condemning the perpetration and perpetuation of slavery in the United States of America and across the world;
(1) supports the annual designation of a Slavery Remembrance Month to serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery, its continuing effects, and the freedom fighters who fought to end this horrific crime against humanity;
(3) encourage all to acknowledge the importance of slavery remembrance; and (4) authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Section 1 would give the measure the short title “Original Slavery Remembrance Month Resolution.”
1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Original Slavery Remembrance Month Resolution.
Section 2 would express support for an annual remembrance month focused on slavery, its continuing effects, and people who fought to end it. August is named in the introductory statements, but Section 2 itself does not name a month or a starting year.
Whereas the House of Representatives and the Senate recognize August as Slavery Remembrance Month
2. Slavery Remembrance Month That the House of Representatives and the Senate— (1) supports the annual designation of a Slavery Remembrance Month to serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery, its continuing effects, and the freedom fighters who fought to end this horrific crime against humanity; (2) condemn slavery and its evil progenies, including— (A) convict leasing; (B) Black codes; (C) Jim Crow laws; (D) mass lynching; (E) lawful segregation; (F) police brutality; (G) mass incarceration; and (H) institutionalized invidious discrimination; (3) encourage all to acknowledge the importance of slavery remembrance; and (4) authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
The resolution would condemn slavery and practices it describes as slavery’s consequences: convict leasing, Black codes, Jim Crow laws, mass lynching, legally sanctioned segregation, police brutality, mass incarceration, and institutionalized discrimination. Its introductory statements explain convict leasing as prisons leasing imprisoned people to private entities.
(2) condemn slavery and its evil progenies, including— (A) convict leasing; (B) Black codes; (C) Jim Crow laws; (D) mass lynching; (E) lawful segregation; (F) police brutality; (G) mass incarceration; and (H) institutionalized invidious discrimination;
Whereas convict leasing, slavery by another name, was a system that allowed prisons to lease imprisoned people to private entities, often corporations and plantations;
The resolution would encourage everyone to acknowledge the importance of remembering slavery. This is expressed as encouragement, without a requirement that individuals participate.
(3) encourage all to acknowledge the importance of slavery remembrance;
The resolution would authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation—a public announcement—calling for appropriate ceremonies and activities. The clause does not set a deadline for that announcement or prescribe particular activities.
(4) authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
The introductory statements would honor deceased Members of Congress who served during and after Reconstruction by naming them honorary cosponsors. The text describes this recognition as posthumous and honorary.
Whereas the following Members of Congress are posthumously recognized, individuals who served during and after the Reconstruction Era, as honorary cosponsors of this resolution:
As its rationale for remembrance, the resolution states that descendants of enslaved people continue to experience slavery’s effects. It also credits enslaved people with becoming leaders and revolutionaries who changed American history. These are statements made by the resolution.
Whereas, while slavery was abolished, descendants of the enslaved continue to live with the effects of slavery’s progenies, including convict leasing, Black codes, Jim Crow laws, mass lynching, lawful segregation, police brutality, mass incarceration, and institutionalized invidious discrimination (racism); and
Whereas, despite the horrors of slavery and against all odds, enslaved people became thought leaders and revolutionaries and changed the course of American history:
The official-actions snapshot updated June 4, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 3, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-06-04T08:06:23Z. 2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-03-03: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-03-03. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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