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Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] · R–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 · 2025-03-14 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.
H.R. 2100 would prohibit federal financial assistance to a state or local government unit that enacts a reparations program based on slavery, race, ethnicity, national origin, or related historical practices. The prohibition would cover any federal loans, grants, or other financial assistance to that unit, not just funding for reparations. It would apply only to the government unit that enacts the program.
The United States Government, including the Federal Reserve System and independent agencies, may not provide any loan, grant, or other form of financial assistance to the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of such a State or political subdivision, that enacts into law any program providing reparations on the basis of— (1) slavery; or (2) race, ethnicity, national origin, or historical practices related thereto.
Subsection (a) shall only apply to the unit of government so enacting a reparations program.
Section 1 would name the bill the “No Bailouts for Reparations Act.”
This Act may be cited as the No Bailouts for Reparations Act .
The proposed prohibition would bind the federal government, expressly including the Federal Reserve System and independent agencies. It covers loans, grants, and other financial assistance to state and local governments and their agencies or other governmental bodies.
The United States Government, including the Federal Reserve System and independent agencies, may not provide any loan, grant, or other form of financial assistance to the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of such a State or political subdivision
The restriction would be triggered by enacting into law a program providing reparations based on slavery; race, ethnicity, or national origin; or historical practices related to those identity categories.
that enacts into law any program providing reparations on the basis of— (1) slavery; or (2) race, ethnicity, national origin, or historical practices related thereto.
The restriction would apply only to the government unit that enacts the reparations program.
Subsection (a) shall only apply to the unit of government so enacting a reparations program.
The bill's definition of “State” includes all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other U.S. territory or possession.
the term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated May 20, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 14, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-05-20T17:58:12Z. 2025-03-14: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2025-03-14: Introduced in House
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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