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Resolution · 119th Congress · HRES 173

Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.

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Introduced 2025-02-27Topic: civil rights

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-02-27Submitted in Houseintroduce
2025-02-27Submitted in Housereport
2025-02-27Submitted in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-15. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.