STUDY REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY House SponsorsRep. La Shawn K. Ford-Mary E. Flowers-Litesa E. Wallace-Monique D. Davis-Camille Y. Lilly and Marcus C. Evans, Jr. 6/30/2016HouseResolution Adopted as Amended Requests President Obama to commission a study to detail the economic impact of the slave trade and the use of slave labor; and how Emancipation, while freeing them of their literal bonds, and ending an immoral practice, did not guarantee equality in education, employment, housing, and access to quality affordable health care; that this study also include an analysis for how reparations for past harms have benefited the ethnic groups that have received them during the course of American history; and a proposal for reparations to the descendants of slaves in America, and how those reparations can help overcome obstacles that still exist today in education, employment, housing, health care, and justice.House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds language that states that the proposed study regarding the economic and social costs of slavery should only include a proposal for reparations to the descendants of slaves in America if such a proposal is recommended in the study itself. 2/10/2016HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford 2/11/2016HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/23/2016HouseAssigned to Restorative Justice Committee 3/3/2016HouseRecommends Be Adopted Restorative Justice Committee; 009-000-000 3/3/2016HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Resolutions 3/3/2016HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers 3/3/2016HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace 3/3/2016HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis 3/3/2016HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly 3/3/2016HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. 4/6/2016HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford 4/6/2016HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 4/6/2016HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Restorative Justice Committee 4/7/2016HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Restorative Justice Committee; 007-000-000 6/30/2016HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted 6/30/2016HouseResolution Adopted as Amended