I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 40 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Serrano , Mr. Al Green of Texas , Ms. Norton , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Ellison , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Clay , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Jackson Lee , and Ms. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.