I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 40 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Serrano , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Moore , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Payne , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Norton , Mr. Rush , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Engel , Mr. Richmond , Ms. Bass , and Mr. Evans ) 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.