IV 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 929 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2020 Ms. Norton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform RESOLUTION Recognizing the enduring cultural and historical significance of emancipation in the Nation’s capital on the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which established the first freed on April 16, 1862, and celebrating attaining the requisite number of cosponsors for passage of the District of Columbia statehood bill in the House of Representatives.