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H.R. 439

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Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act
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Committee
Latest Action · March 19, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
January 12, 2007
Sponsor
Rep. Elijah CummingsD
Cosponsors (11)
11D 0R
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Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act or the SEARCH Act - Directs the Archivist of the United States to establish, as part of the National Archives, a national database consisting of historic records of servitude and emancipation in the United States to assist African Americans in researching their genealogy. Requires the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to maintain the database.

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