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H.R. 1055

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Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2017
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Committee
Latest Action · March 2, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
February 14, 2017
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Commission to Study Family Reconstruction Proposals for African-Americans Unjustly Impacted by the "War on Drugs" Act of 2017 This bill establishes a commission to examine and report on: the disparate incarceration and the institution of forced prison labor within the African-American community, government and private sector support for and profit from mass incarceration, discriminatory laws and other forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors, and the lingering negative effects of mass incarceration. The commission must make recommendations for education and remedies.

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