This concurrent resolution urges Congress to establish a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to address historical and ongoing racial injustices in America. The resolution outlines a detailed history of discriminatory government policies spanning over 400 years, including slavery, Jim Crow laws, housing discrimination, exclusionary immigration policies, forced removal of Native Americans and Japanese Americans, and other systemic actions that have harmed African Americans, Native Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and other communities of color. The commission would be tasked with acknowledging these injustices, memorializing their victims and descendants, and serving as a catalyst for progress toward eliminating the racial wealth gap and persistent inequities in education, health care, employment, and criminal justice. The resolution notes that over 40 countries have used similar truth and reconciliation commissions to address historical wrongs and does not replace separate efforts to develop reparations proposals for African Americans. This is a concurrent resolution expressing Congress's intent rather than creating binding law, and includes no specific funding or implementation timeline.
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