Congress advances the Slavery Reparations bill, making it the farthest the legislation has gone through Congress. Originally introduced in 1989 by former Democratic Rep. Jon Conyers, reparations legislation has been introduced in every session of Congress since 1989, but this is the first time it has been voted out of committee.

The legislation now has the support of more than 170 Democratic co-sponsors and key congressional leaders. The bill, H.R. 40, would create a 13-member commission dedicated to studying the causes of racial discrimination and disenfranchisement of Black voters, dating back to the nation’s history of slavery. The committee will present proposals of rehabilitation and restitution to Congress.

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