SEARCH Act of 2004

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D CummingsSponsor

35 cosponsors · 35 D

20 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2004 or the SEARCH Act of 2004 - 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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 2, 2004

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: SEARCH Act of 2004

Also known as: Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2004

Latest action (Apr 8, 2004): Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 2, 2004

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.