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H.R. 439 · 110th Congress

Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 110th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

ECD CummingsSponsor
11 cosponsors · 11 D
CGD Gonzalez RGD Grijalva EJD Johnson CRD Ruppersberger MWD Watt AWD Wynn JCD Carson GKD Butterfield KCD Castor DWD Watson TLD Lantos

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

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 12, 2007

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.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act

Also known as: SEARCH Act

Latest action (Mar 19, 2007): Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 12, 2007

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

No recorded floor vote found.