H.Con.Res. 19: Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-25 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

federal

Follow this bill, step by step

Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

Plain summary

This concurrent resolution (1) affirms, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship, that the nation owes a debt of remembrance not only to those who lived through the injustices of slavery but also to their descendants; and (2) urges the establishment of a U.S. Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress, including toward permanently eliminating persistent racial inequities.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

A Yea supports adopting this resolution.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).

What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text

No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.

Limited to a few requests an hour per person.

The strongest published arguments

Arguments for (supporters)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Arguments against (opponents)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Alternatives

Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

How did my representative vote? · This bill's floor votes

Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 169 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adam Smith (D-WA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Jason Crow (D-CO) and 109 more.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Words on this page, explained (2)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hconres19.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong117-hconres19 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117