To establish a Commission on Land Reparations, whose purpose is to study and distribute land reparations to African-American descendants of slaves promised land by the Federal Government.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7927 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7927 To establish a Commission on Land Reparations, whose purpose is to study and distribute land reparations to African-American descendants of slaves promised land by the Federal Government. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2026 Mr. Thanedar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a Commission on Land Reparations, whose purpose is to study and distribute land reparations to African-American descendants of slaves promised land by the Federal Government. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Land Reparations Commission Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Following the Civil War, former enslaved Black Americans were promised ``40 acres and a mule'' of confiscated Confederate land by the Government through General Sherman's Field Order 15, which was never truly fulfilled, as Black Americans who were provided land by the Government following the Civil War had their land stripped away by President Andrew Johnson. (2) Following the Civil War, the 39th Congress passed H.R. 613, ``An Act to establish a Bureau for relief of Freedman and Refugees''. In section 5 of that bill, it is stated that the established Bureau can ``...reserve from sale or settlement under the homestead or preemption laws, and assign for the use of the freedmen and loyal refugees, male or female, unoccupied public lands in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas...''. (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish a commission to study an