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400 Years of African-American History Commission Act (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the 400 Years of African-American History Commission to develop and carry out activities throughout the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619. The commission must: plan programs to acknowledge the impact that slavery and laws that enforced racial discrimination had on the United States; encourage civic, patriotic, historical, educational, artistic, religious, and economic organizations to organize and participate in anniversary activities; assist states, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the commemoration; and coordinate for the public scholarly research on the arrival of Africans in the United States and their contributions to this country. (Sec. 5) The commission may provide: (1) grants to communities and nonprofit organizations for the development of programs; (2) grants to research and scholarly organizations to research, publish, or distribute information relating to the arrival of Africans in the United States; and (3) technical assistance to states, localities, and nonprofit organizations to further the commemoration. (Sec. 7) The commission must prepare a strategic plan and submit a final report to Congress that contains a summary of its activities, an accounting of its received and expended funds, and its recommendations. (Sec. 8) The commission shall terminate on July 1, 2020. (Sec. 9) All expenditures of the commission shall be made solely from donated funds.

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Bobby Scott (D)*,  Don Bacon (R),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Gerry Connolly (D),  John Conyers (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Danny Davis (D),  John Delaney (D),  Val Demings (D),  Keith Ellison (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Bob Goodlatte (R),  Al Green (D),  Morgan Griffith (R),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Luis Gutiérrez (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  John Lewis (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Richard Nolan (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Scott Peters (D),  David Price (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Scott Taylor (R),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Rob Wittman (R), 

Became Public Law No: 115-102. (TXT | PDF) (on 01/08/2018)

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