Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African Americans who duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era but were wrongly denied the right to take their seats should be recognized as former Members of the House.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats

0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Carter.

• H.R. 996 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd., in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Dr. Rudy…
• H.R. 4403 (118th) Securing the Cities Improvement Act
• H.R. 9037 (118th) Federal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce Planning Act
• H.R. 1619 (118th) To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to provide fluid milk substitutes upon request of a student…
• H.R. 1174 (118th) Dr. Norman C. Francis Congressional Gold Medal Act
• H.R. 3760 (118th) To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to strengthen the mental health workforce, and for other purposes.

Sponsor’s state and district

Louisiana in Congress · LA-2 district