HR 439 · 110th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

SEARCH Act

Introduced 2007-01-12· Sponsored by Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]· House

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.(2007-03-19)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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Cosponsors (11)

11 Democrats
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]AZ
Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]TX
Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]MD
Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]MD
Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]NC
Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]TX
Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7]IN
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11]FL
Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]CA
Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]NC
Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]CA