About the bill
The Civil Rights era of the 1950s and 1960s was a violent period, with numerous racially-motivated murders and hate crimes particularly in the South. Decades after they occurred, a number of these crimes had still gone unsolved. A 2008 bill called the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act — H.R. 923 (110th) and S. 535 (110th) — established unsolved civil rights crimes divisions at both the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ). The House bill was introduced by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA5), a black man who was himself nearly killed in 1965 when protesting for civil rights. The legislation passed nearly unanimously, 422–2in the House and unanimously in the Senate.
But the 2008 law will expire on September 30, 2017, the end of fiscal …
Sponsor and status
114th Congress (2015–2017)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
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78 Cosponsors (75 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act Passed by Congress”
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Rep. John R. Lewis [D-GA5, 1987-2020]
(Sponsor)
on Dec 12, 2016
“Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act Passed By Congress”
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Rep. John Conyers [D-MI13, 2013-2017]
(Co-sponsor)
on Dec 13, 2016
“Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act Passes Senate”
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Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO, 2011-2022]
on Jul 15, 2016
History
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Apr 26, 2016
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Introduced
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Jul 14, 2016
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate (House next)
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Dec 7, 2016
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Final Bill —
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
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Dec 10, 2016
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Final Bill —
Senate Agreed to Changes
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Dec 16, 2016
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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H.R. 5067 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 5067. This is the one from the 114th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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