H.Res. 817 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
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.
Introduced: 2023-10-26
Latest action (2023-10-26): Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
What H.Res. 817 does, in plain terms
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