S.CON.RES.17: A concurrent resolution establishing a special task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the United States Capitol.

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Directs the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to establish a special task force (including the Senate and House Historians, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Librarian of Congress) to: (1) study the history and contributions of slave laborers in the construction of the U.S. Capitol; (2) produce a summary document and available research for the public; and (3) recommend appropriate recognition...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
March 5, 2003

Introduced in the Senate by Richard J. Santorum (R-Pa.)

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