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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 7927 (Introduced in House) — To establish a Commission on Land Reparations, whose purpose is to study and distribute land reparations to African-A... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Commission means the Commission on Land Reparations established under this Act. The term eligible individuals means individuals described as persons heretofore held in slavery in the United States, or their descendants in section 5 of the Act entitled An Act to incorporate the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (13 Stat. 511), including those entitled to receive benefits from reparations under such Act or Special Field Orders No. 15 issued by General W.T. Sherman in January 1865.
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