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7		-	AN ACT
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12		-	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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17		-	To establish a Commission on Reparations to study and develop reparation proposals for eligible
18		-	African Americans and a Reparations Foundation Fund to be used for the future payment
19		-	of reparations; and to amend the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation
20		-	Establishment Act of 1996 to require the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance,
21		-	Securities, and Banking to establish a slavery era database of insurance records and
22		-	financial records.
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24		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
25		-	act may be cited as the “Insurance Database Amendment Act of 2024”.
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27		-	TITLE I. COMMISSION ON REPARATIONS.
28		-	Sec. 101. Commission on Reparations; establishment and purpose.
29		-	(a) There is established a Commission on Reparations (“Commission”).
30		-	(b) The Commission shall:
31		-	(1) With a focus on African Americans and matters in the District of Columbia
32		-	and the role of District government (in all its forms), study and analyze the :
33		-	(A) Institution of slavery;
34		-	(B) Transatlantic and domestic slave trade that existed in what is now the
35		-	United States between the period of 1619 to 1865;
36		-	(C) Federal and state governments support, constitutionally and statutorily,
37		-	of the institution of slavery;
38		-	(D) Lawful and de facto discrimination against enslaved people and other
39		-	free African American people and their descendants from the end of the Civil War to the present,
40		-	including economic, political, educational, and social discrimination, and structural and
41		-	institutional racism;
42		-	(E) Direct benefits received by societal institutions, public and private,
43		-	including higher education, corporate, religious, and associations as a result of the institution of
44		-	slavery and its ongoing repercussions ;
45		-	(F) Takings of property, generally, through civil asset forfeiture , the
46		-	seizure of land acquired through eminent domain, and other unjust land seizures broadening the ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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	8	+	A BILL 2
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	10	+	25-152 4
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	12	+	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 6
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	17	+	To establish a Commission on Reparations to study and develop reparation proposals for eligible 11
	18	+	African Americans and a Reparations Foundation Fund to be used for the future payment 12
	19	+	of reparations; and to amend the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation 13
	20	+	Establishment Act of 1996 to require the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, 14
	21	+	Securities, and Banking to establish a slavery era database of insurance records and 15
	22	+	financial records. 16
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	24	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18
	25	+	act may be cited as the “Insurance Database Amendment Act of 2024”. 19
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	27	+	TITLE I. COMMISSION ON REPARATIONS. 21
	28	+	Sec. 101. Commission on Reparations; establishment and purpose. 22
	29	+	(a) There is established a Commission on Reparations (“Commission”). 23
	30	+	(b) The Commission shall: 24
	31	+	(1) With a focus on African Americans and matters in the District of Columbia 25
	32	+	and the role of District government (in all its forms), study and analyze the : 26
	33	+	(A) Institution of slavery; 27
	34	+	(B ) Transatlantic and domestic slave trade that existed in what is now the 28
	35	+	United States between the period of 1619 to 1865; 29 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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52		-	wealth gap, and, specifically, such takings by the District government or federal government
53		-	between 1865 and 1973, including in the areas around Broad Branch Road, Chevy Chase, and
54		-	Fort Reno, and in the southwest quadrant; which study may include soliciting public feedback
55		-	from individuals who claim knowledge of property, familial or otherwise, that was taken by the
56		-	District government or federal government;
57		-	(G) Compounding effect of the racial wealth gap over time and the impact
58		-	of the racial wealth gap on areas such as health outcomes and public safety; and
59		-	(H) Ongoing negative effects of the institution of slavery on African
60		-	Americans living today and society at large in the United States today, including in such areas as
61		-	the de facto segregation of the African American population, the criminal legal system, mass
62		-	incarceration, prison conditions, police brutality, and education, displacement from the District,
63		-	and other areas of continuing structural and institutional racism.
64		-	(2) Based on the Commission’s study and analysis of the matters described in
65		-	paragraph (1) of this subsection and as further authorized by this title, develop a proposal to
66		-	provide eligible African Americans monetary reparations or other forms of redress.
67		-	(3) The Commission shall be guided, but not restricted, by the 5 conditions for
68		-	full reparations as detailed in principles 19 to 23 of the United Nations’s General Assembly
69		-	Resolution 60/147, including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and
70		-	guarantees of non- repetition.
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72		-	Sec. 102. Duties and responsibilities.
73		-	(a) The Commission shall:
74		-	(1) Study and explore the creation of a new government agency, such as , for
75		-	example, an African American People’s Bureau, to implement any or all of the reparations
76		-	proposals;
77		-	(2) Make recommendations regarding the sources, distribution method, and
78		-	schedule of distribution to eligible African American s of the funds in the Reparations Fund
79		-	established by section 201, including recommending a method to exempt the recipients of funds
80		-	from having to contribute to the sources of the Reparations Fund and from having any funds
81		-	received from the Reparations Fund taxed, included in a recipient’s taxable income, or in any
82		-	manner negatively affecting any public assistance that a recipient may be receiving or may have
83		-	received.
84		-	(3) Compile and synthesize evidentiary documentation and testimonies of lived
85		-	experiences (“documentation”) relating to the institution of slavery and its after effects in the
86		-	United States during the period 1619 to 1865 up to the present, with a focus on the District of
87		-	Columbia and former residents of the District, including, to the extent possible, documentation
88		-	related to:
89		-	(A) The capture and procurement of Africans;
90		-	(B) The forced removal and treatment of Africans from Africa and the
91		-	African diaspora to what became the United States for the purpose of enslavement; ENROLLED ORIGINAL
	41	+	(C) Federal and state governments support, constitutionally and statutorily, 30
	42	+	of the institution of slavery; 31
	43	+	(D) Lawful and de facto discrimination against enslaved people and other 32
	44	+	free African American people and their descendants from the end of the Civil War to the present, 33
	45	+	including economic, political, educational, and social discrimination, and structural and 34
	46	+	institutional racism; 35
	47	+	(E) Direct benefits received by societal institutions, public and private, 36
	48	+	including higher education, corporate, religious, and associations as a result of the institution of 37
	49	+	slavery and its ongoing repercussions ; 38
	50	+	(F) Takings of property, generally, through civil asset forfeiture , the 39
	51	+	seizure of land acquired through eminent domain, and other unjust land seizures broadening the 40
	52	+	wealth gap, and, specifically, such takings by the District government or federal government 41
	53	+	between 1865 and 1973, including in the areas around Broad Branch Road, Chevy Chase, and 42
	54	+	Fort Reno, and in the southwest quadrant; which study may include soliciting public feedback 43
	55	+	from individuals who claim knowledge of property, familial or otherwise, that was taken by the 44
	56	+	District government or federal government; 45
	57	+	(G) Compounding effect of the racial wealth gap over time and the impact 46
	58	+	of the racial wealth gap on areas such as health outcomes and public safety; and 47
	59	+	(H) Ongoing negative effects of the institution of slavery on African 48
	60	+	Americans living today and society at large in the United States today, including in such areas as 49 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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97		-	(C) The sale and acquisition of Africans as chattel property in interstate
98		-	and intrastate commerce;
99		-	(D) The treatment of enslaved human beings, including the deprivation of
100		-	their freedom, exploitation of their labor, and attempted destruction of their culture, language,
101		-	religion, and families;
102		-	(E) The extensive denial of humanity and reproductive autonomy, rape
103		-	and sexual abuse, forced breeding, and chattelization of persons for financial gain;
104		-	(F) The federal and state laws that restricted the movement, land
105		-	ownership, liberty, and humanity of African Americans, including Black codes, vagrancy acts,
106		-	eminent domain, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, police brutality, prison conditions, and
107		-	other forms of disenfranchisement;
108		-	(G) The federal and state laws and programs that discriminated against
109		-	African Americans from 1619 to the present, including the District of Columbia Compensated
110		-	Emancipation Act of 1862;
111		-	(H) The other forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors
112		-	against African Americans from 1862 to the present, including redlining and unjust land
113		-	seizures, educational funding discrepancies, health disparities, and predatory financial practices;
114		-	(I) The ongoing negative effects of the institution of slavery on living
115		-	African Americans; and
116		-	(J) The lived experiences of African Americans in the District, including
117		-	the spoken narratives of enslaved peoples, oral histories, and spoken testimonies.
118		-	(4) In partnership with community- based organizations with a demonstrated
119		-	interest in reparations, recommend ways to educate the public of the Commission’s findings.
120		-	(b) In addition to the Commission’s findings in subsection (a) of this section, the
121		-	Commission shall detail in the report required by section 103:
122		-	(1) The criteria it determines should define an eligible African American entitled
123		-	to monetary reparations or other forms of redress from the District government;
124		-	(2) How its recommendations comport with international standards, as set forth
125		-	in various relevant international protocols, laws, and findings, for reparations or other measures
126		-	to make amends for the wrongs and injuries caused by the institution of slavery and its aftermath ;
127		-	(3) In what manner the District government can offer a formal apology for its role
128		-	in the harms perpetuated on African Americans due to slavery and its aftermath;
129		-	(4) How District laws and policies that may continue to disproportionately and
130		-	negatively affect African Americans and perpetuate the lingering material and psychosocial
131		-	effects of slavery can be eliminated;
132		-	(5) How the resultant injuries can be repaired, including how to provide policies,
133		-	programs, projects, and recommendations to effect that repair;
134		-	(6) How the amount of compensation due to eligible African Americans should be
135		-	calculated; ENROLLED ORIGINAL
	66	+	the de facto segregation of the African American population, the criminal legal system, mass 50
	67	+	incarceration, prison conditions, police brutality, and education, displacement from the District, 51
	68	+	and other areas of continuing structural and institutional racism. 52
	69	+	(2) Based on the Commission’s study and analysis of the matters described in 53
	70	+	paragraph (1) of this subsection and as further authorized by this title, develop a proposal to 54
	71	+	provide eligible African Americans monetary reparations or other forms of redress. 55
	72	+	(3) The Commission shall be guided, but not restricted, by the 5 conditions for 56
	73	+	full reparations as detailed in principles 19 to 23 of the United Nations’s General Assembly 57
	74	+	Resolution 60/147, including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and 58
	75	+	guarantees of non- repetition. 59
	76	+	Sec. 102. Duties and responsibilities. 60
	77	+	(a) The Commission shall: 61
	78	+	(1) Study and explore the creation of a new government agency, such as , for 62
	79	+	example, an African American People’s Bureau, to implement any or all of the reparations 63
	80	+	proposals; 64
	81	+	(2) Make recommendations regarding the sources, distribution method, and 65
	82	+	schedule of distribution to eligible African American s of the funds in the Reparations Fund 66
	83	+	established by section 201, including recommending a method to exempt the recipients of funds 67
	84	+	from having to contribute to the sources of the Reparations Fund and from having any funds 68
	85	+	received from the Reparations Fund taxed, included in a recipient’s taxable income, or in any 69 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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141		-	(7) In addition to monetary compensation, if and in what form other redress
142		-	should be provided to eligible African Americans and through what instrumentalities; and
143		-	(8) The development and implementation of any programs for African Americans
144		-	that may be warranted and the suggested form and scope of those programs, if any.
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146		-	Sec. 103. Reporting requirement.
147		-	(a)(1) The Commission shall submit a written report of its findings and
148		-	recommendations, which may be accompanied by draft legislation or a list of specific steps for
149		-	implementing its recommendations, to the Mayor and Council no later than 18 months after the
150		-	date of the first meeting of the Commission held pursuant to section 106( a).
151		-	(2) The Commission shall submit a written interim update of its progress to the
152		-	Mayor and Council no later than 270 days after the date of the first meeting of the Commission.
153		-	(b) Following submission of the report, as required by subsection (a)(1) of this section,
154		-	the Commission shall convene a public forum to announce its findings and recommendations.
155		-	(c) All recommendations and reports, including updates, prepared and submitted to the
156		-	Mayor and Council by the Commission shall be made a matter of public record.
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158		-	Sec. 104. Composition.
159		-	(a)(1) The Commission shall consist of 12 members; 9 voting members appointed by the
160		-	Chairperson of the Counci l and 3 ex- officio members.
161		-	(2) The 9 voting members shall include:
162		-	(A) Two appointees from organizations with a demonstrated commitment
163		-	to reparations and preventing and repairing harms caused by racial injustice;
164		-	(B) Two appointees from the field of academia who have expertise in at
165		-	least 2 of the following 3 areas : civil rights, history, or constitutional law;
166		-	(C) Two appointees that either currently reside in the District who have
167		-	been District residents for at least 20 years or who do not currently reside in the District but
168		-	formerly did so and for at least 20 years;
169		-	(D) One appointee who has expertise in community development and
170		-	social justice in the District; and
171		-	(E) One appointee from a faith- based organization.
172		-	(3)(A) Members shall be drawn from diverse backgrounds to represent the
173		-	interests of African American communities throughout the District, have experience seeking and
174		-	implementing racial justice reform, and, to the extent possible, represent geographically diverse
175		-	areas of the District.
176		-	(B) The Chairperson of the Council may give special consideration to
177		-	long-time District residents who, in his or her determination, have been most harmed by the
178		-	injury set forth in this title.
179		-	(b) The 3 non- voting ex officio members, who may attend and participate in meetings,
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	91	+	manner negatively affecting any public assistance that a recipient may be receiving or may have 70
	92	+	received. 71
	93	+	(3) Compile and synthesize evidentiary documentation and testimonies of lived 72
	94	+	experiences (“documentation”) relating to the institution of slavery and its after effects in the 73
	95	+	United States during the period 1619 to 1865 up to the present, with a focus on the District of 74
	96	+	Columbia and former residents of the District, including, to the extent possible, documentation 75
	97	+	related to: 76
	98	+	(A) The capture and procurement of Africans; 77
	99	+	(B) The forced removal and treatment of Africans from Africa and the 78
	100	+	African diaspora to what became the United States for the purpose of enslavement; 79
	101	+	(C) The sale and acquisition of Africans as chattel property in interstate 80
	102	+	and intrastate commerce; 81
	103	+	(D) The treatment of enslaved human beings, including the deprivation of 82
	104	+	their freedom, exploitation of their labor, and attempted destruction of their culture, language, 83
	105	+	religion, and families; 84
	106	+	(E) The extensive denial of humanity and reproductive autonomy, rape 85
	107	+	and sexual abuse, forced breeding, and chattelization of persons for financial gain; 86
	108	+	(F) The federal and state laws that restricted the movement, land 87
	109	+	ownership, liberty, and humanity of African Americans, including Black codes, vagrancy acts, 88 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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186		-	(1) Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and
187		-	Banking or the Commissioner’s designee;
188		-	(2) District’s State Archivist or the Archivist’s designee; and
189		-	(3) Director of the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights or the
190		-	Director’s designee.
191		-	(c)(1) The term of office for members shall be for the life of the Commission.
192		-	(2) The Chairperson of the Council shall appoint the Commission members no
193		-	later than 60 days after the effective date of this title.
194		-	(3) A vacancy in the voting members on the Commission shall not affect the
195		-	powers of the Commission . A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner that the original
196		-	appointment was made.
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198		-	Sec. 105. Organization; compensation; authority.
199		-	(a) The voting members of the Commission shall elect a chair from among its voting
200		-	members; except, that the chair may not be a member of the Council. The Chair of the
201		-	Commission, or a voting member that the Chair designates as Vice -Chair in his or her absence,
202		-	shall convene all meetings of the Commission. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted.
203		-	(b)(1) The voting members of the Commission , by a majority vote, shall hire an
204		-	Executive Director who shall perform the duties required for the day- to-day functioning of the
205		-	Commission as considered necessary by the members, including appointment of staff, selection
206		-	of consultants, and the administration of meetings and report production. The Executive Director
207		-	shall serve for the life of the Commission. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner that the
208		-	original selection was made.
209		-	(2) The Executive Director shall receive an annual salary consistent with the
210		-	District of Columbia Government Salary Schedule for Excepted Service (ES) employees, at the
211		-	midpoint of Grade 10, plus fringe benefits.
212		-	(c)(1) Each voting member of the Commission shall be entitled to a stipend of $10,000
213		-	per year for their service on the Commission; except that, a member of the Council shall not
214		-	receive a stipend.
215		-	(2) Voting m embers of the Commission shall be entitled to per diem
216		-	compensation and reimbursement of expenses for up to 18 meetings of the Commission, not to
217		-	exceed $2,500 per member.
218		-	(d)(1) The Commission’s operations may be funded by annual appropriations or private
219		-	sector assistance, or both.
220		-	(2)(A) If a special fund is established by the Commission for the receipt of
221		-	operating donations from non- government sources, the fund shall be administered in accordance
222		-	with established funding and auditing procedures of the District government. The expenditure of
223		-	donations shall not be subject to appropriation.
224		-	(B) The Commission shall keep a record, available to the public for
225		-	inspection, of all donations, assistance, and any substantial non- government in- kind ENROLLED ORIGINAL
	115	+	eminent domain, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, police brutality, prison conditions, and 89
	116	+	other forms of disenfranchisement; 90
	117	+	(G) The federal and state laws and programs that discriminated against 91
	118	+	African Americans from 1619 to the present, including the District of Columbia Compensated 92
	119	+	Emancipation Act of 1862; 93
	120	+	(H) The other forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors 94
	121	+	against African Americans from 1862 to the present, including redlining and unjust land 95
	122	+	seizures, educational funding discrepancies, health disparities, and predatory financial practices; 96
	123	+	(I) The ongoing negative effects of the institution of slavery on living 97
	124	+	African Americans; and 98
	125	+	(J) The lived experiences of African Americans in the District, including 99
	126	+	the spoken narratives of enslaved peoples, oral histories, and spoken testimonies. 100
	127	+	(4) In partnership with community- based organizations with a demonstrated 101
	128	+	interest in reparations, recommend ways to educate the public of the Commission’s findings. 102
	129	+	(b) In addition to the Commission’s findings in subsection (a) of this section, the 103
	130	+	Commission shall detail in the report required by section 103: 104
	131	+	(1) The criteria it determines should define an eligible African American entitled 105
	132	+	to monetary reparations or other forms of redress from the District government; 106 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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231		-	contributions received. The record shall include the full name, address, and occupation or type of
232		-	business of each donor.
233		-	(C) For purpose of this subsection, the term “s ubstantial non- government
234		-	in-kind contributions” includes any service reasonably valued at more than $5,000 that is
235		-	received from any source other than the District or federal government.
236		-	(e)(1) The Commission shall have the authority to:
237		-	(A) Hold hearings, roundtables, and sit and act at any time and location in
238		-	the District and to use space and supplies owned or rented by the District government;
239		-	(B) Request the attendance and testimony of witnesses;
240		-	(C) Request the production of books, records, correspondence,
241		-	memoranda, papers, and documents;
242		-	(D) Seek an order from a Superior Court of the District of Columbia
243		-	compelling testimony or compliance with a subpoena; and
244		-	(E) Create and operate under its own rules of procedure, consistent with
245		-	this title.
246		-	(2) Any member of the Commission may, if authorized by the C hair or Vice-
247		-	Chair of the Commission , take any action that the Commission is authorized to take pursuant to
248		-	this title.
249		-	(3) The Commission may acquire directly from the head of any executive agency
250		-	available information that the Commission considers useful in the discharge of its duties.
251		-	(4) All E xecutive agencies shall cooperate with the Commission with respect to
252		-	such information and shall furnish all information requested by the Commission to the extent
253		-	permitted by law.
254		-	(5) The Commission shall keep confidential information received from a n
255		-	executive agency that is confidential, as required by law.
256		-	(f) The Commission may:
257		-	(1) Hire and fix the compensation of such personnel as the Commission considers
258		-	appropriate, such as an attorney, researcher, economist, historian, genealogist, constitutional law
259		-	scholar, data scientist, facilitator, forensic accountant, or mental health professional;
260		-	(2) Employ administrative, technical, and legal assistance;
261		-	(3) Procure supplies, services, and property by contract in accordance with
262		-	applicable laws and rules; and
263		-	(4) Enter into contracts for the purposes of conducting research or surveys,
264		-	preparing reports, developing a communications strategy for the release of the report, and
265		-	performing other activities necessary for the discharge of the duties of the Commission with
266		-	executive agencies, instrumentalities of the District, federal departments, agencies, other
267		-	instrumentalities, and private entities.
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269		-	Sec. 106. Meetings ; quorum; sunset.
270		-	(a) The first meeting of the Commission shall occur no later than June 1, 2025. ENROLLED ORIGINAL
	138	+	(2) How its recommendations comport with international standards, as set forth 107
	139	+	in various relevant international protocols, laws, and findings, for reparations or other measures 108
	140	+	to make amends for the wrongs and injuries caused by the institution of slavery and its aftermath ; 109
	141	+	(3) In what manner the District government can offer a formal apology for its role 110
	142	+	in the harms perpetuated on African Americans due to slavery and its aftermath; 111
	143	+	(4) How District laws and policies that may continue to disproportionately and 112
	144	+	negatively affect African Americans and perpetuate the lingering material and psychosocial 113
	145	+	effects of slavery can be eliminated; 114
	146	+	(5) How the resultant injuries can be repaired, including how to provide policies, 115
	147	+	programs, projects, and recommendations to effect that repair; 116
	148	+	(6) How the amount of compensation due to eligible African Americans should be 117
	149	+	calculated; 118
	150	+	(7) In addition to monetary compensation, if and in what form other redress 119
	151	+	should be provided to eligible African Americans and through what instrumentalities; and 120
	152	+	(8) The development and implementation of any programs for African Americans 121
	153	+	that may be warranted and the suggested form and scope of those programs, if any. 122
	154	+	Sec. 103. Reporting requirement. 123
	155	+	(a)(1) The Commission shall submit a written report of its findings and 124
	156	+	recommendations, which may be accompanied by draft legislation or a list of specific steps for 125 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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276		-	(b) At least 3 meetings shall be devoted to the issue of eligibility for reparations.
277		-	(c)(1) The Commission shall consider holding a certain number of meetings during
278		-	publicly accessible times , such as during weekends and in evenings.
279		-	(2) Members shall remain in partnership throughout the life of the Commission
280		-	with an organized coalition comprised of impacted African Americans and cross-sector leaders
281		-	who have a demonstrated interest in r eparations in the District of Columbia and who are based in
282		-	the District of Columbia m etropolitan a rea.
283		-	(d) Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
284		-	(e) The Commission shall sunset after December 31, 202 7, or after the report required by
285		-	section 103(a)(1) has been submitted; except , that nothing shall prohibit the Council from
286		-	soliciting the assistance of former members of the Commission or the Executive Director during
287		-	its review of the Commission’s report or following the sunset. Following the sunset, the
288		-	Commission members or Executive Director shall be entitled to per diem compensation and
289		-	reimbursement of expenses for this assistance.
290		-
291		-	Sec. 107. Reparations; payments and other forms of redress .
292		-	Any monetary reparations or other forms of redress provided by the District pursuant to
293		-	this title shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any reparations provided at the federal level.
294		-
295		-	TITLE II. REPARATIONS FUND.
296		-	Sec. 201. Establishment of Reparations Fund.
297		-	(a) There is established as a special fund, the Reparations Fund, which shall be
298		-	administered by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia in accordance with
299		-	subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
300		-	(b) The following funds shall be deposited into the Reparations Fund:
301		-	(1) Funds appropriated by the District;
302		-	(2) Gifts made to the Reparations Fund;
303		-	(3) Grants made to the Reparations Fund; and
304		-	(4) Public and private donations made to the Reparations Fund.
305		-	(c) The money in the Reparations Fund shall be used for the payment of reparations
306		-	under the reparations program adopted by the District pursuant to the findings and
307		-	recommendations of the Commission on Reparations established by Title I .
308		-	(d) (1) The money deposited into the Reparations Fund but not expended in a fiscal year
309		-	shall not revert to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at
310		-	the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
311		-	(2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds
312		-	appropriated in the Reparations Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year
313		-	limitation.
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	162	+	implementing its recommendations, to the Mayor and Council no later than 18 months after the 126
	163	+	date of the first meeting of the Commission held pursuant to section 106( a). 127
	164	+	(2) The Commission shall submit a written interim update of its progress to the 128
	165	+	Mayor and Council no later than 270 days after the date of the first meeting of the Commission. 129
	166	+	(b) Following submission of the report, as required by subsection (a)(1) of this section, 130
	167	+	the Commission shall convene a public forum to announce its findings and recommendations. 131
	168	+	(c) All recommendations and reports, including updates, prepared and submitted to the 132
	169	+	Mayor and Council by the Commission shall be made a matter of public record. 133
	170	+	Sec. 104. Composition. 134
	171	+	(a)(1) The Commission shall consist of 12 members; 9 voting members appointed by the 135
	172	+	Chairperson of the Counci l and 3 ex- officio members. 136
	173	+	(2) The 9 voting members shall include: 137
	174	+	(A) Two appointees from organizations with a demonstrated commitment 138
	175	+	to reparations and preventing and repairing harms caused by racial injustice; 139
	176	+	(B) Two appointees from the field of academia who have expertise in at 140
	177	+	least two of the following three areas: civil rights, history, or constitutional law; 141
	178	+	(C) Two appointees that either currently reside in the District who have 142
	179	+	been District residents for at least 20 years or who do not currently reside in the District but 143
	180	+	formerly did so and for at least 20 years; 144 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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321		-	TITLE III. SLAVERY ERA DATABASE ESTABLISHED.
322		-	Sec. 301. The Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation Establishment Act of
323		-	1996, effective May 21, 1997 (D.C. Law 11- 268; D.C. Official Code § 31- 101 et seq.), is
324		-	amended by adding a new section 5a to read as follows:
325		-	“Sec. 5a. Slave ry era database.
326		-	“(a) Within one year of the effective date of the Commission on Reparations
327		-	Establishment Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading on December 17, 2024 (Enrolled
328		-	version of Bill 25- 152) (“Reparations Act”), the Commissioner shall have established, and
329		-	continue to maintain through the digital repository of the District of Columbia Office of Public
330		-	Records Management, Archival Administration, and Library of Governmental Information, a
331		-	publicly available online slavery era database that includes all records made available to the
332		-	Department pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
333		-	“(b) The Commissioner shall request and obtain information from states or insurers
334		-	licensed and doing business in the District of Columbia (“insurer”) regarding any records of
335		-	enslaver insurance policies issued by the insurer or any predecessor insurer during the slavery
336		-	era, including insurance policies that provided coverage for injury to, or death of, enslaved
337		-	people (“insurance records”).
338		-	“(1) The Commissioner may obtain t his information from other states that have
339		-	conducted similar data calls; except, that the Commissioner shall request an update from the
340		-	insurers that reported insurance records to those states on any new records identified since the
341		-	initial data calls of those states.
342		-	“(2) The Commissioner may request this information from insurers in existence
343		-	prior to 1865 or insurers with predecessor insurers in existence prior to 1865 that have not
344		-	submitted records to other states that have conducted similar data calls.
345		-	“(3) The Commissioner shall disclose the names of all enslaved persons and
346		-	enslavers described in the insurance records in the slavery era database.
347		-	“(c)(1) The Commissioner shall request information from banks licensed or doing
348		-	business in the District of Columbia regarding any records of participation in the slavery era by
349		-	the bank or any predecessor institution (“financial records”) , including financial records of :
350		-	“(A) Lending capital for the purchase of enslaved persons;
351		-	“(B) Accepting enslaved persons as collateral for loans;
352		-	“(C) Taking ownership of enslaved persons in events of default on said
353		-	loans;
354		-	“(D) Financing or otherwise supporting the abolition of slavery or the
355		-	passage of enslaved persons to free states or territory; and
356		-	“(E) Other investments and profits from slavery.
357		-	“(2) The Commissioner shall disclose the names of all enslaved persons and
358		-	enslavers and the transactions and profits described in the financial records in the slavery era
359		-	database.
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	186	+	(D) One appointee who has expertise in community development and 145
	187	+	social justice in the District; and 146
	188	+	(E) One appointee from a faith- based organization. 147
	189	+	(3)(A) Members shall be drawn from diverse backgrounds to represent the 148
	190	+	interests of African American communities throughout the District, have experience seeking and 149
	191	+	implementing racial justice reform, and, to the extent possible, represent geographically diverse 150
	192	+	areas of the District. 151
	193	+	(B) The Chairperson of the Council may give special consideration to 152
	194	+	long-time District residents who, in its determination, have been most harmed by the injury set 153
	195	+	forth in this title. 154
	196	+	(b) The 3 non- voting ex officio members, who may attend and participate in meetings, 155
	197	+	shall be the: 156
	198	+	(1) Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and 157
	199	+	Banking or the Commissioner’s designee; 158
	200	+	(2) District’s State Archivist or the Archivist’s designee; and 159
	201	+	(3) Director of the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights or the 160
	202	+	Director’s designee. 161
	203	+	(c)(1) The term of office for members shall be for the life of the Commission. 162
	204	+	(2) The Chairperson of the Council shall appoint the Commission members no 163
	205	+	later than 60 days after the effective date of this title. 164 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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366		-	“(d)(1) Upon the publication of the slavery era database, t he Commissioner shall issue a
367		-	report on the information provided to the Commissioner pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of
368		-	this section and submit the report to the Mayor and Council.
369		-	“(2) The report required under this subsection shall include a summary of
370		-	insurance records and financial records obtained and a copy of each document provided to the
371		-	Commissioner.
372		-	“(3) The report shall be made publicly available online and a hard copy of the
373		-	report shall be maintained at the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University
374		-	School of Law and the District of Columbia Archives.
375		-	“(e) Upon request of the Commission on Reparations, established by Title I of the
376		-	Reparations Act, the Commissioner shall make the insurance records and financial records
377		-	available, to the extent they are available, to the Commission on Reparations to aid it in its study
378		-	of reparations proposals prior to public release.
379		-	“(f) The Mayor, pursuant to Title I of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure
380		-	Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Official Code § 2- 501 et seq.), may issue
381		-	rules to carry out the provisions of this section.
382		-	“(g) For the purposes of this section, the term :
383		-	“(1) “Bank” means any insured bank as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1813(h), or any
384		-	institution eligible to become an insured bank as defined therein, which accepts demand deposits
385		-	and makes commercial loans.
386		-	“(2) “Enslaved person” means an individual:
387		-	“(A) Who had no freedom of action;
388		-	“(B) Whose person and services were wholly under the control of another;
389		-	“(C) Who was in a state of enforced compulsory service to another; and
390		-	“(D) Who could not legally leave enforced compulsory service to another
391		-	on the individual’s own initiative during the individual’s lifetime before the end of the slavery
392		-	era.”.
393		-	“(3) “Enslaver” means:
394		-	“(A) An owner of an enslaved person;
395		-	“(B) An owner of a commercial enterprise that used the services of an
396		-	enslaved person;
397		-	“(C) An owner of a vessel or other means of transporting enslaved
398		-	persons; or
399		-	“(D) A person dealing in the purchase, sale, or financing of the business of
400		-	enslaved persons and slavery.
401		-	“(4) “Enslaver insurance policies” means a policy issued to or for the benefit of an
402		-	enslaver to insure the enslaver against injury or the death of an enslaved person.
403		-	“(5) “Slavery era ” means the period prior to 1865. ”.
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	211	+	(3) A vacancy in the voting members on the Commission shall not affect the 165
	212	+	powers of the Commission . A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner that the original 166
	213	+	appointment was made. 167
	214	+	Sec. 105. Organization; compensation; authority. 168
	215	+	(a) The voting members of the Commission shall elect a chair from among its voting 169
	216	+	members; except, that the chair may not be a member of the Council. The Chair of the 170
	217	+	Commission, or a voting member that the Chair designates as Vice -Chair in his or her absence, 171
	218	+	shall convene all meetings of the Commission. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted. 172
	219	+	(b)(1) The voting members of the Commission , by a majority vote, shall hire an 173
	220	+	Executive Director who shall perform the duties required for the day- to-day functioning of the 174
	221	+	Commission as considered necessary by the members, including appointment of staff, selection 175
	222	+	of consultants, and the administration of meetings and report production. The Executive Director 176
	223	+	shall serve for the life of the Commission. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner that the 177
	224	+	original selection was made. 178
	225	+	(2) The Executive Director shall receive an annual salary consistent with the 179
	226	+	District of Columbia Government Salary Schedule for Excepted Service (ES) employees, at the 180
	227	+	midpoint of Grade 10, plus fringe benefits. 181
	228	+	(c)(1) Each voting member of the Commission shall be entitled to a stipend of $10,000 182
	229	+	per year for their service on the Commission; except that, a member of the Council shall not 183
	230	+	receive a stipend. 184 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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411		-	TITLE IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
412		-	Sec. 401. Fiscal impact statement .
413		-	The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal
414		-	impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
415		-	approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a).
416		-
417		-	Sec. 402. Effective date.
418		-	This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the
419		-	Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto) and a 30-day period of congressional review
420		-	as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December
421		-	24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 206.02(c)(1)).
	236	+	(2) Voting m embers of the Commission shall be entitled to per diem 185
	237	+	compensation and reimbursement of expenses for up to 18 meetings of the Commission, not to 186
	238	+	exceed $2,500 per member. 187
	239	+	(d)(1) The Commission’s operations may be funded by annual appropriations or private 188
	240	+	sector assistance, or both. 189
	241	+	(2)(A) If a special fund is established by the Commission for the receipt of 190
	242	+	operating donations from non- government sources, the fund shall be administered in accordance 191
	243	+	with established funding and auditing procedures of the District government. The expenditure of 192
	244	+	donations shall not be subject to appropriation. 193
	245	+	(B) The Commission shall keep a record, available to the public for 194
	246	+	inspection, of all donations, assistance, and any substantial non- government in- kind 195
	247	+	contributions received. The record shall include the full name, address, and occupation or type of 196
	248	+	business of each donor. 197
	249	+	(C) For purpose of this subsection, the term “s ubstantial non- government 198
	250	+	in-kind contributions” includes any service reasonably valued at more than $5,000 that is 199
	251	+	received from any source other than the District or federal government. 200
	252	+	(e)(1) The Commission shall have the authority to: 201
	253	+	(A) Hold hearings, roundtables, and sit and act at any time and location in 202
	254	+	the District and to use space and supplies owned or rented by the District government; 203
	255	+	(B) Request the attendance and testimony of witnesses; 204 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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	261	+	(C) Request the production of books, records, correspondence, 205
	262	+	memoranda, papers, and documents; 206
	263	+	(D) Seek an order from a Superior Court of the District of Columbia 207
	264	+	compelling testimony or compliance with a subpoena; and 208
	265	+	(E) Create and operate under its own rules of procedure, consistent with 209
	266	+	this title. 210
	267	+	(2) Any member of the Commission may, if authorized by the C hair or Vice-211
	268	+	Chair of the Commission , take any action that the Commission is authorized to take pursuant to 212
	269	+	this title. 213
	270	+	(3) The Commission may acquire directly from the head of any executive agency 214
	271	+	available information that the Commission considers useful in the discharge of its duties. 215
	272	+	(4) All E xecutive agencies shall cooperate with the Commission with respect to 216
	273	+	such information and shall furnish all information requested by the Commission to the extent 217
	274	+	permitted by law. 218
	275	+	(5) The Commission shall keep confidential information received from a n 219
	276	+	executive agency that is confidential, as required by law. 220
	277	+	(f) The Commission may: 221
	278	+	(1) Hire and fix the compensation of such personnel as the Commission considers 222
	279	+	appropriate, such as an attorney, researcher, economist, historian, genealogist, constitutional law 223
	280	+	scholar, data scientist, facilitator, forensic accountant, or a mental health professional; 224 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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	286	+	(2) Employ administrative, technical, and legal assistance; 225
	287	+	(3) Procure supplies, services, and property by contract in accordance with 226
	288	+	applicable laws and rules; and 227
	289	+	(4) Enter into contracts for the purposes of conducting research or surveys, 228
	290	+	preparing reports, developing a communications strategy for the release of the report, and 229
	291	+	performing other activities necessary for the discharge of the duties of the Commission with 230
	292	+	executive agencies, instrumentalities of the District, federal departments, agencies, other 231
	293	+	instrumentalities, and private entities. 232
	294	+	Sec. 106. Meetings ; quorum; sunset. 233
	295	+	(a) The first meeting of the Commission shall occur no later than June 1, 2025. 234
	296	+	(b) At least 3 meetings shall be devoted to the issue of eligibility for reparations. 235
	297	+	(c)(1) The Commission shall consider holding a certain number of meetings during 236
	298	+	publicly accessible times , such as during weekends and in evenings. 237
	299	+	(2) Members shall remain in partnership throughout the life of the Commission 238
	300	+	with an organized coalition comprised of impacted African Americans and cross-sector leaders 239
	301	+	who have a demonstrated interest in r eparations in the District of Columbia and who are based in 240
	302	+	the District of Columbia m etropolitan a rea. 241
	303	+	(d) Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. 242
	304	+	(e) The Commission shall sunset after December 31, 202 7, or after the report required by 243
	305	+	section 103(a)(1) has been submitted; except , that nothing shall prohibit the Council from 244 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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	311	+	soliciting the assistance of former members of the Commission or the Executive Director during 245
	312	+	its review of the Commission’s report or following the sunset. Following the sunset, the 246
	313	+	Commission members or Executive Director shall be entitled to per diem compensation and 247
	314	+	reimbursement of expenses for this assistance. 248
	315	+	Sec. 107. Reparations; payments and other forms of redress . 249
	316	+	Any monetary reparations or other forms of redress provided by the District pursuant to 250
	317	+	this title shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any reparations provided at the federal level. 251
	318	+	TITLE II. REPARATIONS FUND. 252
	319	+	Sec. 201. Establishment of Reparations Fund. 253
	320	+	(a) There is established as a special fund, the Reparations Fund, which shall be 254
	321	+	administered by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia in accordance with 255
	322	+	subsections (c) and (d) of this section. 256
	323	+	(b) The following funds shall be deposited into the Reparations Fund: 257
	324	+	(1) Funds appropriated by the District; 258
	325	+	(2) Gifts made to the Reparations Fund; 259
	326	+	(3) Grants made to the Reparations Fund; and 260
	327	+	(4) Public and private donations made to the Reparations Fund. 261
	328	+	(c) The money in the Reparations Fund shall be used for the payment of reparations 262
	329	+	under the reparations program adopted by the District pursuant to the findings and 263
	330	+	recommendations of the Commission on Reparations established by Title I . 264 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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	336	+	(d) (1) The money deposited into the Reparations Fund but not expended in a fiscal year 265
	337	+	shall not revert to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at 266
	338	+	the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time. 267
	339	+	(2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds 268
	340	+	appropriated in the Reparations Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year 269
	341	+	limitation. 270
	342	+	TITLE III. SLAVERY ERA DATABASE ESTABLISHED. 271
	343	+	Sec. 301. The Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation Establishment Act of 272
	344	+	1996, effective May 21, 1997 (D.C. Law 11- 268; D.C. Official Code § 31- 101 et seq.), is 273
	345	+	amended by adding a new section 5a to read as follows: 274
	346	+	“Sec. 5a. Slave ry era database. 275
	347	+	“(a) Within one year of the effective date of the Commission on Reparations 276
	348	+	Establishment Amendment Act of 2024, as approved by the Committee on Business and 277
	349	+	Economic Development on November 18, 2024 (Committee print of Bill 25-152), the 278
	350	+	Commissioner shall have established, and continue to maintain through the digital repository of 279
	351	+	the District of Columbia Office of Public Records Management, Archival Administration, and 280
	352	+	Library of Governmental Information, a publicly available online slavery era database that 281
	353	+	includes all records made available to the Department pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this 282
	354	+	section. 283 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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	360	+	“(b) The Commissioner shall request and obtain information from states or insurers 284
	361	+	licensed and doing business in the District of Columbia (“insurer”) regarding any records of 285
	362	+	enslaver insurance policies issued by the insurer or any predecessor insurer during the slavery 286
	363	+	era, including insurance policies that provided coverage for injury to, or death of, enslaved 287
	364	+	people (“insurance records”). 288
	365	+	“(1) The Commissioner may obtain t his information from other states that have 289
	366	+	conducted similar data calls; except, that the Commissioner shall request an update from the 290
	367	+	insurers that reported insurance records to those states on any new records identified since the 291
	368	+	initial data calls of those states. 292
	369	+	“(2) The Commissioner may request this information from insurers in existence 293
	370	+	prior to 1865 or insurers with predecessor insurers in existence prior to 1865 that have not 294
	371	+	submitted records to other states that have conducted similar data calls. 295
	372	+	“(3) The Commissioner shall disclose the names of all enslaved persons and 296
	373	+	enslavers described in the insurance records in the slavery era database. 297
	374	+	“(c)(1) The Commissioner shall request information from banks licensed or doing 298
	375	+	business in the District of Columbia regarding any records of participation in the slavery era by 299
	376	+	the bank or any predecessor institution (“financial records”) , including financial records of : 300
	377	+	“(A) Lending capital for the purchase of enslaved persons; 301
	378	+	“(B) Accepting enslaved persons as collateral for loans; 302 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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	384	+	“(C) Taking ownership of enslaved persons in events of default on said 303
	385	+	loans; 304
	386	+	“(D) Financing or otherwise supporting the abolition of slavery or the 305
	387	+	passage of enslaved persons to free states or territory; and 306
	388	+	“(E) Other investments and profits from slavery. 307
	389	+	“(2) The Commissioner shall disclose the names of all enslaved persons and 308
	390	+	enslavers and the transactions and profits described in the financial records in the slavery era 309
	391	+	database.
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	393	+	“(d) Upon the publication of the slavery era database, t he Commissioner shall issue a 311
	394	+	report on the information provided to the Commissioner pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of 312
	395	+	this section and submit the report to the Mayor and Council. 313
	396	+	“(1) The report required under this section shall include a summary of insurance 314
	397	+	records and financial records obtained and a copy of each document provided to the 315
	398	+	Commissioner. 316
	399	+	“(2) The report shall be made publicly available online and a hard copy of the 317
	400	+	report shall be maintained at the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University 318
	401	+	School of Law and the District of Columbia Archives. 319
	402	+	“(e) Upon request of the Commission on Reparations, established by Title I of the 320
	403	+	Reparations Act, as approved by the Committee on Business and Economic Development on 321
	404	+	November 18, 2024 (Committee print of Bill 25 -152), the Commissioner shall make the 322 ENGROSSED ORIGINAL
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	410	+	insurance records and financial records available, to the extent they are available, to the 323
	411	+	Commission on Reparations to aid it in its study of reparations proposals prior to public release. 324
	412	+	“(f) The Mayor, pursuant to Title I of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure 325
	413	+	Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Official Code § 2- 501 et seq.), may issue 326
	414	+	rules to carry out the provisions of this section. 327
	415	+	“(g) For the purposes of this section, the term : 328
	416	+	(1) “Bank” means any insured bank as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1813(h), or any 329
	417	+	institution eligible to become an insured bank as defined therein, which accepts demand deposits 330
	418	+	and makes commercial loans. 331
	419	+	(2) “Enslaved person” means an individual: 332
	420	+	“(A) Who had no freedom of action; 333
	421	+	“(B) Whose person and services were wholly under the control of another; 334
	422	+	“(C) Who was in a state of enforced compulsory service to another; and 335
	423	+	“(D) Who could not legally leave enforced compulsory service to another 336
	424	+	on the individual’s own initiative during the individual’s lifetime before the end of the slavery 337
	425	+	era.”. 338
	426	+	(3) “Enslaver” means: 339
	427	+	“(A) An owner of an enslaved person; 340
	428	+	“(B) An owner of a commercial enterprise that used the services of an 341
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	435	+	“(C) An owner of a vessel or other means of transporting enslaved 343
	436	+	persons; or 344
	437	+	“(D) A person dealing in the purchase, sale, or financing of the business of 345
	438	+	enslaved persons and slavery. 346
	439	+	(4) “Enslaver insurance policies” means a policy issued to or for the benefit of an 347
	440	+	enslaver to insure the enslaver against injury or the death of an enslaved person. 348
	441	+	(5) “Slavery era” means the period prior to 1865.”. 349
	442	+	TITLE IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 350
	443	+	Sec. 401. Fiscal impact statement. 351
	444	+	The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 352
	445	+	impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 353
	446	+	approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 354
	447	+	Sec. 402. Effective date. 355
	448	+	This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 356
	449	+	Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto) and a 30-day period of congressional review 357
	450	+	as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 358
	451	+	24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 206.02(c)(1)). 359