United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4147 (108th)
SEARCH Act of 2004
Introduced
2 April 2004
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
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Summary
Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2004 or the SEARCH Act of 2004 - Directs the Archivist of the United States to establish, as part of the National Archives, a national database consisting of historic records of servitude and emancipation in the United States to assist African Americans in researching their genealogy. Requires the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to maintain the database.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2004
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Introduced in House · EN · 2 April 2004
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 April 2004
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4147
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4147