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S. 1292 (108th)

SEARCH Act of 2004

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Introduced

19 June 2003

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.

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7 April 2025

Summary

Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2003 or the SEARCH Act of 2003 - 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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