Slavery in the United States July 30, 2008, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution apologizing for American slavery and subsequent discriminatory laws. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a similar resolution on June 18, 2009, apologizing for the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery". It also explicitly states that it cannot be used for restitution claims. A 2016 study, published in The Journal of Politics, finds that "Whites who currently live in Southern counties that had high shares of slaves in 1860 are more likely to identify as a Republican, oppose affirmative action, and express racial resentment and colder feelings toward
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and now reads: "protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns". See 23 USC 135(d) Section 1211(d) prevents the United States Department of Transportation from requiring state departments of transportation from using the metric system. This has had the effect of delaying metrication in the United States with respect to road construction, though some states had already completely converted. Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century The United States federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) was