That it is the sense of the Senate that—
the recent confirmation of the wreckage of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to arrive in the United States, constitutes a monumental discovery of local, national, and international importance and educational value;
discovery of the Clotilda may serve as an inflection point for meaningful conversation about both past and present injustices;
the residents of Africatown, Alabama, embody a spirit of resilience and a determination to build a better community for their descendants; and
all efforts should be made—
to preserve and protect the Clotilda and associated historic sites in Africatown, Alabama; and
to use the discovery of the Clotilda to provide education to local, national, and international audiences about—
the violent history of the transatlantic slave trade;
the stories of the last enslaved Africans to arrive in the United States; and
the rich and unique history of the community built by the descendants of those individuals.