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Official title: To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 12, 2025 by Robin L. Kelly · Last progress June 12, 2025
The bill creates sustained federal attention, interagency coordination, data collection, and targeted programs to address disparities facing Black women and girls, but it requires recurring funding and administrative effort and may prompt legal challenges and local pushback.
Black women and girls will receive targeted education, mental-health, and anti-discrimination programs intended to improve school outcomes and wellbeing.
Increased access to healthcare and maternal supports (prenatal-to-postpartum programs, local testing, community mental-health services) aimed at reducing Black maternal mortality and improving health outcomes.
Workforce and economic supports (vocational training, entrepreneurship training, licensure-barrier reduction, job placement for older and caregiving women) to boost economic stability for Black women.
Implementing studies, task forces, and recommended programs will likely require new or reallocated funding, creating recurring costs for taxpayers and government budgets.
The bill will impose administrative and staffing burdens on federal agencies (data collection, reporting, appointments, interagency coordination), diverting time and resources from other priorities.
Race- or sex‑targeted programs and identity‑based facilitators may face legal challenges under anti‑discrimination law, risking litigation and program delays.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Creates an interagency Task Force to study and recommend policies for Black women and girls and requires the US Commission on Civil Rights to publish annual studies and reports.
Creates an interagency Task Force on Black Women and Girls to study and recommend federal, state, and local policies, programs, and incentives to address disparities facing Black women and girls, and requires the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to perform an annual, comprehensive study and public reporting on those issues. The bill directs specific agency representation on the Task Force, mandates development of community- and school-based education and support program elements, and requires federal agencies to provide information to the Commission to support data collection and reporting.