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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Last progress June 12, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 12, 2025 by Robin L. Kelly
Creates a federal Interagency Task Force on Black Women and Girls and requires the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) to study and report on conditions facing Black women and girls. The Attorney General must form the Task Force within 180 days; the Task Force will examine education, health, economic, justice, housing, and other outcomes and deliver recommendations to federal, state, and local leaders. The USCCR must collect agency data, produce an initial report within one year of enactment, and issue annual reports thereafter; specified federal agencies are required to provide information to support the studies.
The United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) advises Congress, the President, and the American public on discrimination or denials of equal protection under the U.S. Constitution because of color, race, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice.
The USCCR routinely has difficulties collecting information from Federal agencies despite having the power to take depositions, issue interrogatories and subpoenas, and broad authority language for the collection of information from Federal agencies.
The activities mandated herein for the USCCR are explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983.
Defines an "interagency task force" as a task force organized in collaboration with two or more Federal agencies, using government-wide resources and expertise.
An interagency task force will examine a particular problem, issue, or event.
Directly affected: Black women and Black girls — the law mandates federal study of their outcomes and directs development of policy recommendations intended to improve education, health, economic, justice, and housing outcomes. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will take on ongoing research and annual reporting duties and will gain statutory authority to collect information, increasing its workload. The Department of Justice must organize and host the Interagency Task Force; other federal agencies named in the law must respond to data requests and provide information, which may impose administrative burdens. State and local governments, and service providers in education, health care, housing, and justice, are likely to be recipients of the Task Force's recommendations and could be affected if recommended policy changes are adopted. Researchers, advocates, and community organizations focused on racial and gender equity may use the findings to push for legislative or programmatic change. The law does not appropriate funding, so agencies may need to reallocate existing resources to meet reporting and coordination requirements, which could slow implementation or create resource pressures.