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Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2021

Introduced: November 30, 2022 Introduced by: Kelly, Robin L. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Dec 15, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 14, 2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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.
Dec 14, 2021
Introduced in House
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Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2021

This bill establishes an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls to identify and assess the efficacy of policies and programs of federal, state, and local governments designed to improve outcomes for such individuals and to make recommendations to improve such policies and programs.

The task force shall (1) cover issues involving Black women and girls in education, economic development, health care, justice and civil rights, and housing; and (2) submit recommendations at specified intervals to Congress, the President, and each state or local government on policies, practices, programs, and incentives that may be adopted to improve outcomes.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights shall conduct a comprehensive study and collect data with respect to the effects on Black women and girls of a wide range of specified economic, health, criminal justice, and social services factors.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 10 Republican 1
D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Dec 1, 2022
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Nov 30, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 17, 2022
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Nov 17, 2022
 D
Green, Al
Texas · May 11, 2022
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Apr 14, 2022
Butterfield, G. K.
· Apr 14, 2022
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 14, 2022
Lawrence, Brenda
· Apr 14, 2022
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Mar 31, 2022
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 7, 2022
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Dec 14, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Dec 14, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Dec 14, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6268: Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6268/
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