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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7882 

To amend section 1124 of title 31, United States Code, to establish an 

Agency Equity Advisory Team, to amend sections 3520 and 3520A 

of title 44, United States Code, to ensure the use of equity, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CARSON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

LYNCH, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 

and Ms. BROWN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To amend section 1124 of title 31, United States Code, 

to establish an Agency Equity Advisory Team, to amend 

sections 3520 and 3520A of title 44, United States Code, 

to ensure the use of equity, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Government 

5 Equity Improvement Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICERS. 

2 Section 1124 of title 31, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 

6 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

8 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (C) by inserting at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(G) establish and serve as the head of an 

11 Agency Equity Advisory Team, with at least 10 

12 members, that includes representation from at 

13 least 10 of the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) The head of the agency. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Regulatory affairs senior des16 ignee. 

17 ‘‘(iii) Counsel. 

18 ‘‘(iv) Civil rights enforcement senior 

19 designee. 

20 ‘‘(v) Policy development senior des21 ignee. 

22 ‘‘(vi) Chief Financial Officer, Con23 troller, or senior designee. 

24 ‘‘(vii) Chief Data Officer or senior 

25 designee. 


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1 ‘‘(viii) Chief Science Officer or senior 

2 designee. 

3 ‘‘(ix) Chief Human Capital Officer or 

4 senior designee. 

5 ‘‘(x) Evaluation Officer or senior des6 ignee. 

7 ‘‘(xi) Statistical official. 

8 ‘‘(xii) Procurement senior designee. 

9 ‘‘(xiii) Customer or user experience 

10 leadership. 

11 ‘‘(xiv) Communications or public af12 fairs senior designee. 

13 ‘‘(xv) Public engagement senior des14 ignee.’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

16 following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(4) EQUITY SUBCOMMITTEE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab19 lished an Equity Subcommittee of the Perform20 ance Improvement Council, consisting of mem21 bers of that Council, to be selected by the 

22 Council. 

23 ‘‘(B) FUNCTIONS.—The Equity Sub24 committee of the Performance Improvement 

25 Council shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) assist the Director of the Office 

2 of Management and Budget in identifying 

3 guidance agencies need on how to provide 

4 services more equitably and developing 

5 such guidance; 

6 ‘‘(ii) facilitate the sharing of informa7 tion across agencies regarding practices 

8 that have led to the more equitable provi9 sion of services; 

10 ‘‘(iii) coordinate with the Equitable 

11 Data Working Group of the Chief Data 

12 Officer Council (established pursuant to 

13 section 3520A of title 44) to ensure that 

14 agencies share best practices related to the 

15 equitable collection and use of data; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) solicit input from nongovern17 mental organizations, State and local gov18 ernments, and recipients of government 

19 services to determine best practices for 

20 providing government services equitably.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. CHIEF DATA OFFICERS. 

22 Title 44, United States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in section 3520(c)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

25 and inserting a semicolon; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (14) by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (C) by inserting at the end the following 

4 new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(15) ensure the agency applies the rec6 ommendations of the Chief Data Officer Council de7 veloped pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (5) of 

8 section 3520A(b).’’; and 

9 (2) in section 3520A— 

10 (A) in subsection (b)— 

11 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

12 use’’ and inserting ‘‘the equitable use’’; 

13 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘be14 tween agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘between 

15 agencies, academic and research partners, 

16 State and local governments, community 

17 and advocacy groups, and other stake18 holders’’; 

19 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

20 ‘‘policymaking’’ and inserting ‘‘equitable 

21 policymaking’’; 

22 (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘ac23 cess’’ and inserting ‘‘equitable access’’; and 


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1 (v) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘col2 lection’’ and inserting ‘‘equitable collec3 tion’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the 

5 Council.’’ and inserting ‘‘the Council, including 

6 the work of the Equitable Data Working 

7 Group.’’; 

8 (C) by amending subsection (e) to read as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION AND TERMINATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) GAO EVALUATION OF COUNCIL.—Not 

12 later than 4 years after the date of the enactment 

13 of this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall 

14 submit to Congress a report on whether the addi15 tional duties of the Council, including the Equitable 

16 Data Working Group, improved the equitable collec17 tion and use of evidence, including for program eval18 uation, in the Federal Government. 

19 ‘‘(2) TERMINATION OF COUNCIL.—The Council, 

20 including the Equitable Data Working Group, shall 

21 not terminate until at least two years after the date 

22 on which the Comptroller General submits the report 

23 under paragraph (1) to Congress.’’; and 

24 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

25 subsections: 


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1 ‘‘(f) EQUITABLE DATA WORKING GROUP.— 

2 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

3 within the Council an Equitable Data Working 

4 Group. 

5 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS.—The Equi6 table Data Working Group shall ensure that the 

7 Council prioritizes equity when carrying out the 

8 functions of the Council described in paragraphs (1) 

9 through (5) of subsection (b). 

10 ‘‘(3) MEETINGS; REPORTS.—Not less frequently 

11 than once per quarter, the Equitable Data Working 

12 Group shall meet submit to the Chief Data Officer 

13 Council a written report with recommendations on 

14 how to execute the functions described in paragraphs 

15 (1) through (5) of subsection (b) to better achieve 

16 equitable methods and outcomes. 

17 ‘‘(4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall se19 lect a subset of the members of the Council to 

20 serve as members of the Equitable Data Work21 ing Group. 

22 ‘‘(B) CHAIR.—The Chair of the Council 

23 shall select the Chair of the Equitable Data 

24 Working Group from among the members of 

25 the Equitable Data Working Group. 


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1 ‘‘(g) STATE DEFINED.—In this section and section 

2 1124 of title 31, the term ‘State’ means each State of the 

3 United States, the District of Columbia, each common4 wealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and 

5 each federally recognized Indian Tribe.’’. 

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