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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7881 

To amend section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 1115 

and 1120 of title 31, United States Code, to improve the equitable 

provision of services to underserved communities and individuals, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

LYNCH, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mrs. RAMIREZ, 

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

Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To amend section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and 

sections 1115 and 1120 of title 31, United States Code, 

to improve the equitable provision of services to underserved communities and individuals, 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 ‘‘Equity in Agency Plan5 ning Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 

3 5, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after ‘‘of 

5 the agency’’ the following: ‘‘, with at least one goal, 

6 or 20 percent of the total number of goals, which7 ever is greater, relating to improving the equitable 

8 provision of services to underserved communities and 

9 individuals’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘in 

11 such a plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including nongovern12 mental organizations and other stakeholders, includ13 ing academic and research partners, State and local 

14 governments, and community and advocacy groups, 

15 that can address how to improve the equitable provi16 sion of services to underserved communities and in17 dividuals’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section and 

21 sections 1115 and 1120 of title 31: 

22 ‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each 

23 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

24 each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 

25 United States, and each federally recognized Indian 

26 Tribe. 


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1 ‘‘(2) UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.—The term 

2 ‘underserved communities’ means populations shar3 ing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic 

4 communities, that have been systematically denied a 

5 full opportunity to participate in aspects of eco6 nomic, social, and civic life. 

7 ‘‘(3) UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUAL.—The term 

8 ‘underserved individual’ means a member of an 

9 underrepresented community.’’. 

10 (b) AGENCY PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 

11 1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘and 

13 the next fiscal year’’ the following: ‘‘, with at least 

14 one performance goal, or 20 percent of the total 

15 number of performance goals, whichever is greater, 

16 relating to improving the equitable provision of serv17 ices to underserved communities and individuals’’; 

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19 (2) in paragraph (5)(D), by inserting after 

20 ‘‘other agencies’’ the following: ‘‘, nongovernmental 

21 organizations, and other stakeholders, including aca22 demic and research partners, State and local govern23 ments, and community and advocacy groups,’’. 

24 (c) AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS.—Section 1120(b)(1) 

25 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 


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1 after the first sentence the following: ‘‘At least one of the 

2 priority goals of each agency, or 20 percent of the priority 

3 goals of the agency, whichever is greater, shall be related 

4 to improving the equitable provision of services to under5 served communities and individuals.’’. 

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