I 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2078 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

to establish the Division of Social and Economic Equity in the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2021 

Mr. MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish the Division of Social and 

Economic Equity in the Congressional Budget Office, 

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 ‘‘Social and Economic 

5 Equity Promotion Act’’. 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 2078 IH

1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DIVISION OF SOCIAL AND 

2 ECONOMIC EQUITY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 201 of the Congressional 

4 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

5 601) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (g) 

7 as subsections (c) through (h), respectively; and 

8 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol9 lowing new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(b) DIVISION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY.— 

11 There is established in the Office the Division of Social 

12 and Economic Equity to carry out the equity analyses re13 quired by section 402.’’. 

14 (b) ANALYSES OF EQUITY IMPACT.—Section 402 of 

15 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 

16 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para18 graph (4); 

19 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol21 lowing new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(3) as the chair or ranking member of the 

23 Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep24 resentatives determines appropriate, an analysis car25 ried out by the Division of Social and Economic Eq26 uity of the impact on equity resulting from the enVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:50 May 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2078.IH H2078

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 2078 IH

1 actment of such bill or resolution in the fiscal year 

2 in which it is to become effective and in each of the 

3 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year, together 

4 with the basis for each such analysis; and’’; and 

5 (4) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘and’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘analysis, and’’. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 

8 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

9 622) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(12) The term ‘equity’ means the consistent 

11 and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of 

12 all individuals, including individuals who belong to 

13 underserved communities that have been denied such 

14 treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous 

15 and Native American individuals, Asian Americans 

16 and Pacific Islanders and other individuals of color, 

17 members of religious minorities, lesbian, gay, bisex18 ual, transgender, and queer individuals, individuals 

19 with disabilities, individuals who live in rural areas, 

20 and individuals otherwise adversely affected by per21 sistent poverty or inequality. 

22 ‘‘(13) The term ‘underserved communities’ 

23 means populations that share a particular char24 acteristic, including with respect to geographic area, 

25 that have been systematically denied a full opporVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:50 May 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2078.IH H2078

kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 2078 IH

1 tunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, 

2 and civic life, including populations of individuals 

3 described in paragraph (12).’’. 

4 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Congressional 

6 Budget Office shall, in consultation with the Select Com7 mittee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth of 

8 the House of Representatives, submit a report to each 

9 House of Congress of how the Office plans to carry out 

10 the equity analyses required by section 402 of the Con11 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

12 (2 U.S.C. 653), as amended by this Act. 

13 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this Act shall take effect 6 months after the date the re15 port required by subsection (d) is submitted to both 

16 Houses of Congress. 

Æ 


kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS