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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4524 
To amend titles 5, 31, and 44, United States Code, to improve the equitable 
provision of services to underserved communities and individuals, to 
establish an Agency Equity Advisory Team, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BROWN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. 
CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. 
FROST, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. 
KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MFUME, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PLASKETT, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, 
Ms. SIMON, Mr. SOTO, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend titles 5, 31, and 44, United States Code, to 
improve the equitable provision of services to underserved 
communities and individuals, to establish an Agency Eq-
uity Advisory Team, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equity in Government 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after ‘‘of 
the agency’’ the following: ‘‘, with at least one goal, 
or 20 percent of the total number of goals, which-
ever is greater, relating to improving the equitable 
provision of services to underserved communities and 
individuals’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘in 
such a plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including nongovern-
mental organizations and other stakeholders, includ-
ing academic and research partners, State and local 
governments, and community and advocacy groups, 
that can address how to improve the equitable provi-
sion of services to underserved communities and in-
dividuals’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section and 
sections 1115 and 1120 of title 31: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
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each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
United States, and each federally recognized Indian 
Tribe. 
‘‘(2) UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.—The term 
‘underserved communities’ means populations shar-
ing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic 
communities, that have been systematically denied a 
full opportunity to participate in aspects of eco-
nomic, social, and civic life. 
‘‘(3) UNDERSERVED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘underserved individual’ means a member of any un-
derserved communities.’’. 
(b) 
AGENCY
PERFORMANCE
PLANS.—Section 
1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘and 
the next fiscal year’’ the following: ‘‘, with at least 
one performance goal, or 20 percent of the total 
number of performance goals, whichever is greater, 
relating to improving the equitable provision of serv-
ices to underserved communities and individuals’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(E), by inserting after 
‘‘other agencies’’ the following: ‘‘, nongovernmental 
organizations, and other stakeholders, including aca-
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demic and research partners, State and local govern-
ments, and community and advocacy groups,’’. 
(c) AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS.—Section 1120(b)(1) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the first sentence the following: ‘‘At least one of the 
priority goals of each agency, or 20 percent of the priority 
goals of the agency, whichever is greater, shall be related 
to improving the equitable provision of services to under-
served communities and individuals.’’. 
SEC. 3. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICERS. 
Section 1124 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) establish and serve as the head of an 
Agency Equity Advisory Team, with at least 10 
members, that includes representation from at 
least 10 of the following: 
‘‘(i) The head of the agency. 
‘‘(ii) Regulatory affairs senior des-
ignee. 
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‘‘(iv) solicit input from nongovern-
mental organizations, State and local gov-
ernments, and recipients of government 
services to determine best practices for 
providing government services equitably.’’. 
SEC. 4. CHIEF DATA OFFICERS. 
Title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 3520(c)— 
(A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (14) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) ensure the agency applies the rec-
ommendations of the Chief Data Officer Council de-
veloped pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (5) of 
section 3520A(b).’’; and 
(2) in section 3520A— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
use’’ and inserting ‘‘the equitable use’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘be-
tween agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘between 
agencies, academic and research partners, 
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State and local governments, community 
and advocacy groups, and other stake-
holders’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘policymaking’’ and inserting ‘‘equitable 
policymaking’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘ac-
cess’’ and inserting ‘‘equitable access’’; and 
(v) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘col-
lection’’ and inserting ‘‘equitable collec-
tion’’; 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the 
Council.’’ and inserting ‘‘the Council, including 
the work of the Equitable Data Working 
Group.’’; 
(C) by amending subsection (e) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION AND TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) GAO EVALUATION
OF
COUNCIL.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of the enactment 
of this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress a report on whether the addi-
tional duties of the Council, including the Equitable 
Data Working Group, improved the equitable collec-
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tion and use of evidence, including for program eval-
uation, in the Federal Government. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION OF COUNCIL.—The Council, 
including the Equitable Data Working Group, shall 
not terminate until at least two years after the date 
on which the Comptroller General submits the report 
under paragraph (1) to Congress.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(f) EQUITABLE DATA WORKING GROUP.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the Council an Equitable Data Working 
Group. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE
AND
FUNCTIONS.—The Equi-
table Data Working Group shall ensure that the 
Council prioritizes equity when carrying out the 
functions of the Council described in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) of subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) MEETINGS; REPORTS.—Not less frequently 
than once per quarter, the Equitable Data Working 
Group shall meet submit to the Chief Data Officer 
Council a written report with recommendations on 
how to execute the functions described in paragraphs 
(1) through (5) of subsection (b) to better achieve 
equitable methods and outcomes. 
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‘‘(4) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall se-
lect a subset of the members of the Council to 
serve as members of the Equitable Data Work-
ing Group. 
‘‘(B) CHAIR.—The Chair of the Council 
shall select the Chair of the Equitable Data 
Working Group from among the members of 
the Equitable Data Working Group. 
‘‘(g) STATE DEFINED.—In this section and section 
1124 of title 31, the term ‘State’ means each State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, each common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and 
each federally recognized Indian Tribe.’’. 
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