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(2) the unemployment rate for Black workers in the 
United States is consistently twice as high as it is for 
White workers; 
Whereas addressing economic disparities for Black people in 
the United States requires reimagining governmental and 
societal policies and practices, which have been rooted in 
discriminatory intent since the founding of the United 
States; 
Whereas addressing the racial wealth gap in the United 
States must be a holistic effort concentrated across sev-
eral policy principles, including entrepreneurship, finan-
cial services, affordable housing, workforce development, 
protecting and promoting civic participation, and reform-
ing tax policy; 
Whereas we must commit to growing the economy of the 
United States by creating legislative solutions that 
deconstruct barriers to economic opportunities for Black 
people and that build Black intergenerational wealth; 
Whereas the Congressional Black Caucus believes it is of the 
utmost importance— 
(1) to enact legislation that boosts equitable out-
comes; and 
(2) to coordinate a legislative agenda that cements 
positive changes and reinforces a commitment to pre-
serving Black economic prosperity in the United States; 
Whereas the Black Wealth Agenda will have an amplified im-
pact on all policy areas where existing oppressive regula-
tion prevents progress; and 
Whereas, from removing barriers to quality healthcare for 
Black people in the United States, to addressing environ-
mental justice issues for Black communities that continue 
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to be on the frontlines of the climate crisis, it is clear 
that a holistic approach is critical to closing the economic 
divide: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commits— 
(A) to promoting Black entrepreneurship 
by expanding funding solutions, strengthening 
outreach to educate communities in the United 
States; and 
(B) to reforming policies that have created 
obstacles to success for Black businesses; 
(2) supports establishing forward-looking entre-
preneurial goals and driving communities to the cen-
ter of innovation in the 21st century by— 
(A) creating opportunities in sectors such 
as— 
(i) green energy; 
(ii) technology; and 
(iii) healthcare; and 
(B) building a workforce to be an invest-
ment in a better future; 
(3) asserts that systemic discrimination in the 
housing market in the United States has greatly 
contributed to the widening of the racial wealth gap 
and must be rectified; 
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(4) will create solutions to address the afford-
able housing crisis in the United States by increas-
ing the supply of available housing, reducing housing 
costs generally, enhancing programs to support and 
protect renters, and enforcing anti-discrimination 
laws; 
(5) supports initiatives to build the Black work-
force and equip the Black community in the United 
States with the necessary tools to compete for stable 
jobs in every career and at every career level; 
(6) recognizes that as Black people in the 
United States are overrepresented in minimum wage 
jobs, the Federal minimum wage must be updated to 
reflect inflation; 
(7) acknowledges that additional necessary re-
forms addressing the economic disparity in the 
United States include improvements to career path-
ways programs, investing in historically Black col-
leges and universities, increasing the affordability of 
post high-school education, expanding access to ap-
prenticeship and job skills training programs, and 
other solutions that maximize the potential of the 
Black workforce; 
(8) supports the goal of expanding economic op-
portunity, equity, and wealth creation for Black peo-
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ple in the United States at every socioeconomic level, 
in every industry, and in every residential setting, 
with progress toward this goal— 
(A) being monitored, evaluated, and en-
hanced by Federal agencies that have relevant 
programs and initiatives; and 
(B) requiring that Black people in the 
United States be able to build a financially se-
cure retirement; 
(9) must support tax reform initiatives for 
Black families in the United States that— 
(A) help secure retirement, end poverty, 
and increase homeownership affordability; 
(B) sustain students, families, and the 
economy; and 
(C) 
facilitate 
the 
accumulation 
of 
generational wealth; and 
(10) must commit to creating equitable and bal-
anced tax policy in the United States that levels the 
economic playing field, addresses wealth concentra-
tion, and advances opportunities for economic gain. 
Æ 
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