Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8196
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Adult day care
Advisory bodies
Aging
Business education
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Human trafficking
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Landlord and tenant
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority education
Minority employment
Minority health
Performing arts
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Science and engineering education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Women in business
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: 

Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls to identify and assess the efficacy of policies and programs of federal, state, and local governments designed to improve outcomes for such individuals and to make recommendations to improve such policies and programs.
 
The task force shall (1) cover issues involving Black women and girls in education, economic development, health care, justice and civil rights, and housing; and (2) submit recommendations at specified intervals to Congress, the President, and each state or local government on policies, practices, programs, and incentives that may be adopted to improve outcomes.
 
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights shall conduct a comprehensive study and collect data with respect to the effects on Black women and girls of a wide range of specified economic, health, criminal justice, and social services factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Introduced in House