Protect Black Women and Girls Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3974 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3974 To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2025 Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Brown, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Norton, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Strickland, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Black Women and Girls Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1