Equity in Government Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4524 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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. Velazquez, 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 Equity Advisory Team, 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 ``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, whichever is greater, relating to impr