119th Congress
H.R. 3974
Protect Black Women and Girls Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Robin L. Kelly(D-IL)
- Introduced
- Jun 12, 2025
- Policy area
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce; House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Financial Services; House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (17)
Original cosponsors (12)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
Added later (5)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI) · Jun 20, 2025
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN) · Jun 25, 2025
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · Jun 27, 2025
- André Carson (D-IN) · Jul 10, 2025
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Jun 30, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: 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.
Latest action(Jun 12, 2025): 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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jun 12, 2025 · House
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. - Jun 12, 2025
Introduced in House