House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Black Women and Girls Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7354.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 29, February 14, 2024, Page H638):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girlsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 180 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7354, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7354
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
35 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 34 Democrats
1 of 35 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robin Kelly.
- H.R. 3843 (118th) Action for Dental Health Act of 2023
- H.R. 1478 (118th) Federal Firearm Licensee Act
- H.Res. 459 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2023 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.R. 9104 (118th) Access to Birth Control Act
- H.Res. 1271 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2024 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.R. 5568 (118th) CARE for Moms Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.