House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Protect Black Women and Girls Act

H.R. 3974Introduced Jun 12, 2025Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

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.

Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly D-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3974.

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. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):
Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
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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

17 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 16 Democrats

1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robin Kelly.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-2 district

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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.