Bill supports President Biden's provisions Executive Order 13985“Advancing Racial Equity and Supporting Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.”
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Washington – today, Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and Representative Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. Introduced two bills codifying key ideas of the Biden-Harris Administration's Executive Orders 13985 and 14091 to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities through the federal government did. The Federal Equity Improvement Act and the Agency Planning Equity Act ensure that federal agencies promote equal opportunity for all people, including people of color, women, rural areas, people with disabilities, and other people who have been systemically excluded. It will ensure that efforts continue. Full participation in economic, social, and civic life.
In April 2022, Congressman Pressley joined administration officials at a White House event announcing the executive order, gathering robust data from Congressman Pressley and then-Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Carolyn B. Maloney, The executive order was released following an assessment tool and a call for stakeholder engagement. Ensure initiative success. A video of the event can be viewed here.
“We must center racial equity and justice in all administrative and policy decisions across federal agencies.” Congressman Pressley said.. “Our bill does just that by building on the Biden-Harris administration’s historic executive order and providing important tools to advance equity through data collection and critical stakeholder engagement. At a time when diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are under attack from Republicans across the country, these bills will help ensure government works for everyone. We thank Ranking Member Raskin and the White House for their continued partnership.”
“The federal government must be transparent, accountable, and responsive to everyone it serves, not just those who have easy access to government services and decisions. .” Ranking member Ruskin said:. “Since its first executive order on Day 1, the Biden-Harris Administration has championed historic, whole-of-government efforts to ensure equity in federal government operations and services, and to provide services to communities where the federal government has failed. ignored in the past. Today, I'm codifying some of the key advances in this data-driven good government work that will last for generations to come. I am proud to introduce legislation to ensure this continues.”
of Federal Stock Improvement Act Establishes legal requirements for federal agency equity advisory teams, equity data working groups, and interagency working groups to provide data for agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and stakeholders to assess equity barriers, etc. To enable sharing of best practices in collection and use. thing.
Fairness laws in agency planning Modify various requirements for agency performance plans to ensure that agencies continue to prioritize improving the equitable delivery of services in agency goals.
On January 20, 2021, on his first day in office, President Biden signed historic Executive Order 13985, “Advancing Racial Equity and Supporting Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” Directed the Council on Policy and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). ) Collaborate with federal agencies to identify and remove barriers to equal opportunity and programmatic benefits for people of color and other underserved groups. In February 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order 14091 to take further steps to improve fairness in federal agencies.
On October 15, 2021, Speaker Maloney and Representative Pressley sent a letter to Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and OMB Director Shalanda Young, stating that robust data, evaluation tools are needed to ensure policy success. , emphasized the need for stakeholder engagement. Implementation of Executive Order 13985.
On April 14, 2022, Speaker Maloney and Representative Pressley issued a statement praising the Biden-Harris Administration for convening all federal agencies to release the first-ever Equity Action Plan.
The Fairness in Government Programs Act and the Federal Fairness Improvement Act were first introduced in December 2022.
Co-sponsors of this bill are Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11), Representative Cori Bush (MO-01), Representative Andre Carson (IN-07), and Troy A. Carter, Sr. Representatives (LA-02), Adriano Espaira (NY-13), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Henry C. (“Hank”) Johnson Jr. (GA-04), Ro Khanna ( CA-17), Summer Lee (PA-12), Stephen F Lynch (MA-08), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY- 14), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Dan Goldman (NY-10).
Click here for summary documents for both bills.
Click here for the bill text for the Federal Stock Improvement Act.
Click here for the bill text on the Fairness in Agency Planning Act.
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