Equity in Agency Planning Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7881 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7881

To amend section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 1115 
  and 1120 of title 31, United States Code, to improve the equitable 
 provision of services to underserved communities and individuals, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2024

Ms. Pressley (for herself, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Brown, Ms. Bush, Mr. Carson, 
Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Nadler, 
Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Ramirez, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                           and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 1115 
  and 1120 of title 31, United States Code, to improve the equitable 
 provision of services to underserved communities and individuals, 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 Agency Planning Act of 
2024''.

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 improving the equitable provision of services to 
        underserved communities and individuals'';
            (2) in subsection (d), by inserting after ``in such a 
        plan'' the following: ``, including nongovernmental 
        organizations and other stakeholders, including academic and 
        research partners, State and local governments, and community 
        and advocacy groups, that can address how to improve the 
        equitable provision of services to underserved communities and 
        individuals''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Additional Definitions.--In this section and sections 1115 
and 1120 of title 31:
            ``(1) State.--The term `State' means each State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States, and each 
        federally recognized Indian Tribe.
            ``(2) Underserved communities.--The term `underserved 
        communities' means populations sharing a particular 
        characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have 
        been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in 
        aspects of economic, social, and civic life.
            ``(3) Underserved individual.--The term `underserved 
        individual' means a member of an underrepresented community.''.
    (b) Agency Performance Plans.--Section 1115(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``and the next 
        fiscal year'' the following: ``, with at least one performance 
        goal, or 20 percent of the total number of performance goals, 
        whichever is greater, relating to improving the equitable 
        provision of services to underserved communities and 
        individuals''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)(D), by inserting after ``other 
        agencies'' the following: ``, nongovernmental organizations, 
        and other stakeholders, including academic and research 
        partners, State and local governments, and community and 
        advocacy groups,''.
    (c) Agency Priority Goals.--Section 1120(b)(1) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ``At least one of the priority goals of each agency, or 20 
percent of the priority goals of the agency, whichever is greater, 
shall be related to improving the equitable provision of services to 
underserved communities and individuals.''.
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