United States Commission on Civil Rights Report on issues impacting Black women and girls

(a) Duties Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the United States Commission on Civil Rights shall conduct a comprehensive study and collect data with respect to the effects on Black women and girls of the following: (1) The lack of contract opportunities with the Federal Government for Black women. (2) The wage gap and pay equity for Black women in comparison to other individuals. (3) The high maternal mortality rate and the steps needed to reduce such rate. (4) The high infant mortality rate of Black girls. (5) The impact of screening for breast cancer at an earlier age than 40 years of age for Black women. (6) The school-to-prison pipeline and its impact on Black women and girls, including Black women and girls with disabilities. (7) Housing stability, homelessness, and access to affordable rental housing and home loans for Black women. (8) The prevalence and rate of violence, including intimate partner violence and homicide, against Black women and girls, including Black transgender women and girls, and the effect of prevention strategies and barriers to service for such women and girls. (9) Excessive use of force by law enforcement, including when death results, against Black women and girls, including Black transgender women and girls. (10) The over-incarceration of Black women and girls, including Black transgender women and girls, in the juvenile and adult justice system. (11) Establishing a moratorium on building new women’s prisons or jails. (12) Repealing of the Adoption Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–89; 111 Stat. 2115). (13) Repealing any policy or law that creates barriers to housing or precludes formerly incarcerated people from living with family members in public or private housing. (14) Neighborhood family reunification support. (15) The high rate of sex trafficking of Black women and girls, and the impact of State vacatur and expungement laws for victims of human and sex trafficking. (16) Any additional items described in section 2(e) that the Commission determines appropriate. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the United States Commission on Civil Rights shall submit to Congress, the President, and make publicly available online, a report outlining the Commission’s activities and findings under subsection (a). (c) Information sharing All relevant entities of the United States Government, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the National Institutes of Health, shall provide information to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in order for the Commission to carry out its duties under this section.