118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 613Wayne Ford Racial Impact Statement Act of 2023

To establish a process for the creation of minority impact assessments to determine whether pending bills, if enacted, are likely to create or exacerbate disparate outcomes among racial or ethnic minority groups, and for other purposes.

Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Introduced Jan 27, 2023
Last action Jan 27, 2023
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This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the potential impact of proposed changes to federal criminal laws on minority populations (i.e., prepare minority impact assessments). Specifically, GAO must prepare a minority impact assessment for each bill or joint resolution that establishes or modifies a crime, criminal penalties, or pretrial, sentencing, or probation procedures, or that could otherwise affect the number of people who are federally incarcerated, and that is under the jurisdiction of specified congressional subcommittees. GAO must also prepare assessments for similar proposed rules. Assessments must include information relating to the fiscal and dem...

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
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Jan 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.