,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ajbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,june #bf1      
#bjbj,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman 7for        
herself1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,ms4 
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4             
,butterfield1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4        
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of  
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,moore1    
,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,smith of         
,washington1 ,ms4 ,clark of             
,massachusetts1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,blunt
 ,rochester1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney
 of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,lawson of         
,florida1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 
,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4           
,lowenthal1 and ,ms4 ,omar7 submitted   
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,house of              
,representatives that the wrongs and    
hardships of ,black women are often     
equal to those experienced by ,black men
 yet receive less attention and justice1

 and that any legislation passed in the 
,house of ,representatives to remedy    
racial inequities in the ,united        
,states1 especially those present in the
 criminal justice system1 must include  
reforms to address concerns for ,black  
women4  ,whereas social justice and     
criminal reform movements of the past   
few decades have often focused on or    
sprung out of protests of violence or   
against ,black men and boys1 yet ,black 
women and girls are also frequent       
victims of such violence and harassment 
but do not receive the same media       
attention1 public condemnation1 or calls
 for justice2 ,whereas the ,black women 
victims of ,state violence and excessive
 force are often forgotten1 if they are 
ever made public in the first place1 and
 include names such as ,breonna ,taylor1
 ,sandra ,bland1 ,atatianna ,jefferson1 
,pamela ,turner1 ,alexia ,christian1    
,mya ,hall1 ,gabriella ,nevarez1        
,shantel ,davis1 ,malissa ,williams1    
,shelly ,frey1 ,kathryn ,johnston1      

,alberta ,spruill1 ,natasha ,mc,kenna1  
,sheneque ,proctor1 ,rekia ,boyd1       
,aiyana ,stanley-,jones1 ,meagan        
,hockaday1 ,denise ,stewart1 ,roasann   
,miller1 ,alesia ,thomas1 ,korryn       
,gaines1 ,nina ,pop1 ,yvette ,smith1    
,tarika ,wilson1 and ,kendra ,james1    
alongside countless others2 ,whereas    
,black women are often leaders in the   
fight for rights1 social justice1 and   
equality for all people1 such as ,alicia
 ,garza1 ,patrisse ,cullors1 and ,opal  
,tometi1 who founded the ,black ,lives  
,matter movement in the wake of the     
murder of ,trayvon ,martin2 ,whereas the
 incarcerated female population has     
grown eight-fold due to stiffer drug    
sentencing laws and postconviction      
barriers to reentry that uniquely affect
 women2 ,whereas ,black girls are #aj   
times more likely to be disciplined and 
#f times more likely to be suspended    
than their ,white counterparts2 ,whereas
 women represent a growing share of all 
arrests in the country as arrests of men

 decline2 ,whereas women account for a  
larger share of all police-initiated    
contacts than they do arrests suggesting
 more interactions with law enforcement 
than arrest records represent2 ,whereas 
,black women are approximately #ag      
percent more likely to be stopped in a  
police-initiated traffic stop than      
,white women2 ,whereas ,black women are 
roughly three times as likely to be     
arrested during traffic stop than ,white
 women2 ,whereas ,black women are more  
likely than ,white men and three times  
as likely as ,white women to experience 
the use of force during police-initiated
 stops2 ,whereas police use of force    
against women rose by #cec percent from 
#aiii to #bjae2 ,whereas the            
imprisonment rate for ,african-,american
 women is twice that of ,white women2   
,whereas the average lifetime earnings  
gap of nearly #a million between ,black 
women and ,white men complicates reentry
 and increases the likelihood of        
recidivism2 and ,whereas there are only 

#de elected ,black women serving as     
prosecutors1 comprising #a4h percent of 
all elected prosecutors despite         
representing #bj percent of the         
population as a whole3 ,now1 therefore1 
be it ,that it is the sense of the      
,house of ,representatives that-- 7#a7  
the harm1 trauma1 and deaths of ,black  
women must be recognized alongside      
,black men2  7#b7 the position of ,black
 women is unique in this country1 and   
therefore deserves specific1 focused    
intervention to bring about equality of 
access1 opportunity1 and justice2  7#c7 
any legislation passed in the ,house of 
,representatives to remedy racial       
inequities in the ,united ,states1      
especially those present in the criminal
 justice system1 must include reforms to
 address concerns for ,black women2 and 
7#d7 the creation of a commission to    
study the status of ,black women and    
girls1 and the social and systemic      
barriers they face1 would aid in        
reducing those barriers1 and identifying

 reforms that would encourage more fair 
and equal treatment for ,black women and
 all people4