,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #e1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1    
,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 and ,mr4  
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,,cares ,act to modify the    
membership requirements of the          
,congressional ,oversight ,commission4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,cares ,congressional          
,oversight ,commission ,diversity ,act  
of #bjbj4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds
 the following3 7#a7 ,the ,,covid-#ai   
pandemic is having significantly        
disparate health and economic impacts on
 various populations4  7#b7 ,according  
to the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention1 long-standing systemic 
health and social inequities have put   
some members of racial and ethnic       
minority groups at increased risk of    

getting ,,covid-#ai1 regardless of age4 
7#c7 ,non-,hispanic ,american ,indian   
and ,alaska ,native individuals have an 
infection rate approximately #e times   
that of non-,hispanic ,white            
individuals4  7#d7 ,non-,hispanic ,black
 individuals have an infection rate of  
approximately #e times that of          
non-,hispanic ,white individuals4  7#e7 
,hispanic and ,latino individuals have  
an infection rate of approximately #d   
times that of non-,hispanic ,white      
individuals4  7#f7 ,according the       
,household ,pulse ,survey1 #f in #aj    
,hispanic individuals were in households
 that lost some employment income over  
the #c-month period between ,march and  
,june of #bjbj4 ,during that same time  
period1 more than #ej percent of ,black1
 multiracial1 and individuals of other  
races were in households with employment
 income loss4  7#g7 ,the ,federal       
,reserve ,bank of ,minneapolis surveyed 
leadership representing ,tribal         
governments1 ,tribal enterprises1 and   

other ,tribal organizations4 ,in that   
survey1 over #cj percent of ,tribal     
enterprises reported they had to lay off
 or furlough #hj to #ajj percent of     
their workforce at the time of the      
survey4  #c4 ,congressional ,oversight  
,commission ,section #djbj7;c77#a7 of   
the ,,cares ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4         
#ijee7;c77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in the 
matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by  
striking #e and inserting #i2  7#b7 in  
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,d71 strike 
#a each place the term appears and      
insert #b2 and  7#c7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7,f7 ,at least #a of
 the #b members appointed under each of 
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,d7 shall be
 from a group that has been             
disproportionately negatively impacted  
by the coronavirus disease #bjai        
7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic of #bjbj and the 
economic recession resulting from the   
pandemic4  4