Public Health: Researching Racism and Police Violence
The Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025 is currently in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. This bill has not moved since April 2025. Members of the committee must review the proposal before it can move forward, but no action has occurred in over a year.
This bill has many supporters in one party but faces a very difficult path to passing because of disagreements over how to handle issues like racism and policing.
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Data collected by the new clearinghouse must be broken down by sexual orientation and gender identity, and research must examine how racism intersects with discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This could produce new information on health disparities affecting LGBTQ people of color, though the bill creates no direct benefits or funding streams for this group.
“the intersection of racism and other systems of oppression, including as related to age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability status.”
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduced the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act, a bill that would formally identify systemic racism as a public health crisis in the U.S. and create a National Center for Anti-Racism within the CDC to develop anti-racist federal health policies.
The article discusses the reintroduction of the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act by Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, which aims to declare racism a public health crisis and create a dedicated law enforcement violence prevention program at the CDC.
Massachusetts lawmakers are renewing the push for the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act. The bill would establish a Center for Anti-Racism at the CDC and a national law enforcement violence prevention program to research the health impacts of structural racism and police violence.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025
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