Working Families Task Force Act of 2025
The Working Families Task Force Act of 2025 would create a cross-agency, interagency task force—the Working Families Task Force—within 90 days of enactment. Its job is to study the challenges facing working families and develop policy recommendations to improve their standard of living and quality of life. The task force would pull together representatives from key federal agencies to examine a broad set of issues—from wages and childcare to housing, health care, education, and transportation—and to assess how macroeconomic conditions affect families. It would compile findings, consult external stakeholders, and deliver a public report with recommendations to congressional committees within 180 days of enactment. The act focuses on identifying factors that affect affordability, mobility, access to services, and economic opportunity, and on recommending legislative and regulatory actions to empower working families. While it creates a structured, cross-cutting policy review mechanism, the bill as written does not itself authorize funding or create new programs; instead, it aims to guide federal policy and priorities through coordinated analysis and recommendations.
Key Points
- 1Establishment of an Interagency National Task Force on Working Families within 90 days of enactment, to be known as the Working Families Task Force, with participation from multiple federal agencies.
- 2Membership requirements: at least 10 members, with designated representatives from the Department of Labor, HHS, Education, HUD, Commerce, Treasury, Transportation, Agriculture, and the Small Business Administration; additional agency participation at the Secretaries’ discretion.
- 3Duties and scope: identify and evaluate factors affecting living standards for working families (including affordability, wage and labor standards, childcare, tax credits, health care, housing, education/training, financial literacy, food access, technology access, environmental health, energy, transportation, and agency staffing/funding impacts); develop policy recommendations and assess macroeconomic conditions to understand impacts on families.
- 4Stakeholder engagement: the Task Force must consult with external stakeholders and public experts to inform its recommendations.
- 5Reporting requirement: within 180 days of enactment, the Task Force must submit a public report to specified congressional committees detailing findings, recommendations, and a list of stakeholders consulted, including meeting minutes; the report must be posted on the Task Force’s website.