HCONRES 429 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry.

Introduced Jun 13, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Gregory W. Meeks D-NY

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Latest action · Jul 24, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 13, 2006
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Declares that Congress: (1) recognizes that minorities and women still face unique challenges entering into and obtaining upper level positions within the financial services industry; and (2) encourages financial institutions to take specified steps to increase participation of women and minorities in the industry.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) active measures should be taken by employers and educational institutions to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry; and (2) diversity within the financial services industry is vitally important not only to promoting innovation and creativity in the industry but to developing a more inclusive workforce for a fair and just economy.

Cosponsors 81

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 13, 2006.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-ALArtur DavisOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MABarney FrankOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-GADavid ScottOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-ORDavid WuOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-AZEd PastorOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalJun 13, 2006
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJun 13, 2006
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-FLKendrick B. MeekOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJun 13, 2006
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CATom LantosOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalJun 13, 2006
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalJun 13, 2006

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Jun 13, 2006
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 13, 2006
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Jul 24, 2006
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Jul 24, 2006
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred Jul 24, 2006

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Jul 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  3. Jul 24, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
  4. Jun 13, 2006Introduced in House
  5. Jun 13, 2006Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2006Introduced in House

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