HR 8374 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Expanding Representation at HHS Act of 2020

Introduced Sep 24, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT

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Latest action · Sep 24, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 24, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Expanding Representation at HHS Act of 2020

This bill requires certain agencies and offices within the Department of Health and Human Services to address diversity in their procurement activities and workforce. The bill specifically covers offices and agencies that are authorized to award grants or other financial assistance, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Each covered entity must establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion that is responsible for managing diversity within the entity and with respect to the entity's activities. This new office is not, however, responsible for enforcing civil rights statutes, regulations, or executive orders.

In addition, an entity subject to the bill's requirements must modify its evaluation, award, and termination of grants and contracts to ensure, to the maximum extent feasible, the inclusion of minorities; women; and minority-led and women-led grantees, contractors, subgrantees, and subcontractors. Each entity must also undertake actions to increase diversity in its workforce, including by recruiting at institutions of higher education where the majority of the students are members of minority populations.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 24, 2020.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalSep 24, 2020
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-GUMichael F. Q. San NicolasOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-CARo KhannaOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalSep 24, 2020
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 24, 2020

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Sep 24, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 24, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Sep 24, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 166, September 24, 2020, page H4958.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 9099Expanding Representation at HHS Act of 2022Reintroduced BillOct 3, 2022

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for establishment of an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion within each covered agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Expanding Representation at HHS Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 24, 2020Introduced in House

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