Improving VA Workforce Diversity Through Minority-serving Institutions Act of 2022
Latest action · Apr 6, 2022 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 5, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving VA Workforce Diversity Through Minority-serving Institutions Act of 2022
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop plans for hiring and recruiting diverse candidates.
Specifically, the VA must develop and carry out an employee recruitment strategy that includes partnering with minority-serving institutions.
The VA must also develop and carry out a plan to ensure that (1) vacant positions may be filled from a candidate pool that includes diverse leaders and diverse candidates identified for promotion; and (2) such positions must be filled using promotion panels comprised of diverse evaluators, reviewers, or assessors.
Additionally, the VA may establish a program, in coordination with minority-serving professional organizations, to foster and encourage individuals from underserved communities to serve in the Senior Executive Service of the VA.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 14, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Apr 14, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 5, 2022Markup Apr 6, 2022 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2022Discharged Apr 6, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
- Apr 6, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 6, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Apr 5, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 5, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Apr 5, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H4191H.R. 7393–7410 | — | Apr 5, 2022 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 23, 2022H.R. 7393, Improving VA Workforce Through Minority-serving Institutions Act of 2022As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 60, April 5, 2022, page H4191.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-1 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SECTORS436 pages | Agriculture Committee | Feb 25, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop an employee recruitment strategy that includes partnering with minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving VA Workforce Diversity Through Minority-serving Institutions Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Employee hiring
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Public-private cooperation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
