US SB65 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity. The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral.
Title
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2019
Sponsors
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] |
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-01-09 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
HB281 (Similar To) 2019-09-11 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Subjects
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Federal Reserve System
Finance and financial sector
Minority employment
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Federal Reserve System
Finance and financial sector
Minority employment
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/65/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s65/BILLS-116s65is.pdf |