HOUSE 281116th CongressMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1585) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.

Last Action: 4/3/2019

Actions

2019-09-11Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2019-09-10Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-09-10On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7576-7577)
2019-09-10Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7576-7577)
2019-09-10DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 281.
2019-09-10Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7576-7579)
2019-09-10Mr. San Nicolas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-07-11Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 2.
2019-07-11Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-01-08Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2019-01-08Introduced in House
2019-01-08Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-09-10 (53)

Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2019

This bill 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.

Cosponsors (20)

David Scott (D-GA)
GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
WM. CLAY (D-MO)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
Alma Adams (D-NC)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Val Demings (D-FL)
Karen Bass (D-CA)
BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
Dwight Evans (D-PA)
SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC)
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
Al Lawson (D-FL)
Joe Neguse (D-CO)

Subjects

Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Minority employment
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

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