Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 1/12/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-12Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- 2017-01-12Introduced in House
- 2017-01-12Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-12 (00)
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2017
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require 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 (13)
- MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI)
- David Scott (D-GA)
- Keith Ellison (D-MN)
- GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY)
- Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- WM. CLAY (D-MO)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
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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