HCONRES 143 100th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Affirmative action programs Civil service employment Department of State Diplomats Federal employees Federal employees and officials Foreign service International Affairs Minorities Minorities in the civil service Minority employment

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning minority employment practices of the Department of State.

Introduced: June 18, 1987 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

Jun 29, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.

Jun 18, 1987

Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Jun 18, 1987

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the Department of State should make a more active effort to recruit, hire, train, and retain all minorities throughout every level of the Department.

What's happening now June 29, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
International Operations Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee

Cosponsors 2

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Sep 9, 1987

Mfume, Kweisi

Maryland · Jun 26, 1987

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 143: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning minority employment practices of the Department of State.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-143/

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"H. Con. Res. 143: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning minority employment practices of the Department of State.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-143/.

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