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HRES 111 106th Congress House Law District courts Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Law clerks Minorities Minorities in government Minority employment Recruiting of employees Supreme Court Women Women in government Women lawyers Women's employment

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Supreme Court of the United States should improve its employment practices with regard to hiring more qualified minority applicants to serve as clerks to the Justices.

Introduced: March 11, 1999 Introduced by: Meeks, Gregory W. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Mar 11, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 11, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Supreme Court should move in an expeditious manner to improve its employment practices with regard to hiring more qualified minority and women applicants to serve as clerks and should implement recruiting procedures to ensure that diversity is emphasized and not undermined; and (2) the inferior courts of the United States will follow the lead of the U.S. Supreme Court by improving their employment practices and recruiting procedures to include more minority and women law clerks.

What's happening now March 18, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3