HRES 32
108th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Affirmative action programs
Commerce
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employment of the disabled
Federal aid programs
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Minorities in government
Minority education
Minority employment
Subcontractors
Women
Women in government
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the ongoing need to provide every qualified American with equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and the indispensability of Affirmative action programs in securing such equal access.
Introduced: January 27, 2003
Introduced by:
Davis, Danny K.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jan 27, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 27, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Attorney General of the United States should undertake to protect and expand equality of opportunity for qualified minorities, disabled persons, and women at every opportunity; (2) Affirmative action is a powerful, effective, and necessary tool for achieving such equal opportunity without quotas and should be utilized in the public and private sectors to increase diversity and correct patterns of past and current discrimination; and (3) the President should incorporate Affirmative action into the employment, contracting, granting, educational, and program activities of the United States and all its subcontractors and grantees.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.