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…

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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 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

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

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Education and Workforce Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 9

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Mar 31, 2003

Smith, Adam

Washington · Mar 31, 2003

Case, Ed

Hawaii · Feb 7, 2003

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Feb 7, 2003

Waters, Maxine

California · Feb 7, 2003

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Jan 27, 2003

Meeks, Gregory W.

New York · Jan 27, 2003

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Jan 27, 2003

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Jan 27, 2003

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 32: 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.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-32/

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"H. Res. 32: 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.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-32/.

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H. Res. 32, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-32/.

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[H. Res. 32: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-32/)