HCONRES 429 109th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Apprenticeship Bank management Black colleges Business education Commerce Community and school Corporate management Education Elementary and secondary education Financial institutions Financial services Graduate education Higher education Labor and Employment Mentoring Minorities in government Minority business enterprises Minority education Minority employment

Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry.

Introduced: June 13, 2006 Introduced by: Meeks, Gregory W. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

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Jul 24, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Jul 24, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Jul 24, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Jun 13, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

Jun 13, 2006

Introduced in House

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Declares that Congress: (1) recognizes that minorities and women still face unique challenges entering into and obtaining upper level positions within the financial services industry; and (2) encourages financial institutions to take specified steps to increase participation of women and minorities in the industry.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) active measures should be taken by employers and educational institutions to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry; and (2) diversity within the financial services industry is vitally important not only to promoting innovation and creativity in the industry but to developing a more inclusive workforce for a fair and just economy.

What's happening now July 24, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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