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HRES 285 109th 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: May 17, 2005 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 6, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
May 17, 2005
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.
May 17, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Attorney General 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 used in the public and private sectors to increase diversity and to 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 June 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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