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H. Con. Res. 140 110th Congress House

Financial Services Diversity Initiative

Official title: Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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: May 3, 2007 Introduced by: Gregory W. Meeks Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector ApprenticeshipBank managementBlack collegesBusiness education
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CommerceCommunity and schoolCorporate managementEducationElementary and secondary educationFinancial institutionsFinancial servicesGraduate educationHigher educationLabor and EmploymentMentoringMinorities in governmentMinority business enterprisesMinority educationMinority employmentPension fundsRecruiting of employeesSecondary educationSummer employmentWomenWomen in businessWomen in governmentWomen's educationWomen's employment
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Sep 25, 2007
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 24, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 24, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10730-10731)
Sep 24, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10730-10731)
Sep 24, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 140.
Sep 24, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10730-10732)
Sep 24, 2007
Mr. Meeks (NY) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Jul 30, 2007
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 180.
Jul 30, 2007
Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
Jul 30, 2007
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-278, Part I.
Jul 17, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 26, 2007
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 26, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 3, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 3, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 25, 2007

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Financial Services Diversity Initiative - 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 17
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jun 26, 2007
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 3, 2007
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· May 3, 2007
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 3, 2007
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 3, 2007
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 3, 2007
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 3, 2007
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 3, 2007
 D
Green, Al
Texas · May 3, 2007
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 3, 2007
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 3, 2007
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 3, 2007
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 3, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 3, 2007
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 3, 2007
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 3, 2007
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 3, 2007
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 3, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 140: Financial Services Diversity Initiative. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HCONRES-140/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 140: Financial Services Diversity Initiative." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HCONRES-140/.
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H. Con. Res. 140, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HCONRES-140/.
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