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HR 6225 114th Congress House

Ensuring Diverse Leadership at the Federal Reserve Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require Federal Reserve banks to interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one individual reflec… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require Federal Reserve banks to interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one individual reflective of racial or ethnic diversity when appointing Federal Reserve bank presidents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2016 Introduced by: Beatty, Joyce Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Executive agency funding and structureFederal Reserve SystemFederal officialsMinority employment
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Diverse Leadership at the Federal Reserve Act of 2016

This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity.

The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral.

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Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 28, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6225: Ensuring Diverse Leadership at the Federal Reserve Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6225/
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"H.R. 6225: Ensuring Diverse Leadership at the Federal Reserve Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6225/.
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H.R. 6225, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6225/.
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