HR 485
115th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Minority employment
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 12, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jan 12, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2017
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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