HR 5565
115th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
WE Work Act
Introduced: April 18, 2018
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Apr 18, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Apr 18, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Women's Equality Workforce Oversight Act or the WE Work Act
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study to determine which federal agencies have the greatest impact on women's participation in the workforce and evaluate the impact of those agencies.
Such agencies shall include, at a minimum:
- the Department of Labor, specifically the Women's Bureau;
- the Department of Transportation;
- the Small Business Administration, including the Office of Women's Business Ownership; and
- any apprenticeship program that receives funding from a federal agency.
The study shall examine, among other things, each agency's policies and procedures for improving the participation of women in the workforce and shall also include an analysis of specific barriers to such participation.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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