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HCONRES 355 98th Congress House Labor and Employment Advisory bodies Civil Rights and Liberties Congress and Members of Congress Congressional agencies Discrimination in employment Equal pay for equal work Federal advisory bodies Libraries Library of Congress Sex discrimination Sex discrimination against women Wages Women's employment Women's rights

A concurrent resolution establishing a commission to study wage discrimination and other discriminatory personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.

Introduced: September 11, 1984 See on congress.gov
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Sep 11, 1984
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Sep 11, 1984
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Establishes a Commission on Employment Discrimination in the Legislative Branch. Directs the Commission to: (1) employ a nongovernmental consultant to study the compensation paid to Library of Congress personnel and analyze personnel policies of the Library; (2) evaluate the compensation system of the Library for compliance with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and make any recommendations needed to achieve compliance; (3) develop a plan for the application of title VII through the legislative branch; and (4) make recommendations to Congress for improvement of personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.

Directs the Commission to submit a final report to Congress 18 months after enactment of this Act. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of the final report.

What's happening now September 11, 1984

Referred to House Committee on House Administration.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Sep 11, 1984
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 11, 1984
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 11, 1984
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 355: A concurrent resolution establishing a commission to study wage discrimination and other discriminatory personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-355/
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"H. Con. Res. 355: A concurrent resolution establishing a commission to study wage discrimination and other discriminatory personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-355/.
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H. Con. Res. 355, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-355/.
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