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HCONRES 139 99th Congress House Congress Advisory bodies Civil Rights and Liberties Congress and Members of Congress Congressional agencies Discrimination in employment Equal pay for equal work Federal advisory bodies Labor and Employment 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 compensation and other personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.

Introduced: May 2, 1985 See on congress.gov
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May 2, 1985
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May 2, 1985
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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 the Congress for improvement of personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.

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

What's happening now May 2, 1985

Referred to House Committee on House Administration.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 2, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 139: A concurrent resolution establishing a commission to study compensation and other personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-139/
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"H. Con. Res. 139: A concurrent resolution establishing a commission to study compensation and other personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-139/.
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H. Con. Res. 139, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-139/.
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