H.R. 3774Passed HouseGOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND POLITICS

Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act

Administrative procedure · Affirmative action programs · Congress

Sponsor

Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]

D · IL-7

Key facts

Introduced: Oct 9, 2007

Chamber: House

Cosponsors: 12

Congress: 110th

Latest action · Jun 19, 2008

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.

Summary

Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish within OPM the Senior Executive Service Resource Office to make recommendations to the Director with respect to regulations, and to provide guidance to agencies, concerning the structure, management, and diverse composition of the Senior Executive Service (SES).

Makes it the Office's mission to: (1) improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of the SES through policy formulation and oversight; (2) advance the professionalism of the SES; and (3) ensure that, in seeking to achieve an SES reflective of the nation's diversity, recruitment is from qualified individuals from appropriate sources.

Requires the Office to make statistics concerning career reserved positions accessible to the public through the official public website of OPM.

Revises the career appointments recruiting process to require agency heads to ensure diversity of executive resources boards, and any subgroup or other evaluation panel related to the merit staffing process for career appointees, by including members of racial and ethnic minority groups, women, and individuals with disabilities. Requires the Director to promulgate necessary regulations and report to Congress on agency efforts to improve diversity in executive resources boards and of qualifications review boards, based on the collection of statistics concerning race, ethnicity, sex, and disability required by this Act.

Requires each agency, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit to OPM a plan to enhance and maximize opportunities for the advancement and appointment of minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities in the agency to the SES. Requires the plans to: (1) address how the agency is identifying and eliminating barriers that impair the ability of such employees to obtain appointments and any actions the agency is taking to provide advancement opportunities; and (2) be updated at least biennially. Requires the Director to report to Congress on plans and updates.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

Jun 19, 2008
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Jun 4, 2008
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 3, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 3, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4846-4847)
Jun 3, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4846-4847)
Jun 3, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3774.
Jun 3, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4846-4848)
Jun 3, 2008
Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 22, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 423.
May 22, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-672.
May 22, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-672.
May 1, 2008
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 1, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 15, 2008
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Apr 3, 2008
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held jointly with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia. Hearings printed.
Oct 11, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Oct 9, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct 9, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2089-2090)
Oct 9, 2007
Introduced in House
Oct 9, 2007
Introduced in House

Cosponsors

Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] D-OH
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] D-DC
Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] D-MD
Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] D-MO
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] D-MA
Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] D-MD
Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] D-TX
Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] D-TX
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] D-TN
Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] D-FL
Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] D-VA
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] D-GA

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