Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act

To provide for greater diversity within, and to improve policy direction and oversight of, the Senior Executive Service.

6/3/2008--Passed House amended. 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.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
• and 12 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
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Committees

• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• 4 more
  • Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
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Amendments

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 09, 2007		June 03, 2008

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• 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 04, 2008: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Jun 03, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jun 03, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3774.
• Jun 03, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Jun 03, 2008: Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on 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.
• Added to calendar on May 01, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• May 01, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Apr 15, 2008: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
• Apr 03, 2008: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held.
• Oct 11, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
• Oct 09, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
• Oct 09, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2089-2090)
• Introduced on Oct 09, 2007.

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June 03, 2008 SES Diversity Bill Passes House

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June 03, 2008 HR3774 Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act

To provide for greater diversity within, and to improve policy direction and oversight of, the Senior Executive Service.

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