US Congress House Resolution 77 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 31 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-31 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Encouraging the development of best business practices to fully utilize the potential of the United States. Encourages each corporate, academic, and social entity: (1) to develop an internal rule modeled after a successful business practice, such as the Rooney Rule (requires every National Football League team with a coach or general manager opening to interview at least one minority candidate) or the RLJ Rule (encourages companies to voluntarily establish a best practices policy to identify minority candidates and vendors by implementing a plan to interview at least two qualified minority candidates for managerial openings at the director level and above and to interview two qualified minority businesses before approving a vendor contract); (2) in accordance with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to adapt that rule to specifications that will best fit the procedures of the individual entity; and (3) to institute such individualized rule to ensure that the entity will always consider candidates from underrepresented populations before selecting a business vendor or filling a leadership position.

Encouraging the development of best business practices to fully utilize the potential of the United States.

Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]

Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-01-31	House	Introduced in House

SR11 (Related) 2017-01-10 - Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/77/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hres77/BILLS-115hres77ih.pdf