H.R. 281 · 116th Congress
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2019
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Joyce Beatty
- Introduced
- 2019-01-08
- Latest action
- 2019-09-11 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Summary
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2019
This bill requires that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity.
The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral.