IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 431 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to rename the Office 

of Diversity and Inclusion as the Office of Talent and Development 

and to transfer the Office to the Office of the Chief Administrative 

Officer. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2023 

Mrs. BICE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

rename the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as the Office of Talent and Development and to transfer the Office to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. OFFICE OF TALENT AND DEVELOPMENT. 

3 (a) FINDING.—The House of Representatives finds 

4 that, in order to better serve the American people, the Of5 fice of Diversity and Inclusion should be renamed and re6 directed as the Office of Talent and Development and 


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1 transferred to the Office of the Chief Administrative Offi2 cer as part of a broader centralization of the human re3 sources programs of the House in the Office of the Chief 

4 Administrative Officer. 

5 (b) RENAMING AND TRANSFER TO CAO.—Clause 4 

6 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following new para8 graph: 

9 ‘‘(e)(1) There is established in the Office of the Chief 

10 Administrative Officer the Office of Talent and Develop11 ment. 

12 ‘‘(2) Subject to the oversight of the Chief Administra13 tive Officer, the Office of Talent and Development shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) guide House employing offices with re15 sources to recruit, hire, train, develop, advance, pro16 mote, and retain a talented workforce; 

17 ‘‘(B) submit a semi-annual report on its activi18 ties to the chair and ranking minority member of 

19 the Committee on House Administration and the 

20 chair and ranking minority member of the Sub21 committee on the Legislative Branch of the Com22 mittee on Appropriations; and 

23 ‘‘(C) provide consultation and guidance in fur24 therance of increasing a talented workforce in the 

25 House.’’. 


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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Rule II of the Rules is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) by striking clause 9; and 

5 (B) by redesignating clause 10 as clause 9. 

6 (2) REMOVING DIRECT OVERSIGHT BY COM7 MITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—Clause 

8 4(d)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules is amended— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘the Office of Diversity 

10 and Inclusion,’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘Inspector General, Office 

12 of Diversity and Inclusion,’’ inserting ‘‘Inspec13 tor General,’’. 

14 (d) TRANSITION FOR CURRENT STAFF.—Any indi15 vidual serving in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as 

16 of the date of the adoption of this resolution shall be 

17 deemed to be serving in the Office of Talent and Develop18 ment of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of 

19 the House of Representatives established under clause 

20 4(e)(1) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, as 

21 added by subsection (a). 

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