IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1003 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that corporations should 
commit to utilizing the benefits of women in boards of directors and 
other senior management positions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2026 
Mr. BEYER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
corporations should commit to utilizing the benefits of 
women in boards of directors and other senior manage-
ment positions. 
Whereas Catalyst, a non-profit and non-partisan organiza-
tion, found in their 2020 report entitled ‘‘Women on Cor-
porate Boards’’ that women are 56 percent of the labor 
force, yet only account for 30 percent of board directors 
of S&P 500 companies, and another Catalyst report enti-
tled ‘‘Women CEOs of the S&P 500’’ found that women 
accounted for only 6 percent of all CEOs in 2020; 
Whereas a McKinsey report entitled ‘‘Women in the Work-
place’’ published in 2021, found that women of color con-
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tinue to have even lower representation at every level of 
corporate employment and leadership; 
Whereas the Sadie Collective’s paper titled ‘‘Why are Black 
Women Missing from Corporate Leadership?’’ published 
in November 2020 showed that the number of Black 
women completing degrees in economics, finance, ac-
counting, and math fields is declining, which are often 
fields associated with corporate leadership; 
Whereas such study found that measures to remove barriers 
to the pipeline of corporate leadership for Black women 
in male-dominated fields include access to information, 
earlier education, and exposure to female mentors; 
Whereas The American Economic Association’s study entitled 
‘‘AEA Profession Climate Survey: Final Report’’ pub-
lished in September 2019 found that women, especially 
Black women, had to take the most measures to avoid 
possible harassment, discrimination and unfair treatment, 
hindering efforts to climb the corporate ladder; 
Whereas an Egon Zehnder study entitled ‘‘Global Board Di-
versity Tracker: Who’s Really on Board?’’ published in 
December 2020, showed that companies with women on 
executive teams and boards of directors perform better fi-
nancially; 
Whereas such study showed that women directors contribute 
to important corporate-level outcomes because they play 
roles as leaders and mentors, as well as indirect roles as 
symbols of opportunity for other women, and inspire 
those women to achieve and stay with their corporations; 
Whereas such study found that more recognition of the valu-
able contribution of women directors to corporation value 
is needed; 
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Whereas such study showed that corporations need a critical 
mass of at least 3 women serving on boards of directors 
with average membership of 11 individuals to access the 
benefits of women in powerful positions for overall orga-
nizational performance and prevent the negative impacts 
of tokenism on leadership teams; and 
Whereas such study found that corporations with women 
serving as directors tend to be somewhat risk-averse and 
carry less debt, on average, compared to corporations 
with no women directors, and that net income growth for 
such corporations was also higher: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the citizens of the United States have a sig-
nificant stake in promoting robust, sustainable eco-
nomic growth; 
(2) such growth will be strengthened and accel-
erated by the ever-fuller inclusion of women in the 
United States workforce, at all levels of corporate 
management; and 
(3) corporations in the United States should 
undertake a commitment to ever-fuller utilization of 
the talents, skills, and work ethic of women on 
boards of directors and in other senior management 
positions. 
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