IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 140 
Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry 
and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and 
expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be 
taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services 
industry. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2007 
Mr. MEEKS of New York (for himself, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, 
Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. 
KILPATRICK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. WEINER, Mr. MEEK of Flor-
ida, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New 
York, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
WYNN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. WATSON, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. JACKSON 
of Illinois, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. BACA, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. CARSON, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE
of Texas, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. CLARKE, and Ms. NORTON) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, 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 
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial 
services industry and minorities and women in upper 
level positions of management, and expressing the sense 
of the Congress that active measures should be taken 
to increase the demographic diversity of the financial 
services industry. 
Whereas the financial services industry is vitally important to 
the United States economy; 
Whereas in 2003, employment in the financial services indus-
try was 7 percent of total employment in the United 
States, with over 9,000,000 employees; 
Whereas since 1995, the average hourly earnings of non-su-
pervisory workers in financial activities was above the 
private industry and increased from approximately $12 in 
1995 to $17.53 in 2004; 
Whereas minorities and women face various challenges in ob-
taining and maintaining positions, especially upper level 
positions, within the financial services industry; 
Whereas minorities and women often cite the lack of mentors 
and leadership training as barriers to their advancement; 
Whereas in 2003, only 6 percent of the board seats at the 
Fortune 1,000 companies were held by minorities and 
women comprised only 13.4 percent of Fortune 500 
board seats in 2003; 
Whereas in financial services, the percentage of black employ-
ees has slowly decreased from 10.5 percent to 9.8 percent 
between 2000 to 2003; 
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Whereas in 2003, blacks were only 9.8 percent of those em-
ployed in the financial services industry and just 6.9 per-
cent of financial managers; 
Whereas from 2000 to 2003, Hispanics have been an increas-
ing percentage of the United States workforce and the fi-
nancial services industry; 
Whereas in 2003, Hispanics comprised only 9 percent of 
those employed in the financial services industry, just 6.1 
percent of financial managers, and less than 2 percent of 
the directors of Fortune 1,000 companies; 
Whereas in 2004, Asians represented only 4.1 percent of the 
employees in the financial services industry and just 3.4 
percent of all financial managers; 
Whereas from 2000 to 2003, a greater percentage of women 
worked in the financial services industry than any other 
United States industry; 
Whereas approximately half of financial managers are women 
and the percentage of women financial managers was 
52.7 in 2003; 
Whereas in a 2001 survey of 2,200 senior and pipeline level 
women and men representing approximately 60 securities 
firms, 65 percent of women reported that women have to 
work harder than men to get the same rewards, and 51 
percent of women report that women are paid less than 
men for doing similar work; and 
Whereas a minority of women (32 percent) and men (43 per-
cent) believe that promotion decisions are made fairly in 
their firm: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Serv-
ices Diversity Initiative’’. 
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVERSITY INITIATIVE. 
(a) 
CONGRESSIONAL
RECOGNITION.—The 
Con-
gress— 
(1) recognizes that minorities and women still 
face unique challenges entering into and obtaining 
upper level positions within the financial services in-
dustry; 
(2) encourages financial institutions to partner 
with organizations which are focused on developing 
opportunities for minorities and women to place tal-
ented young minorities and women in industry in-
ternships, summer employment, and full-time posi-
tions; 
(3) encourages financial institutions to partner 
with inner-city high schools, girls’ high schools, and 
high schools with majority minority populations to 
establish or enhance financial literacy programs and 
provide mentoring; 
(4) encourages financial institutions, including 
Federal and State financial institution regulatory 
agencies, to build and retain a diverse staff through 
initiatives, including— 
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(A) providing financial support for minori-
ties and women undergraduate and graduate 
business programs; 
(B) heavily recruiting at historically Black 
colleges and universities, Hispanic serving insti-
tutions, women’s colleges, and colleges that 
typically serve majority minority populations; 
(C) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 
in urban communities; and 
(D) placing job ads in newspapers and 
magazines oriented toward people of color; 
(5) encourages financial institutions to appoint 
more minorities and women as board members; and 
(6) encourages financial institutions, and public 
and private pension funds to seek qualified minority 
and women owned firms as investment managers, 
underwriters and other business relationships. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that— 
(1) active measures should be taken by employ-
ers and educational institutions to increase the de-
mographic diversity of the financial services indus-
try; and 
(2) diversity within the financial services indus-
try is vitally important not only to promoting inno-
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vation and creativity in the industry but to devel-
oping a more inclusive workforce for a fair and just 
economy. 
Æ 
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