Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-970
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Disability and paralysis
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Minority employment
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2017

 
This bill directs executive agencies to require any covered contractor (a for-profit business with gross receipts exceeding $1 billion for the previous year) awarded a contract of $5 million or more to submit, within 60 days:
 
 
data on the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of such contractor's board of directors and senior executives;
 
data on the affiliation of any such board member or executive to a historically underrepresented group, including veterans and individuals with disabilities; and 
 
any plan or strategy to improve the diversity of such board members or executives.
 
 
Each agency shall submit quarterly reports on such data to the General Services Administration, which shall report to Congress annually on the diversity of such contractor boards and executives.
 
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to require each issuer of a registered security to disclose such data, plan, and strategy in its required annual report.
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission must revise corporate governance regulations to require that when the description is presented in a proxy or information statement relating to the election of directors, the nominee's qualities and skills, along with the nominee's gender, race, ethnicity, and affiliation with a historically underrepresented group, are presented in a chart or matrix form.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House