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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''HHS Women Scientist Employment
Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. WOMEN'S SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYMENT.

The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following title:

''TITLE XXVIII--WOMEN'S SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES

''SEC. 2801. WOMEN'S SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYMENT.

''(a) In General.--
''(1) In general.--For each agency specified in paragraph
(2), the Secretary, in collaboration with the head of the
agency, shall--
''(A) establish policies for the agency on matters
relating to the employment by the agency of women as
scientists, and periodically review and as appropriate
revise such policies; and
''(B) monitor the extent of compliance with such
policies and take appropriate action in cases in which
the Secretary determines that the policies have been
violated.
''(2) Specified agencies.--The agencies referred to in
paragraph (1) are the National Institutes of Health, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug
Administration, and such other agencies or offices of the
Department of Health and Human Services as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
''(b) Certain Functions.--
''(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (a) with
respect to a specified agency, the Secretary shall provide for
the following:
''(A) Determining the concerns of women scientists
employed at the agency.
''(B) Developing a policy defining the standard
tenure process for employment at the agency.
''(C) Determining the reason for departure from the
agency by interviewing women and men scientists as they
leave.
''(D) Distributing yearly to all employees of the
agency copies of the policy of the agency on flexible
family leave.
''(E) Monitoring the number of women, including
minority women, included on the committees, panels, and
other working groups (and in meetings) of the agency.
''(F) Making efforts to recruit minority women,
based on the small numbers of tenured minority women
scientists.
''(G) Developing additional goals related to women
and minority women scientists at the agency.
''(2) Agency-specific provisions.--With respect to the
National Institutes of Health, in carrying out subsection (a),
the Secretary shall (in addition to activities under paragraph
(1)) provide for the implementation of the recommendations of
the group known as the Task Force on the Status of NIH
Intramural Women Scientists.
''(c) Inclusion of Women on Intramural and Extramural Conferences
and Other Groups.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a policy
at each specified agency of requiring inclusion of women
scientists in greater numbers on or in conferences, workshops,
meetings, international congresses, and other groups funded or
sponsored by the agency. Such policy shall provide for the
inclusion of not less than one woman scientist in each such
group, except as provided in paragraph (2). This paragraph
applies whether such groups are held for employees of the
agency headquarters, for employees of field offices, or both.
''(2) Exclusion; written explanation.--The policy
established in paragraph (1) may provide that no woman
scientist will be included in a group for purposes of such
paragraph if the Secretary provides a waiver of the
requirement. The Secretary may grant such a waiver only if--
''(A) the individual with the chief responsibility
for the group involved submits to the Secretary a
written request for the waiver and the request provides
an explanation of the reasons underlying the need for
the waiver; and
''(B) the Secretary makes a determination that
extraordinary circumstances justify providing the
waiver.
''(d) Study on Pay Equity.--
''(1) In general.--For each specified agency, the Secretary
shall provide for a study to identify any pay differences among
men and women scientists employed by the agency, both tenured
and untenured. The study shall include recommendations on
measures to adjust any disparities or inequities, and shall
identify a program to communicate information on salary ranges
to all employees.
''(2) Report.--Not later than 240 days after the date of
the enactment of the HHS Women Scientist Employment Opportunity
Act, the Secretary shall complete the study required in
paragraph (1) and submit to the Committee on Commerce of the
House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate, a report describing the findings
made as a result of the study.
''(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term
'specified agency' means an agency specified in subsection (a)(2).
''(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2002.''.
Solution:
HHS Women Scientist Employment Opportunity Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish policies for the Department of Health and Human Services on matters relating to the employment of women scientists; and (2) monitor compliance and take appropriate action if policies have been violated. Mandates implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on the Status of NIH (National Institutes of Health) Intramural Women Scientists. Provides for a study and report on pay equity. Authorizes appropriations.