WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 3514, The Gender Bias Elimination Act of 2007

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H.R. 3514 would authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Detailed Summary

Gender Bias Elimination Act of 2007 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to separately host mandatory national meetings that educate members of review panels, university department chairs, and agency program officers about methods that minimize the effects of gender bias in evaluation. Requires that such meetings be held biennially for each major discipline.

Instructs such agencies to enforce the federal anti-discrimination laws at universities and other higher education institutions through regular compliance reviews and prompt and thorough investigation of discrimination complaints. Requires enforcement efforts to evaluate whether universities have engaged in any discrimination banned under such laws.

Requires the collection storage, and publication of specified grant data composite information.

Requires submission by each agency of specified reports on: (1) workshop content and attendance, along with data on the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and (2) the impact of such program to reduce gender bias towards women engaged in research funded by the agency.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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Revision by webmaster (October 22, 2007, 01:00:00)

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H.R. 3514 would authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Points in Favor

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Status as of October 17, 2007

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

10/17/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Status as of October 17, 2007

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

10/17/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Status as of October 17, 2007

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

10/17/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Revision by webmaster (October 10, 2007, 01:00:00)

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3514 would authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 9/25/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Points in Favor

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Status as of September 25, 2007

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

9/25/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Revision by webmaster (September 11, 2007, 01:00:00)

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3514 would authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Revision by webmaster (September 11, 2007, 01:00:00)

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H.R. 3514 would authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 9/10/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, and Armed 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.

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Status as of September 10, 2007

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

9/10/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, and Armed 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.