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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MEEKS:H.R. 3791.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H78]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate final rules requiring each securities issuer required to file annual reports to: (1) determine the 5 compensation brackets in which its employees reside (where such brackets contain an equal number of employees and range from the 20% of employees with the lowest compensation to the 20% with the highest compensation), and (2) include in the issuer's annual reports the number of minorities and women employed that fall into each of the compensation brackets.</p> <p>Requires such issuers, for purposes of identifying an employee as a minority or woman under this Act, to rely on self-reporting by the employee.</p> <UL> </UL> <BR> <UL> <UL> </UL> </UL> <p> <UL> </UL> <BR> <BR>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require annual disclosures relating to the compensation brackets in which an issuer's minority and women employees reside.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.</text>
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