3.0.0 973 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z Senate S S 2023-03-23 118 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-23T19:24:40Z 2023-03-23 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2023-03-23 True H000601 Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] Bill Hagerty R TN 2023-03-23 True H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2023-03-23 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2023-03-30 False Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 2023-04-13T18:00:18Z

00 2023-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2023-10-11T16:35:49Z <p><strong>Protecting Equal Opportunity from ESG Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits racial hiring quotas by federal contractors.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires each executive agency to take steps to ensure that each contract entered into by the agency includes requirements that the contractor</p> <ul> <li>certify that, during the five-year period immediately preceding the date on which the contract is entered into, the contractor did not initiate, carry out, or enforce any system of quotas, benchmarks, or goals regarding employment practices that encourage or require discrimination on the basis of race; and</li> <li>not, during the performance of the contract, initiate, carry out, or enforce any such system.</li> </ul> <p>The bill makes an exception where the Department of Labor determines that special circumstances in the national interest so require.</p> <p>Labor shall have the authority to investigate potential violations and obtain compliance. The bill establishes penalties for noncompliance.</p>

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