[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 431 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 431

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to rename the Office 
of Diversity and Inclusion as the Office of Talent and Development and 
   to transfer the Office to the Office of the Chief Administrative 
                                Officer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2023

Mrs. Bice submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
     Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House 
   Administration, 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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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to rename the Office 
of Diversity and Inclusion as the Office of Talent and Development and 
   to transfer the Office to the Office of the Chief Administrative 
                                Officer.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. OFFICE OF TALENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Finding.--The House of Representatives finds that, in order to 
better serve the American people, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion 
should be renamed and redirected as the Office of Talent and 
Development and transferred to the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer as part of a broader centralization of the human resources 
programs of the House in the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer.
    (b) Renaming and Transfer to CAO.--Clause 4 of rule II of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
    ``(e)(1) There is established in the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer the Office of Talent and Development.
    ``(2) Subject to the oversight of the Chief Administrative Officer, 
the Office of Talent and Development shall--
            ``(A) guide House employing offices with resources to 
        recruit, hire, train, develop, advance, promote, and retain a 
        talented workforce;
            ``(B) submit a semi-annual report on its activities to the 
        chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
        Administration and the chair and ranking minority member of the 
        Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on 
        Appropriations; and
            ``(C) provide consultation and guidance in furtherance of 
        increasing a talented workforce in the House.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Rule II of the Rules is amended--
                    (A) by striking clause 9; and
                    (B) by redesignating clause 10 as clause 9.
            (2) Removing direct oversight by committee on house 
        administration.--Clause 4(d)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the Office of Diversity and 
                Inclusion,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Inspector General, Office of 
                Diversity and Inclusion,'' inserting ``Inspector 
                General,''.
    (d) Transition for Current Staff.--Any individual serving in the 
Office of Diversity and Inclusion as of the date of the adoption of 
this resolution shall be deemed to be serving in the Office of Talent 
and Development of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives established under clause 4(e)(1) of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, as added by subsection (a).
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