To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a Gender Diversity Advisory Group to study and make recommendations on strategies to increase gender diversity among the members of the board of directors of issuers, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures to shareholders with respect to gender diversity, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-1611| House
| Updated: 3/17/2017
Carolyn B. Maloney
Democratic Representative
New York
Cosponsors (6)
Financial Services Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require each issuer to disclose, in any proxy or consent solicitation material for an annual shareholders meeting, the gender composition of its board of directors and nominees for board membership. The Securities and Exchange Commission shall establish a Gender Diversity Advisory Group, composed of government, academic, and private-sector representatives, to study strategies for increasing gender diversity among the members of issuers' boards of directors.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Finance and Financial Sector
Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsSecuritiesSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a Gender Diversity Advisory Group to study and make recommendations on strategies to increase gender diversity among the members of the board of directors of issuers, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures to shareholders with respect to gender diversity, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-1611| House
| Updated: 3/17/2017
Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require each issuer to disclose, in any proxy or consent solicitation material for an annual shareholders meeting, the gender composition of its board of directors and nominees for board membership. The Securities and Exchange Commission shall establish a Gender Diversity Advisory Group, composed of government, academic, and private-sector representatives, to study strategies for increasing gender diversity among the members of issuers' boards of directors.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Carolyn B. Maloney
Democratic Representative
New York
Cosponsors (6)
Financial Services Committee
Finance and Financial Sector
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Advisory bodiesCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsSecuritiesSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination