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.

IV 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 22, 2023 Mrs. BICE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House Administra- tion, 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 RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to rename the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as the Of- fice of Talent and Development and to transfer the Of- fice to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. OFFICE OF TALENT AND DEVELOPMENT. 2 (a) FINDING.—The House of Representatives finds 3 that, in order to better serve the American people, the Of- 4 fice of Diversity and Inclusion should be renamed and re- 5 directed as the Office of Talent and Development and 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 May 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR431.IH HR431 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 431 IH transferred to the Office of the Chief Administrative Offi- 1 cer as part of a broader centralization of the human re- 2 sources programs of the House in the Office of the Chief 3 Administrative Officer. 4 (b) RENAMING AND TRANSFER TO CAO.—Clause 4 5 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives 6 is amended by adding at the end the following new para- 7 graph: 8 ‘‘(e)(1) There is established in the Office of the Chief 9 Administrative Officer the Office of Talent and Develop- 10 ment. 11 ‘‘(2) Subject to the oversight of the Chief Administra- 12 tive Officer, the Office of Talent and Development shall— 13 ‘‘(A) guide House employing offices with re- 14 sources to recruit, hire, train, develop, advance, pro- 15 mote, and retain a talented workforce; 16 ‘‘(B) submit a semi-annual report on its activi- 17 ties to the chair and ranking minority member of 18 the Committee on House Administration and the 19 chair and ranking minority member of the Sub- 20 committee on the Legislative Branch of the Com- 21 mittee on Appropriations; and 22 ‘‘(C) provide consultation and guidance in fur- 23 therance of increasing a talented workforce in the 24 House.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 May 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR431.IH HR431 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 431 IH (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Rule II of the Rules is 2 amended— 3 (A) by striking clause 9; and 4 (B) by redesignating clause 10 as clause 9. 5 (2) REMOVING DIRECT OVERSIGHT BY COM- 6 MITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—Clause 7 4(d)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules is amended— 8 (A) by striking ‘‘the Office of Diversity 9 and Inclusion,’’; and 10 (B) by striking ‘‘Inspector General, Office 11 of Diversity and Inclusion,’’ inserting ‘‘Inspec- 12 tor General,’’. 13 (d) TRANSITION FOR CURRENT STAFF.—Any indi- 14 vidual serving in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as 15 of the date of the adoption of this resolution shall be 16 deemed to be serving in the Office of Talent and Develop- 17 ment of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of 18 the House of Representatives established under clause 19 4(e)(1) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, as 20 added by subsection (a). 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 May 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR431.IH HR431 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB