Gender Bias Elimination Act of 2007

To authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and for other purposes.

9/10/2007--Introduced.
Gender Bias Elimination Act of 2007 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to separately host mandatory national meetings that educate members of review panels, university department chairs, and agency program officers about methods that minimize the effects of gender bias in evaluation. Requires that such meetings be held biennially for each major discipline. Instructs such agencies to enforce the federal anti-discrimination laws at universities and other higher education institutions through regular compliance reviews and prompt and thorough investigation of discrimination complaints. Requires enforcement efforts to evaluate whether universities have engaged in any discrimination banned under such laws. Requires the collection storage, and publication of specified grant data composite information. Requires submission by each agency of specified reports on:
(1) workshop content and attendance, along with data on the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and
(2) the impact of such program to reduce gender bias towards women engaged in research funded by the agency.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
• and 10 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
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Committees

• House Armed Services
• 5 more
  • House Armed Services
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Education and Labor
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 10, 2007

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• Oct 17, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
• Sep 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
• Sep 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
• Sep 10, 2007: Referred to House Armed Services
• Sep 10, 2007: Referred to House Science and Technology
• Sep 10, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Sep 10, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, and Armed Services, 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.
• Introduced on Sep 10, 2007.

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November 09, 2007 Gender Bias In Science

Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) recently introduced the Gender Bias Elimination Act (HR 3514). Women are capable of contributing more to the nation's science and engineering research enterprise, but bias and outmoded practices governing ...

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November 07, 2007 Take action — support the Gender Bias Elimination Act (HR 3514).

In response to this report, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) recently introduced the Gender Bias Elimination Act (HR 3514). Learn more and contact your representative in Congress: http://www.capwiz.com/aauw/issues/alert/?alertid=10525271.

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October 22, 2007 Women Leave Engineering More Than Men

The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 3514, authorizes workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in STEM. “As America struggles to keep up in the global economy, it’s imperative we refrain from ...

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