SES Diversity Bill Passes House

The House voted today to approve the Senior Executive Service Diversity Act (H.R. 3774), which would create a new executive diversity office within the Office of Personnel Management.

The bill passed on a voice vote.

The measure would create a Senior Executive Service Resource Office in OPM to promote efforts to diversify the SES. The legislation also would require agencies to develop their own SES diversity plans.

The group Federally Employed Women praised the House action. “We have been working on this issue for many years,” said the organization's president, Rhonda Trent. “We are so happy to see it come to fruition and urge the Senate to follow suit and approve the measure."