,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eefe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjah    
,mrs4 ,lawrence 7for herself1 ,ms4      
,norton1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4   
,gomez1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,cooper1  
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick        
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4            
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4
 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,brown of    
,maryland1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1  
,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4    
,clyburn1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,al ,green 
of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson
 of ,texas1 and ,ms4 ,clark of          
,massachusetts7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a study
 of ,federal agencies to determine which
 ,federal agencies have the greatest    
impact on women's participation in the  
workforce4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,women's ,equality  
,workforce ,oversight ,act or the ,,we  

,work ,act4  #b4 ,g4,a4,o4 ,study  7a7  
,study required ,not later than #f      
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 and every year thereafter1   
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states shall conduct a study of       
,federal agencies to determine which    
agencies have the greatest impact on    
women's participation in the workforce1 
and evaluate the impact of these        
agencies4  7b7 ,suggested agencies ,such
 agencies shall include1 at a minimum-- 
7#a7 the ,department of ,labor1         
specifically the ,women's ,bureau at    
such ,department2  7#b7 the ,department 
of ,transportation2  7#c7 the ,small    
,business ,administration1 including the
 ,office of ,women's ,business          
,ownership2 and  7#d7 any apprenticeship
 program that receives funding from a   
,federal agency4  #c4 ,contents of study
  7a7 ,in general ,the study required by
 section #b shall review and evaluate   
the following factors1 for those        
agencies that the ,comptroller ,general 

has identified as having the greatest   
impact on women's participation in the  
workforce1 including the following3     
7#a7 ,policies and procedures ,the study
 shall examine-- 7,a7 each agency's     
policies and procedures related to      
improving women's participation in the  
workforce1 including efforts related to 
fair compensation1 benefits1 such as    
paid leave and workplace supports for   
pregnancy and families1 participation in
 non-traditional and higher-paying jobs1
 enforcement of workplace rights1 and   
prevention of sexual and other          
harassment2  7,b7 each agency's         
compliance with its statutory and       
regulatory requirements on these        
matters2  7,c7 any policy changes in the
 agency within the study period1 and the
 reasoning for such changes2 and  7,d7  
any procedural changes to the agency's  
reporting and participation within the  
agency4  7#b7 ,impact ,the study shall  
also examine--  7,a7 the number of women
 who received technical assistance1     

grants1 loans1 contracts1 and other     
services from the agency in each fiscal 
year1 and the number of such individuals
 who received these services in the     
prior five fiscal years2  7,b7 the      
number of organizations who received    
such outreach1 services1 and other      
engagement with the agency2  7,c7 the   
extent of the agency's outreach and     
public education efforts for women1     
including the publication of reports and
 statistics1 public announcement of     
enforcement actions1 and regional       
outreach engaging local stakeholders2   
7#c7 ,appropriations and staff ,the     
study shall consider--  7,a7 any        
reductions to appropriations and        
obligations for each agency and the     
actual and projected impact of these    
reductions2 and  7,b7 any staff         
reductions in each agency1 including    
attrition1 vacancies1 and positions     
eliminated and the impact of these      
changes4  7b7 ,analysis ,the study shall
 also include an analysis of the        

specific barriers to women's            
participation in the workforce1         
including an assessment of further      
opportunities to reduce those barriers4 
#d4 ,report ,a report containing the    
results of the study and analysis shall 
be transmitted annually to the          
,committees on ,oversight and           
,government ,reform and ,education and  
the ,workforce of the ,house of         
,representatives and the ,committees on 
,homeland ,security and ,government     
,affairs and ,health1 ,education1 ,labor
 and ,pensions of the ,senate4