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42 U.S.C. 16356: Report on equal employment opportunity practicesText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 149-NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS
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§16356. Report on equal employment opportunity practices

Not later than 12 months after August 8, 2005, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the equal employment opportunity practices at National Laboratories. Such report shall include⁠—

(1)  a thorough review of each National Laboratory contractor’s equal employment opportunity policies, including promotion to management and professional positions and pay raises;

(2)  a statistical report on complaints and their disposition in the National Laboratories;

(3)  a description of how equal employment opportunity practices at the National Laboratories are treated in the contract and in calculating award fees for each contractor;

(4)  a summary of disciplinary actions and their disposition by either the Department or the relevant contractors for each National Laboratory;

(5)  a summary of outreach efforts to attract women and minorities to the National Laboratories;

(6)  a summary of efforts to retain women and minorities in the National Laboratories; and

(7)  a summary of collaboration efforts with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to improve equal employment opportunity practices at the National Laboratories.

( Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 992 , Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 913 .)