Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§16356 Report on Equal Employment Opportunity Practices

Title 42 › CHAPTER 149 — NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER IX — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › Part I — Research Administration and Operations › § 16356

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

No later than 12 months after August 8, 2005, and every two years after that, the Secretary must send Congress a report about equal employment opportunity at the National Laboratories. The report must review each contractor’s EEO policies (including promotions to management and pay raises), give complaint numbers and outcomes, explain how EEO affects contracts and award fees, summarize disciplinary actions and results by the Department or contractors, describe outreach and retention efforts for women and minorities, and describe work with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to improve EEO.

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Title 42, §16356

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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.

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42 U.S.C. § 16356

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102