# What This House Resolution Actually Does

This resolution changes how the House of Representatives organizes one of its internal offices. Specifically, it renames the "Office of Diversity and Inclusion" to the "Office of Talent and Development" and moves it under the control of the Chief Administrative Officer—essentially the person who runs the House's day-to-day operations and manages its budget and staff.

The new Office of Talent and Development will focus on helping House offices recruit, hire, train, and keep good employees. It will provide guidance to different House departments on building a strong workforce and will report twice a year to relevant committees about what it's doing. The resolution also eliminates the old Office of Diversity and Inclusion as a separate entity, consolidating human resources functions under one administrator rather than having them spread across different departments.

For people who currently work in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, this change means they automatically become employees of the new Office of Talent and Development under the Chief Administrative Officer—they keep their jobs, but their office has a new name and a new reporting structure. For the broader public, this is an internal House reorganization that doesn't directly affect citizens' lives, though it does reflect a shift in how Congress prioritizes and frames its approach to hiring and workforce development. The change essentially moves the focus from diversity and inclusion initiatives to a broader talent management approach.

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to rename the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as the Office of Talent and Development and to transfer the Office to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.

Bice, Stephanie I.

 <p>This resolution changes the name of the congressional Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the House of Representatives to the Office of Talent and Development. It also transfers that office to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.</p>