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House vote: H.R. 5911 // May 11, 2022Needed two-thirds to pass

Fair Hiring in Banking Act

Sponsor: Joyce Beatty (D-OH)

This bill creates exceptions to the restriction on hiring persons convicted of certain criminal offenses involving dishonesty or a breach of trust to a position with an insured depository institution or an insured credit union. Currently, a waiver must be obtained from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration to allow the employment of such a person. Specifically, a waiver is not needed if it has been 7 years or more since the offense occurred or if the individual was incarcerated with respect to the offense and it has been 5 years or more since the individual was released from incarceration.

Finance and Financial Sector Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

323 votes, representing 193,472,247 people74.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

86 votes, representing 51,981,275 people20.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon32374.3%
NayLost8620.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%