42 U.S.C. § 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.