18. Department of Labor and Related Agencies · Minor

Require EEOC action by majority vote of Commissioners

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“Affirm decision-making via majority vote of Commissioners. EEOC should affirm as policy the Title VII requirement that it exercise substantive power via majority vote of Commissioners, not by unilateral Chair action or by delegation to staff.”

What has happened

Aug 31, 2026 Not started
The EEOC has adopted no policy affirming that it exercises substantive power only by majority vote of Commissioners. The window ran the other way: two Commissioners were removed in January 2025, leaving the Commission below a quorum and its Acting Chair acting alone for most of a year, until Brittany Panuccio's confirmation on 2025-10-07 restored one.
- U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 1st Session, No. 547 — confirmation of Brittany Panuccio as a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (51-47), restoring the Commission's quorum
  Primary Congress Oct 7, 2025

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

“Moved the other way” under §3b. The Quote’s premise is that the Commission should not act “by unilateral Chair action or by delegation to staff”; for roughly nine months of the window it had no lawful alternative.
Negative search: chapter log, Cluster negative search — EEOC internal-practice asks.

Action: restrict
Object: EEOC decision-making procedure
ID: 1610