HR 515 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Nondiscrimination in Employee Benefits Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 7, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Thomas E. Petri R-WI

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 29, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 7, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nondiscrimination in Employee Benefits Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to declare that, when an employer elects to offer benefits to associates of its employees who are not their spouses or dependents, the employer shall do so on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to the nature of the relationship between the employee and the designated associate.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2001
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Mar 29, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 29, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Feb 7, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Feb 7, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require that employers offering benefits to associates of its employees who are not spouses or dependents of the employees not discriminate on the basis of the nature of the relationship between the employee and the designated associates.
Short Titles as Introduced
Nondiscrimination in Employee Benefits Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2001Introduced in House

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