HR 3285 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003

Introduced Oct 8, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Christopher Shays R-CT

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Latest action · Jan 30, 2004 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. IntroducedOct 8, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities (including employment agencies, labor organizations, and training programs). Prohibits related retaliation and coercion.

Declares this Act inapplicable to the provision of employee benefits for the benefit of an employee's domestic partner. Prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from: (1) collecting statistics on sexual orientation from covered entities; and (2) compelling covered entities to collect such statistics. Prohibits: (1) quotas and preferential treatment; and (2) an order or consent decree for a violation of this Act that includes a quota or preferential treatment. Declares that this Act is inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces; or (3) laws creating special rights or preferences for veterans.

Prohibits the imposition of affirmative action for a violation of this Act. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States or a State liable for remedies to the same extent as under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Cosponsors 180

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2003 to Dec 6, 2004; 177 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WABrian BairdOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CACalvin M. DooleyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXChris BellOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ORDavid WuOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-OHDeborah PryceOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-GADenise L. MajetteOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-CADoug OseOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-AZEd PastorOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-IAJames A. LeachOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-PAJames C. GreenwoodOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAJane HarmanOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TNJim CooperOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-FLJim DavisOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-AZJim KolbeOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-UTJim MathesonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-ILJudy BiggertOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-FLKendrick B. MeekOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ILLane EvansOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-IALeonard L. BoswellOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CALois CappsOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-ILMark KirkOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-COMark UdallOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MNMartin Olav SaboOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXNick LampsonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WANorman D. DicksOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-FLPeter DeutschOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MORichard A. GephardtOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WARick LarsenOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-CTRob SimmonsOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CARobert T. MatsuiOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WIRon KindOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NJRush HoltOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CASam FarrOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalOct 8, 2003
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-OHTed StricklandOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CATom LantosOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-NMTom UdallOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalOct 8, 2003
D-GADavid ScottFeb 4, 2004
D-LAChristopher JohnJul 14, 2004
R-NJRodney P. FrelinghuysenDec 6, 2004

Committees 4

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Oct 8, 2003
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Jan 30, 2004
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Oct 8, 2003
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 8, 2003
Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee
Referred Oct 20, 2003
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Oct 8, 2003
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Oct 22, 2003

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Oct 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
  3. Oct 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
  4. Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House
  5. Oct 8, 2003Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1705Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003Identical billOct 2, 2003

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Short Titles as Introduced
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House

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