Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act
Latest action · Nov 18, 2005 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.
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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act - States that Congress, in order to dispel any public confusion, repudiates any assertion that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the absence of such prohibition, discrimination against federal employees and applicants for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited under current federal law.
Amends federal law to prohibit any federal employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2005 to Nov 9, 2005; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Jim Kolbe | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jul 25, 2005 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Jul 26, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Sep 19, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Nov 9, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2005Markup Sep 15, 2005Reported Nov 19, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2005Reported by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 109-313.
- Nov 18, 2005Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.
- Sep 15, 2005Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 15, 2005Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1437 | Henry A. Waxman D-CA | Jul 1, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 27, 2005H.R. 3128, Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 15, 2005</p>
- Sep 27, 2005H.R. 3128, Clarification of Federal Employment Protections ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 15, 2005
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2005Reported in House
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
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