Congress Leads by Example Act of 2013
Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Congress Leads by Example Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to grant the General Counsel of the Office of Compliance (OOC) subpoena authority for inspections and investigations in the legislative branch under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA).
Subjects each employing office in the legislative branch to OSHA recordkeeping requirements.
Prohibits retaliation by any employing office against an employee for requesting the OOC General Counsel to take authorized action related to, or for instituting or testifying in, any proceeding that arises from the application of OSHA to that office.
Applies the whistleblower rights, protections, and remedies of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 to legislative branch employees, including those of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the Library of Congress.
Prohibits legislative branch employing offices from: (1) discharging any employee because the employee's earnings have been subjected to garnishment for any one indebtedness; or (2) denying or terminating the employment of, or otherwise discriminating against, an employee for being a debtor or a bankrupt under the bankruptcy code.
Requires employing offices to retain records necessary to administer certain rights and protections of employees under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Requires each employing office to post conspicuously all notices describing the rights and protections applicable to its employees under federal law.
Amends the federal judicial code to cover legislative branch employees under prohibitions and requirements protecting jurors' employment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred May 7, 2013 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 7, 2013 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Jun 14, 2013 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 7, 2013 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 14, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- May 7, 2013Introduced in House
- May 7, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E610-611)
- May 7, 2013Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
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 E610 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | May 7, 2013 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2484.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to provide enhanced enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections applicable to the legislative branch, to provide whistleblower protections and other antidiscrimation protections for employees of the legislative branch, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Congress Leads by Example Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Administrative remedies
- Bankruptcy
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional officers and employees
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Libraries and archives
- Library of Congress
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 7, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
