HR 2654 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Introduced Jun 4, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Jerrold Nadler D-NY

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Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 4, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Declares that it is an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) fail to make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept, if such accommodation is unnecessary to perform the job; (3) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (4) require such employees to take paid or unpaid leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations; or (5) take adverse action in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment against an employee requesting or using such reasonable accommodations.

Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices.

Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to issue regulations to carry out this Act, including the identification of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

Prohibits state immunity under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution from an action for a violation of this Act.

Cosponsors 149

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 4, 2015 to May 10, 2016; 110 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAJanice HahnOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-COJared PolisOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-TNJim CooperOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-DEJohn C. Carney, Jr.OriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalJun 4, 2015
I-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CALois CappsOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-WARick LarsenOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CASam FarrOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-OHTim RyanOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJun 4, 2015
D-CAEric SwalwellJun 8, 2015
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeJun 12, 2015
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Jun 12, 2015
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesJun 12, 2015
D-CTJohn B. LarsonJun 12, 2015
D-VTPeter WelchJun 12, 2015
D-CARaul RuizJun 12, 2015
D-TNSteve CohenJun 12, 2015
D-WADerek KilmerJun 17, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsJun 17, 2015
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthJun 17, 2015
D-TXRuben HinojosaJun 17, 2015
R-COMike CoffmanJun 23, 2015
D-NYNita M. LoweyJun 23, 2015
D-TXBeto O'RourkeJul 8, 2015
D-NJDonald NorcrossJul 8, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuJul 8, 2015
D-OHJoyce BeattyJul 15, 2015
D-AZRuben GallegoJul 15, 2015
D-CATed LieuJul 15, 2015
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyJul 29, 2015
D-NYKathleen M. RiceJul 29, 2015
D-ILTammy DuckworthJul 29, 2015
D-ILBill FosterSep 9, 2015
D-PAChaka FattahOct 7, 2015
D-MIDebbie DingellOct 7, 2015
R-ILRobert J. DoldOct 9, 2015
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.Oct 20, 2015
R-NYJohn KatkoOct 20, 2015
D-FLPatrick MurphyOct 20, 2015
D-ILRobin L. KellyOct 20, 2015
D-NVDina TitusOct 21, 2015
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOct 26, 2015
D-TXJoaquin CastroNov 3, 2015
D-CALoretta SanchezNov 3, 2015
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardNov 3, 2015
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Apr 18, 2016
D-HITulsi GabbardApr 18, 2016
D-CAPete AguilarMay 10, 2016

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 Jun 4, 2015
Workforce Protections Subcommittee
Referred Nov 16, 2015
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Jun 4, 2015
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jun 4, 2015
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 4, 2015
Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
Referred Jun 16, 2015

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Jun 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
  3. Jun 4, 2015Introduced in House
  4. Jun 4, 2015Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and 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.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clauses 3 and 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution and section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 89, June 4, 2015, page H3915.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1512Pregnant Workers Fairness ActRelated billJun 4, 2015
HR 2417Pregnant Workers Fairness ActReintroduced BillJun 7, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
Short Titles as Introduced
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 4, 2015Introduced in House

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