Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
Latest action · Dec 16, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Passed HouseJan 15, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
This bill requires each federal agency to establish a model Equal Employment Opportunity Program that is independent of the agency's Human Capital or General Counsel office, and it establishes requirements related to complaints of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace.
An agency must publish a notice of any final agency action or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appellate decision involving a finding of prohibited discrimination or retaliation, and it must report certain data with respect to specified equal opportunity complaints. Each agency must establish a system to track complaints of discrimination and include a notation of any adverse action taken against an employee for discrimination or retaliation in the employee's personnel record.
The EEOC must refer to the Office of Special Counsel a matter about which it issues an appellate decision involving a finding of discrimination or retaliation within a federal agency, and the Office of Special Counsel shall accept and review such referral for purposes of seeking disciplinary action.
An employee who has authority to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action shall not implement or enforce a nondisclosure policy that prohibits or restricts an employee from disclosing information relating to (1) a violation of any law, rule, or regulation; (2) mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority; (3) a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; or (4) any other whistle-blower protection.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 33 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed424–0 | Jan 15, 2019 |
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 3, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
Committees 2
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 Jan 3, 2019 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2019Markup Nov 6, 2019Reported Dec 16, 2019 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-176.
- Dec 16, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
- Nov 6, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 16, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jan 15, 2019Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H558–H562Text printed H558–H560Recorded votes H580enact | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Virginia Foxx R-NC | Jan 15, 2019 |
| House | Lists H215–H218H.R. 135–239 | — | Jan 3, 2019 |
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 estimate
- Nov 18, 2019H.R. 135, Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 6, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 1, January 3, 2019, page H215.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 702 | Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Jul 12, 2017 |
| S 1790 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2019 |
| HR 2500 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Aug 11, 2020 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and expand accountability within the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative remedies
- Congressional oversight
- Employee performance
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Office of Special Counsel
- Personnel records
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2019Reported to Senate
- Jan 16, 2019Referred in Senate
- Jan 15, 2019Engrossed in House
- Jan 3, 2019Introduced 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.
