HR 8595 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To nullify the effect of Executive Order 13950 relating to combating race and sex stereotyping.

Latest action · Oct 16, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Armed Services, 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.

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 16, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill nullifies a September 22, 2020, executive order prohibiting government contractors and other entities from conducting specified workplace training related to race or sex.

Cosponsors 54

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 16, 2020 to Dec 2, 2020; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-ILBill FosterOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalOct 16, 2020
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-TNJim CooperOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-PASusan WildOriginalOct 16, 2020
D-WAAdam SmithOct 20, 2020
D-CAJuan VargasOct 20, 2020
D-OHTim RyanOct 20, 2020
D-CAKaren BassOct 23, 2020
D-NVSteven HorsfordOct 23, 2020
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOct 27, 2020
D-FLKathy CastorOct 27, 2020
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOct 30, 2020
D-INAndré CarsonOct 30, 2020
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOct 30, 2020
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOct 30, 2020
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOct 30, 2020
D-WADerek KilmerOct 30, 2020
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Oct 30, 2020
D-PADwight EvansOct 30, 2020
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOct 30, 2020
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOct 30, 2020
D-MNIlhan OmarOct 30, 2020
D-COJoe NeguseOct 30, 2020
D-GALucy McBathOct 30, 2020
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOct 30, 2020
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOct 30, 2020
D-ILRobin L. KellyOct 30, 2020
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOct 30, 2020
D-ALTerri A. SewellOct 30, 2020
D-FLVal Butler DemingsOct 30, 2020
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOct 30, 2020
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonNov 5, 2020
D-TXJoaquin CastroNov 9, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasNov 9, 2020
D-ILLauren UnderwoodDec 2, 2020
D-CAMaxine WatersDec 2, 2020
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottDec 2, 2020

Committees 3

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 16, 2020
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Oct 16, 2020
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Oct 16, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 16, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Oct 16, 2020Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Armed Services, 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H5694H.R. 8595–8625—Oct 16, 2020

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: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 177, October 16, 2020, page H5694.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2021869 pagesAppropriations CommitteeFeb 6, 2020–Mar 10, 2020

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 236To nullify the effect of Executive Order 13950 relating to combating race and sex stereotyping.Reintroduced BillJan 11, 2021

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To nullify the effect of Executive Order 13950 relating to combating race and sex stereotyping.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 16, 2020Introduced in House

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