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House Bill 135
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
Active
Active
Passed House on Jan 15, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 3, 2019
Latest Action
Dec 16, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
135
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Elijah Cummings
Maryland
Democrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton
District of Columbia
Republican
Mark Meadows
North Carolina
Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee
Texas
Republican
Jim Sensenbrenner
Wisconsin
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on January 15, 2019
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
33
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

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.

Text (4)
Reported to Senate
December 16, 2019
Referred in Senate
January 16, 2019
Engrossed in House
January 15, 2019
Introduced in House
January 3, 2019
Related Bills (2)
Dec 20, 2019
Became Public Law 116-92
1
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1790
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Became Law
Amendments
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Jul 12, 2019
Passed House
2
Sponsorship
House Bill 2500
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Active
Amendments
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (14)
12/16/2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
12/16/2019
Committee 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.
11/06/2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
01/16/2019
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
01/15/2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
01/15/2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H558-560)
01/15/2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 33).(text: CR H558-560)
01/15/2019
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H580)
01/15/2019
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
01/15/2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 135.
01/15/2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H558-562)
01/15/2019
Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
01/03/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
01/03/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 2:02:53 PM
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