House Bill 5194
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 7, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5194
Congress
115
Policy Area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Primary focus of measure is discrimination on basis of race, ethnicity, age, sex, gender, health or disability; First Amendment rights; due process and equal protection; abortion rights; privacy. Measures concerning abortion rights and procedures may fall under Health policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act
This bill amends provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protect against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace to provide for women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to be treated the same for all employment-related purposes as any other persons who are applicants for employment with, or employees of, the same employer in work that is performed under similar working conditions and who are not so affected but are similar in their temporary ability or inability to work.
The bill makes such treatment applicable to existing prohibited categories of employment discrimination on the basis of sex or because of sex.
March 7, 2018
03/07/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
03/07/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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