US Congress House Bill 5647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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September 26 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Declares it an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) not 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) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (3) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept; or (4) require such employees to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations. Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 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.

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Baldwin, Tammy
Rep Bass, Karen	Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Berman, Howard L.	Rep Bishop, Timothy H.
Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Bonamici, Suzanne	Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.	Rep Boswell, Leonard L.
Rep Brady, Robert A.	Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Capuano, Michael E.
Rep Carnahan, Russ	Rep Carson, Andre	Rep Christensen, Donna M.	Rep Chu, Judy
Rep Cicilline, David N.	Rep Clarke, Hansen	Rep Clarke, Yvette D.	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy
Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Critz, Mark S.
Rep Crowley, Joseph	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep Davis, Danny K.	Rep Davis, Susan A.
Rep DeGette, Diana	Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.	Rep Deutch, Theodore E.	Rep Dingell, John D.
Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Ellison, Keith	Rep Engel, Eliot L.	Rep Eshoo, Anna G.
Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Fattah, Chaka	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Frank, Barney
Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Hahn, Janice
Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Higgins, Brian	Rep Himes, James A.	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Israel, Steve
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Kaptur, Marcy	Rep Kildee, Dale E.
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Langevin, James R.	Rep Larsen, Rick	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Levin, Sander M.	Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Lowey, Nita M.
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep Markey, Edward J.	Rep Matsui, Doris O.	Rep McCarthy, Carolyn
Rep McCollum, Betty	Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep McNerney, Jerry
Rep Miller, Brad	Rep Miller, George	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Moran, James P.
Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.	Rep Pastor, Ed	Rep Perlmutter, Ed	Rep Pingree, Chellie
Rep Polis, Jared	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Richardson, Laura	Rep Rothman, Steven R.
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille	Rep Ryan, Tim	Rep Sanchez, Linda T.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
Rep Schiff, Adam B.	Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.	Rep Serrano, Jose E.	Rep Sherman, Brad
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Speier, Jackie	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete	Rep Sutton, Betty
Rep Tierney, John F.	Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Tsongas, Niki
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M.	Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Waxman, Henry A.
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2012-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-05-08	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-05-08	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2012-05-08	House	Referred to House House Administration
2012-05-08	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2012-05-08	House	Referred 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.

SB3565 (Same As) 2012-09-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN05647:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr5647ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr5647ih.pdf