US Congress House Bill 5693 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fair Employment Protection Act of 2016 This bill sets forth employer liability standards to be applied in employee harassment claims under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Revised Statutes, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, employment discrimination laws relating to certain executive branch employees, and the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. The bill declares that employers under such Acts are liable for the acts of any individual whose harassment of an employee has created or continued an unlawful hostile work environment if, at the time of the harassment: (1) such individual was authorized by that employer to undertake or recommend tangible employment actions affecting the employee or to direct the employee's daily work activities, or (2) the negligence of the employer led to the creation or continuation of that hostile work environment (thus modifies the liability standards provided by the Supreme Court in Vance v. Ball State University, which limited the category of supervisors for whom an employer may be held vicariously liable to those individuals who have authority to take tangible employment actions).

Fair Employment Protection Act of 2016

Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2016-07-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2016-07-08	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2016-07-08	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2016-07-08	House	Referred to House Administration
2016-07-08	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2016-07-08	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2016-07-08	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5693/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5693/BILLS-114hr5693ih.pdf