US Congress House Bill 998 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 170-2)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates. Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination. Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act. Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational assistance of recipients found to be violating them. Allows an aggrieved individual to assert a violation of this Act in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees should they prevail. Deems a state's receipt of federal educational assistance for a program to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for conduct prohibited under this Act regarding such program.

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011

Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-03-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

SB555 (Related) 2011-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1558-1559)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/998/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr998/BILLS-112hr998ih.pdf