US Congress Senate Bill 439 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-1-1)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 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 made 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. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute a civil action in any appropriate U.S. district court for a violation of this Act. 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 2015

Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB846 (Related) 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/439/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s439/BILLS-114s439is.pdf