H.R. 1975 - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Sponsor:
- Jerrold Nadler
- Summary:
- To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been referred to committee.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
H.R. 1975 — 113th Congress (2013–2014)
- Summary
- To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
- Other Titles
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Sponsor
- Jerrold Nadler
- Co-Sponsors
- Ron Barber
- Karen Bass
- Ami Bera
- Timothy H. Bishop
- Earl Blumenauer
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Madeleine Z. Bordallo
- Robert A. Brady
- Corrine Brown
- Julia Brownley
- Cheri Bustos
- Lois Capps
- Michael E. Capuano
- Tony Cárdenas
- André Carson
- Matt Cartwright
- Donna M. Christensen
- Judy Chu
- David N. Cicilline
- Katherine M. Clark
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Steve Cohen
- Gerald E. Connolly
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Jim Cooper
- Joe Courtney
- Joseph Crowley
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Danny K. Davis
- Susan A. Davis
- Peter A. DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- John K. Delaney
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Theodore E. Deutch
- John D. Dingell
- Lloyd Doggett
- Michael F. Doyle
- Donna F. Edwards
- Keith Ellison
- Eliot L. Engel
- William L. Enyart
- Anna G. Eshoo
- Elizabeth H. Esty
- Sam Farr
- Chaka Fattah
- Bill Foster
- Lois Frankel
- Marcia L. Fudge
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Pete P. Gallego
- John Garamendi
- Alan Grayson
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Luis V. Gutiérrez
- Janice Hahn
- Colleen Hanabusa
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Denny Heck
- Brian Higgins
- James A. Himes
- Rush Holt
- Michael M. Honda
- Jared Huffman
- Steve Israel
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Marcy Kaptur
- William R. Keating
- Robin L. Kelly
- Daniel T. Kildee
- Ann M. Kuster
- James R. Langevin
- Rick Larsen
- Barbara Lee
- Sander M. Levin
- John Lewis
- Daniel Lipinski
- Zoe Lofgren
- Alan S. Lowenthal
- Nita M. Lowey
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Daniel B. Maffei
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- Sean Patrick Maloney
- Doris O. Matsui
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Betty McCollum
- Jim McDermott
- James P. McGovern
- Jerry McNerney
- Grace Meng
- George Miller
- Gwen Moore
- James P. Moran
- Grace F. Napolitano
- Richard M. Nolan
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Donald M. Payne, Jr.
- Ed Perlmutter
- Gary C. Peters
- Scott H. Peters
- Chellie Pingree
- Mark Pocan
- Jared Polis
- David E. Price
- Mike Quigley
- Charles B. Rangel
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Raul Ruiz
- Bobby L. Rush
- Tim Ryan
- Linda T. Sánchez
- John P. Sarbanes
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Adam B. Schiff
- Allyson Y. Schwartz
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- José E. Serrano
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Brad Sherman
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter
- Adam Smith
- Jackie Speier
- Eric Swalwell
- Mark Takano
- Mike Thompson
- John F. Tierney
- Paul Tonko
- Niki Tsongas
- Chris Van Hollen
- Marc A. Veasey
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Maxine Waters
- Henry A. Waxman
- Frederica S. Wilson
- John A. Yarmuth
- Subjects
- Labor and employment
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Child care and development
- Civil actions and liability
- Employee hiring
- Employee leave
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Women's employment
- Women's health
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 5/14/2013 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 5/14/2013 5/14/2013 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. 5/14/2013 Referred to House Education and the Workforce 5/14/2013 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform 5/14/2013 Referred to House Judiciary 5/14/2013 Introduced in House 5/14/2013 Referred to House Administration 6/14/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. 7/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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