To make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 493.

Bill: 110-hconres-340
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Discrimination in employment
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee rights
Finance and Financial Sector
Forensic medicine
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Legislation
Medicare
Medigap
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Directs the Clerk of the House of the Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 493 (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) to: (1) revise deadlines for implementation of requirements related to Medicare supplemental policies; (2) exempt an employer that conducts DNA analysis for purposes of human remains identification from the prohibition against an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee requesting, requiring, or purchasing an employee's genetic information; and (3) remove the requirement that DNA analysis conducted by an employer for law enforcement purposes as a forensics laboratory be included in the Combined DNA Index System.

action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Clerk of the House of the Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 493 (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) to: (1) revise deadlines for implementation of requirements related to Medicare supplemental policies; (2) exempt an employer that conducts DNA analysis for purposes of human remains identification from the prohibition against an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee requesting, requiring, or purchasing an employee's genetic information; and (3) remove the requirement that DNA analysis conducted by an employer for law enforcement purposes as a forensics laboratory be included in the Combined DNA Index System.

action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Directs the Clerk of the House of the Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 493 (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008) to: (1) revise deadlines for implementation of requirements related to Medicare supplemental policies; (2) exempt an employer that conducts DNA analysis for purposes of human remains identification from the prohibition against an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee requesting, requiring, or purchasing an employee's genetic information; and (3) remove the requirement that DNA analysis conducted by an employer for law enforcement purposes as a forensics laboratory be included in the Combined DNA Index System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3727)
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3727)
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2982)
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2982)
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 340.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2982-2983)
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Mr. Miller, George moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House