Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.

Bill: 114-hres-428
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2015-09-17
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees

Employment discrimination and employee rights

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from discharging and refusing to hire an individual or otherwise discriminate against them with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of their actual or perceived:</p> <ul> <li>race,</li> <li>color,</li> <li>religion,</li> <li>sex (including marital or parental status),</li> <li>disability,</li> <li>age, or</li> <li>national origin.</li> </ul> <p>Adds an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity to this list.</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 428 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2015 Mr. Honda (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.

That clause 9 of rule XXIII (known as the Code of Official Conduct) is amended by inserting actual or perceived before race and by inserting sexual orientation or gender identity, before disability .