Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-653
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination

Disability and health-based discrimination

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Government Operations and Politics

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Racial and ethnic relations

Religion

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Temporary and part-time employment
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill extends protections against discrimination in a federal workplace based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability to interns (individuals who perform uncompensated voluntary service in a federal agency to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation) and applicants for internships.</p>

action_date: 2017-04-04
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><strong>Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill extends protections against discrimination in a federal workplace based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability to interns (individuals who perform uncompensated voluntary service in a federal agency to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation) and applicants for internships.</p>

action_date: 2017-05-17
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017 </b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill extends protections against discrimination in a federal workplace based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability to interns (individuals who perform uncompensated voluntary service in a federal agency to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation) and applicants for internships.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 653 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2017 Mr. Cummings (for himself, Ms. Meng , Mr. Scott of Virginia , and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to protect unpaid interns in the Federal Government from workplace harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibited personnel practices (a) In general Section 2302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) All protections afforded to an employee under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of subsection (b)(1) shall be afforded, in the same manner and to the same extent, to an intern and an applicant for internship. (2) For purposes of the application of this subsection, a reference to an employee shall be considered a reference to an intern in— (A) section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16 ); (B) sections 12 and 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ( 29 U.S.C. 631 , 633a); and (C) section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 791 ). (3) In this subsection, the term intern means an individual who performs uncompensated voluntary service in an agency to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 3111(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting section 2302(g) (relating to prohibited personnel practices), before chapter 81 .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 44 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 653 [Report No. 115–78] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2017 Mr. Cummings (for himself, Ms. Meng , Mr. Scott of Virginia , and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform April 4, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to protect unpaid interns in the Federal Government from workplace harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibited personnel practices (a) In general Section 2302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) All protections afforded to an employee under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of subsection (b)(1) shall be afforded, in the same manner and to the same extent, to an intern and an applicant for internship. (2) For purposes of the application of this subsection, a reference to an employee shall be considered a reference to an intern in— (A) section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16 ); (B) sections 12 and 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ( 29 U.S.C. 631 , 633a); and (C) section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 791 ). (3) In this subsection, the term intern means an individual who performs uncompensated voluntary service in an agency to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 3111(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting section 2302(g) (relating to prohibited personnel practices), before chapter 81 .

April 4, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 653 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 5, United States Code, to protect unpaid interns in the Federal Government from workplace harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibited personnel practices (a) In general Section 2302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) All protections afforded to an employee under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of subsection (b)(1) shall be afforded, in the same manner and to the same extent, to an intern and an applicant for internship. (2) For purposes of the application of this subsection, a reference to an employee shall be considered a reference to an intern in— (A) section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16 ); (B) sections 12 and 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ( 29 U.S.C. 631 , 633a); and (C) section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 791 ). (3) In this subsection, the term intern means an individual who performs uncompensated voluntary service in an agency to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 3111(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting section 2302(g) (relating to prohibited personnel practices), before chapter 81 .

Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 653 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To amend title 5, United States Code, to protect unpaid interns in the Federal Government from workplace harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibited personnel practices (a) In general Section 2302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) All protections afforded to an employee under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of subsection (b)(1) shall be afforded, in the same manner and to the same extent, to an intern and an applicant for internship. (2) For purposes of the application of this subsection, a reference to an employee shall be considered a reference to an intern in— (A) section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16 ); (B) sections 12 and 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ( 29 U.S.C. 631 , 633a); and (C) section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 791 ). (3) In this subsection, the term intern means an individual who performs uncompensated voluntary service in an agency to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 3111(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting section 2302(g) (relating to prohibited personnel practices), before chapter 81 .

Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk