Congressional Intern Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-652
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-24
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Higher education

Temporary and part-time employment

Vocational and technical education
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Congressional Intern Protection Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to extend its rights and protections from workplace harassment and discrimination to current or former interns, or applicants for internships in the legislative branch, who perform uncompensated voluntary service for an employing office to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 652 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 House Administration A BILL To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to protect unpaid interns in the legislative branch from workplace harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Intern Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Extension to unpaid interns of rights and protections against employment discrimination under Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Section 201 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1311 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: (d) Application to Unpaid Interns (1) In general Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to an intern, including an applicant for an internship and a former intern, in the same manner and to the same extent as such subsections apply with respect to an employee. (2) Intern defined The term intern means an individual who performs uncompensated voluntary service for an employing office to earn credit awarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation. .