Dignity for People with Disabilities in the Foreign Service Act

Bill: 117-hr-8011
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2022-06-09
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Dignity for People with Disabilities in the Foreign Service Act</b></p> <p>This bill replaces several references to <i>handicapping condition</i> with <i>disability</i> in the Foreign Service Act of 1980. </p> <p>For example, an existing provision requiring the Department of State to prescribe regulations to ensure that Foreign Service members and applicants are free from discrimination on the basis of a handicapping condition is amended to require regulations to ensure that Foreign Service members and individuals are free from discrimination on the basis of a disability.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8011 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2022 Mr. Khanna (for himself, Mr. Chabot , Ms. Titus , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Connolly , Ms. Salazar , and Mr. Levin of Michigan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to revise the terminology used to prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities serving in the Foreign Service.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dignity for People with Disabilities in the Foreign Service Act . 2. Dignity for people with disabilities serving in the Foreign Service The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended— (1) in paragraph (2) of section 101(b) ( 22 U.S.C. 3901(b) ), by striking handicapping condition and inserting disability ; (2) in section 105 ( 22 U.S.C. 3905 ), by striking handicapping condition each place it appears and inserting disability ; (3) in subparagraph (A) of section 1002(11) ( 22 U.S.C. 4102(11) ), by striking handicapping condition and inserting disability ; and (4) in paragraph (4) of section 1015(b) ( 22 U.S.C. 4115(b) ), by striking handicapping condition and inserting disability .