Love Them Both Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6637
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2023-12-06
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR  H6825)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-12-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Love Them Both Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that apply to abortion, abortion coverage, or abortion-related services.</p><p>The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires covered employers to provide reasonable&nbsp;accommodations addressing an employee's limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The law requires the EEOC and the OCWR to issue implementing regulations and specifies that regulations shall provide examples of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6637 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 6, 2023 Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. LaMalfa , Ms. Boebert , Mr. Self , and Mr. Harris ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce , and in addition to the Committee on House Administration , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act from applying to abortion or the coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Love Them Both Act of 2023 . 2. Regulatory implementation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Board of Directors of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights may not, pursuant to section 105 of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2000gg–3 ), finalize, implement, or enforce any regulation that applies to abortion or the coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.