HR 4891
107th Congress
House
Commerce
Age discrimination
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Disabled
Discrimination in insurance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Minorities
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
Sexual orientation
Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act
Introduced: June 6, 2002
Introduced by:
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Democratic
· District of Columbia
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jun 6, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 6, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act - Cites activities that constitute unlawful discrimination by a surety against an applicant in a surety bond transaction, including denial: (1) on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; or (2) because the applicant previously obtained a bond through a certain bonding assistance program or any special purpose bonding program.
Requires a surety to notify an applicant of action on the surety application within ten days of its filing.
Entitles an applicant against whom adverse action is taken to a statement of reasons for such action.
Subjects a surety to liability to the aggrieved applicant for both actual damages and legal costs for noncompliance with this Act.
Mandates full compliance with this Act as a condition for approval as surety by the Secretary of the Treasury.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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