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HR 3128 109th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Discrimination in employment Federal employees Homosexuality Labor and Employment Sexual orientation

Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act

Introduced: June 30, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 2005
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.
Nov 18, 2005
Reported by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 109-313.
Sep 15, 2005
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 15, 2005
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 30, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jun 30, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act - States that Congress, in order to dispel any public confusion, repudiates any assertion that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the absence of such prohibition, discrimination against federal employees and applicants for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited under current federal law.

Amends federal law to prohibit any federal employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation.

What's happening now November 18, 2005

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 9
D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Oct 28, 2005
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 20, 2005
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 28, 2005
WU, DAVID
· Jul 26, 2005
INSLEE, JAY
· Jul 14, 2005
Meek, Kendrick
· Jul 14, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 30, 2005
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 30, 2005
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jun 30, 2005
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 30, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 30, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3128: Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3128/
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"H.R. 3128: Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3128/.
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H.R. 3128, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3128/.
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