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HR 4959 113th Congress House

EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act

Official title: To direct the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to maintain up-to-date information on its website regarding charges and actions brought by the Commission, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 25, 2014 Introduced by: Hudson, Richard Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Age discriminationAlternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversight
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Disability and health-based discriminationEmployment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment information and archivesGovernment liabilityGovernment studies and investigationsJudicial review and appealsLegal fees and court costsPerformance measurementRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Sep 17, 2014
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral.
Jun 25, 2014
Introduced in House
Jun 25, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 Latest action September 17, 2014

Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Prior to Referral.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act - Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to provide information on its public website regarding each case brought in court by the EEOC after a judgment is made with respect to any cause of action.

Requires such information to include: (1) instances in which the EEOC was ordered to pay fees and costs; (2) cases in which a sanction was imposed on the EEOC; (3) the total number of charges of an alleged unlawful employment practice filed under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (4) cases of systemic discrimination, including pattern or practice discrimination.

Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit the EEOC from bringing a suit unless it exhausts its obligation to engage in an informal conciliation and certifies that conciliation is at impasse.

Makes the determination as to whether the EEOC has engaged in a bona fide conciliation subject to judicial review.

Directs the EEOC Inspector General to notify Congress of any sanctions, fees, or costs imposed on the EEOC by a court. Requires the Inspector General to investigate such cases and the EEOC to report to Congress regarding the steps being taken to reduce such instances.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4959: EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4959/
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