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H.R. 4668 114th Congress House

Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act

Official title: To affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary.

Introduced: March 2, 2016 Introduced by: Tammy Duckworth Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Employment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 2, 2016
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 Latest action March 2, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act

This bill revises personnel management and merit system requirements that protect certain federal employees against discrimination to include a provision that prohibits personnel actions from being made on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Apr 12, 2016
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 16, 2016
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 15, 2016
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 15, 2016
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 15, 2016
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 2, 2016
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 2, 2016
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 2016
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 2, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4668: Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4668/
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"H.R. 4668: Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4668/.
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H.R. 4668, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4668/.
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