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HRES 428 114th Congress House Congress Congressional officers and employees Employment discrimination and employee rights House of Representatives Legislative rules and procedure Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.

Introduced: September 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
Sep 17, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from discharging and refusing to hire an individual or otherwise discriminate against them with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of their actual or perceived:

  • race,
  • color,
  • religion,
  • sex (including marital or parental status),
  • disability,
  • age, or
  • national origin.

Adds an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity to this list.

What's happening now September 17, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 20
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 16, 2015
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Dec 16, 2015
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 28, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 28, 2015
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 26, 2015
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 26, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Oct 26, 2015
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 26, 2015
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 22, 2015
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Oct 21, 2015
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 21, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Oct 20, 2015
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Oct 20, 2015
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Oct 20, 2015
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 16, 2015
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 9, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Oct 7, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 6, 2015
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Oct 5, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 428: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-428/
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"H. Res. 428: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-428/.
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H. Res. 428, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-428/.
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[H. Res. 428: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-428/)
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