SJRES 10
114th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
District of Columbia
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 18, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Congress disapproves the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20-593), signed by the Mayor of the District on January 23, 2015, and transmitted on March 6, 2015, to Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
D.C. Act 20-593:
- amends the Human Rights Act of 1977 to protect individuals from discrimination by an employer, employment agency, or labor organization, based on an individual's or dependent's reproductive health decisions; and
- defines reproductive health decisions to include a decision by an employee, his or her dependent, or the employee's spouse related to the use or intended use of a particular drug, device, or medical service, including the use or intended use of contraception or fertility control or the planned or intended initiation or termination of a pregnancy.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1