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HR 4729 115th Congress House

Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act

Official title: To require annual reporting by employers of the number of settlements with employees regarding claims of discrimination on the basis of sex, including verbal a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require annual reporting by employers of the number of settlements with employees regarding claims of discrimination on the basis of sex, including verbal and physical sexual harassment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 21, 2017 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Assault and harassment offensesBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversight
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Dec 21, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Dec 21, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1750-1751)
Dec 21, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 21, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act

This bill directs every employer required to submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission an Employer Information Report EEO-1 to include in such report the number of settlements reached in the resolution of claims pertaining to sex discrimination.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 11 Republican 1
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 7, 2018
Esty, Elizabeth
· May 22, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 11, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 13, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 29, 2018
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 16, 2018
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Dec 21, 2017
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Dec 21, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4729: Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4729/
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"H.R. 4729: Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4729/.
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H.R. 4729, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4729/.
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