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HR 5194 115th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Employment discrimination and employee rights Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Women's employment Women's health

Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

Introduced: March 7, 2018 Introduced by: Walberg, Tim Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 7, 2018
Introduced in House
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Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

This bill amends provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protect against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace to provide for women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to be treated the same for all employment-related purposes as any other persons who are applicants for employment with, or employees of, the same employer in work that is performed under similar working conditions and who are not so affected but are similar in their temporary ability or inability to work.

The bill makes such treatment applicable to existing prohibited categories of employment discrimination on the basis of sex or because of sex.

What's happening now March 7, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
Jenkins, Lynn
· Mar 7, 2018
Noem, Kristi
· Mar 7, 2018
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Mar 7, 2018
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Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Mar 7, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5194: Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5194/
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"H.R. 5194: Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5194/.
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H.R. 5194, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5194/.
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