HR 1076 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal justice information and records Department of Defense Employee hiring Employee performance Employment discrimination and employee rights General Services Administration Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Military procurement, research, weapons development Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Public contracts and procurement

Fair Chance Act

Introduced: February 7, 2019 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jan 24, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.

Jan 24, 2020

Committee on Education and Labor discharged.

Jan 24, 2020

Committee on Armed Services discharged.

Jan 24, 2020

Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

Jan 24, 2020

Committee on House Administration discharged.

Jan 24, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-380, Part I.

Mar 26, 2019

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Mar 26, 2019

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Mar 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Feb 7, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Feb 7, 2019

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 or the Fair Chance Act

This bill prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment.

Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee.

The bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) to issue regulations identifying additional positions with respect to which the prohibition shall not apply.

The OPM, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the GSA, and DOD must (1) establish procedures for submitting complaints about, and taking actions against, agency employees and contractors for violating such prohibitions and for appealing such an action; and (2) issue regulations to implement this bill.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in coordination with the Bureau of the Census, must design and initiate a study on the employment of individuals who are released from federal prison after completing a term of imprisonment for a federal criminal offense.

What's happening now January 24, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.

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