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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020

Introduced: April 28, 2020 Introduced by: Bonamici, Suzanne Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 2, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464.
Nov 2, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-566.
Jul 29, 2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 29, 2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
May 4, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Apr 28, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 28, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020

This bill addresses sexual harassment and sexual assault involving personnel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Specifically, the bill

  • expands coverage of NOAA's sexual harassment prevention and response policy to include personnel such as observers and at-sea monitors, and voting members and executive and administrative staff of regional fishery management councils;
  • directs NOAA to provide a mechanism for anonymous reports of sexual harassment to its Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights and sexual assault to its Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Program;
  • requires NOAA to ensure that allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment are investigated thoroughly and promptly;
  • provides for a restricted reporting structure that allows survivors of sexual assault to receive services without triggering an investigative process;
  • revises reporting requirements on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and equal opportunity employment; and
  • removes the requirements that acts of assault, resistance, opposition, intimidation, sexual harassment, bribery, or interference with a fishery observer be forcible in nature and occur on a vessel to be unlawful.
What's happening now November 2, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2782 Related bill A bill to improve provisions of law relating to sexual harassment and assault prevention at the National Oceanic and At…
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Apr 28, 2020
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Apr 28, 2020
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Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 28, 2020
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Apr 28, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6636: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6636/
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"H.R. 6636: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6636/.
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H.R. 6636, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6636/.
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