S 387 116th Congress Senate 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 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

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Apr 10, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 69.

Apr 10, 2019

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-33.

Feb 13, 2019

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Feb 7, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Feb 7, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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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 April 10, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 69.

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