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H.R. 7568 117th Congress House

District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Official title: To provide for coverage of employees of the District of Columbia courts and the District of Columbia Public Defender Service under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 25, 2022 Introduced by: Eleanor Holmes Norton Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Apr 25, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Apr 25, 2022
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E401-402)
Apr 25, 2022
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 Latest action April 25, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act

This bill provides for coverage of certain employees of the District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act of 1977. The act prohibits discrimination in the District on the basis of certain protected characteristics (e.g., race) in a variety of settings, including employment.

The bill specifies that nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts and employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered to be employees, and the courts and public defender service shall be considered to be employers, under the act.

The bill also excludes complaints of discrimination that are filed against the courts or public defender service from the District's procedures for handling complaints of governmental discrimination.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7568: District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7568/
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"H.R. 7568: District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7568/.
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H.R. 7568, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7568/.
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