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HR 8146 117th Congress House

Accountability for Workplace Misconduct Act

Official title: To provide that certain agreements containing nondisclosure clauses regarding claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation shall not be enforceable, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 21, 2022 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Jun 17, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 17, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 17, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Accountability for Workplace Misconduct Act

This bill requires employers to establish a process for receiving and investigating allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. It also limits the use of nondisclosure clauses in certain settlement agreements.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8
D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 28, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Jul 12, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Jul 12, 2022
 D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Jun 22, 2022
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Jun 22, 2022
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Jun 21, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 21, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 21, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jun 21, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8146: Accountability for Workplace Misconduct Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8146/
MLA
"H.R. 8146: Accountability for Workplace Misconduct Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8146/.
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H.R. 8146, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8146/.
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