H.R. 493 (IH) - To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. - BILLS-110hr493ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

110th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

January 16, 2007

Action

Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mrs. Biggert, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Castle, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Conyers, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Emanuel, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Engel, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Farr, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gohmert, Ms. Granger, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Herger, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Hoekstra, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Israel, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Latham, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Lucas, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. McCotter, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Mica, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. Porter, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Regula, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Roskam, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Saxton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shays, Mr. Simpson, Ms. Solis, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stark, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Upton, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Walsh of New York, Mr. Wamp, Ms. Watson, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weller of Illinois, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Holt, Mr. Jindal, Mr. LaTourette, and Mr. Tancredo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means, 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

Bill Number

H.R. 493

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Full Title

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.

Sponsors

Louise McIntosh Slaughter(NY)

Cosponsors

Judy Biggert (IL); Anna G. Eshoo (CA); Greg Walden (OR); George Miller (CA); John D. Dingell (MI); Charles B. Rangel (NY); Gary L. Ackerman (NY); Rodney Alexander (LA); Thomas H. Allen (ME); Spencer Bachus (AL); Richard H. Baker (LA); Tammy Baldwin (WI); Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD); Gus M. Bilirakis (FL); Marsha Blackburn (TN); Earl Blumenauer (OR); Mary Bono Mack (CA); Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (LA); Henry E. Brown, Jr. (SC); Ginny Brown-Waite (FL); Dan Burton (IN); Ken Calvert (CA); Shelley Moore Capito (WV); Lois Capps (CA); Michael E. Capuano (MA); Michael N. Castle (DE); Steve Chabot (OH); Ben Chandler (KY); Tom Cole (OK); K. Michael Conaway (TX); John Conyers, Jr. (MI); Susan A. Davis (CA); Tom Davis (VA); Geoff Davis (KY); Diana DeGette (CO); Norman D. Dicks (WA); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Thelma D. Drake (VA); John J. Duncan, Jr. (TN); Vernon J. Ehlers (MI); Rahm Emanuel (IL); Jo Ann Emerson (MO); Eliot L. Engel (NY); Phil English (PA); Sam Farr (CA); Mike Ferguson (NJ); Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ); Elton Gallegly (CA); Jim Gerlach (PA); Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD); Paul E. Gillmor (OH); Louie Gohmert (TX); Kay Granger (TX); Gene Green (TX); Raul M. Grijalva (AZ); Ralph M. Hall (TX); Doc Hastings (WA); Wally Herger (CA); Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD); Ruben Hinojosa (TX); Mazie K. Hirono (HI); David L. Hobson (OH); Peter Hoekstra (MI); Darlene Hooley (OR); Duncan Hunter (CA); Steve Israel (NY); Timothy V. Johnson (IL); Walter B. Jones (NC); Paul E. Kanjorski (PA); Patrick J. Kennedy (RI); Dale E. Kildee (MI); Peter T. King (NY); Mark Kirk (IL); Dennis J. Kucinich (OH); John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. (NY); Ray LaHood (IL); Tom Latham (IA); Ron Lewis (KY); Daniel Lipinski (IL); Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Frank D. Lucas (OK); Carolyn B. Maloney (NY); Donald A. Manzullo (IL); Kenny Marchant (TX); Michael T. McCaul (TX); Betty McCollum (MN); Thaddeus G. McCotter (MI); John M. McHugh (NY); Michael R. McNulty (NY); John L. Mica (FL); James P. Moran (VA); Sue Wilkins Myrick (NC); Randy Neugebauer (TX); Charles W. Norwood (GA); John W. Olver (MA); Stevan Pearce (NM); Joseph R. Pitts (PA); Todd Russell Platts (PA); Jon C. Porter (NV); David E. Price (NC); Deborah Pryce (OH); Adam H. Putnam (FL); Jim Ramstad (MN); Ralph Regula (OH); David G. Reichert (WA); Thomas M. Reynolds (NY); Peter J. Roskam (IL); Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL); Paul D. Ryan (WI); Jim Saxton (NJ); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Adam B. Schiff (CA); Pete Sessions (TX); Christopher Shays (CT); Michael K. Simpson (ID); Hilda L. Solis (CA); Mark E. Souder (IN); Fortney Pete Stark (CA); Mike Thompson (CA); Patrick J. Tiberi (OH); John F. Tierney (MA); Tom Udall (NM); Fred Upton (MI); Chris Van Hollen (MD); James T. Walsh (NY); Zach Wamp (TN); Diane E. Watson (CA); Henry A. Waxman (CA); Jerry Weller (IL); Robert Wexler (FL); Ed Whitfield (KY); Roger F. Wicker (MS); Joe Wilson (SC); Frank R. Wolf (VA); Lynn C. Woolsey (CA); John A. Yarmuth (KY); C. W. Bill Young (FL); Joseph Crowley (NY); Rush Holt (NJ); Bobby Jindal (LA); Steven C. LaTourette (OH); Thomas G. Tancredo (CO)

Committees

Committee on Education and Labor (Standing), Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

United States Code References

2 U.S.C. 1301, 1311 and 1381
3 U.S.C. 411(c) and Chapter 5
29 U.S.C. 1132, 1182, 1191a, 1191b, 2613, 651 and 701
30 U.S.C. 801et seq.
42 U.S.C. 12101, 12112, 1311, 1320d, 1320d-2, 1320d-5, 1320d-6, 1395ss, 1981a, 1988, 2000e, 2000e-16, 2000e-16b, 2000e-16c, 2000e-2, 2000e-4, 2011, 300gg-1, 300gg-21, 300gg-22, 300gg-51, 300gg-61 and 300gg-91