Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:

Congress Number

116th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

March 13, 2019

Action

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Mr. Markey, Mr. Jones, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Harris, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Casey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Peters, Mr. Brown, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Smith, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Coons, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Carper, Mr. Udall, Mr. Tester, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. King, Mr. Warner, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Bill Number

S. 788

Bill Version

Introduced in Senate (IS)

Short Title

Equality Act

Full Title

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Jeff Merkley(OR)

Cosponsors

Susan M. Collins (ME); Tammy Baldwin (WI); Cory A. Booker (NJ); Edward J. Markey (MA); Doug Jones (AL); Sheldon Whitehouse (RI); Richard Blumenthal (CT); Patrick J. Leahy (VT); Kamala D. Harris (CA); Maria Cantwell (WA); Chris Van Hollen (MD); Debbie Stabenow (MI); Patty Murray (WA); Elizabeth Warren (MA); Ron Wyden (OR); Catherine Cortez Masto (NV); Amy Klobuchar (MN); Benjamin L. Cardin (MD); Jacky Rosen (NV); Robert P. Casey Jr. (PA); Bernard Sanders (VT); Gary C. Peters (MI); Sherrod Brown (OH); Robert Menendez (NJ); Tina Smith (MN); Jack Reed (RI); Jeanne Shaheen (NH); Christopher A. Coons (DE); Tim Kaine (VA); Martin Heinrich (NM); Margaret Wood Hassan (NH); Michael F. Bennet (CO); Christopher Murphy (CT); Thomas R. Carper (DE); Tom Udall (NM); Jon Tester (MT); Richard J. Durbin (IL); Dianne Feinstein (CA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (NY); Brian Schatz (HI); Tammy Duckworth (IL); Angus S. King Jr. (ME); Mark R. Warner (VA); Mazie K. Hirono (HI); Charles E. Schumer (NY); Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)

Committees

Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)

United States Code References

2 U.S.C. 1301 and 1311
5 U.S.C. Chapter 23
15 U.S.C. 1691, 1691a, 1691d and 1691e
28 U.S.C. Chapter 121
42 U.S.C. 1311, 1983, 1985, 2000a, 2000a-1, 2000b, 2000bb, 2000c, 2000c-6, 2000c-9, 2000d, 2000e, 2000e-16, 2000e-16a, 2000e-2, 2000e-3, 2000h, 2000h-2, 2000h-5, 2000h-6, 3601, 3602 and 3631