3.0.0 4455 2023-01-15T04:49:03Z 2023-01-15T04:49:03Z House H HR 2004-05-20 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-28T17:28:17Z Referred to 2004-05-20T14:04:20Z 2004-06-28 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Committee 2004-05-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E952) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-20 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES N Commerce Age discrimination Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Damages Disabled Discrimination in insurance Families Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Injunctions Law Legal fees Licenses Minorities Racial discrimination Religion Religious liberty Sexual orientation Social Welfare Surety and fidelity Commerce 00 2004-05-20 Introduced in House 2004-06-15T20:00:12Z Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act - Cites activities that constitute unlawful discrimination by a surety against an applicant in a surety bond transaction, including denial: (1) on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; or (2) because the applicant previously obtained a bond through a certain bonding assistance program or any special purpose bonding program.

Requires a surety to notify an applicant of action on the surety application within ten days of its filing.

Entitles an applicant against whom adverse action is taken to a statement of reasons for such action.

Subjects a surety to liability to the aggrieved applicant for both actual damages and legal costs for noncompliance with this Act.

Mandates full compliance with this Act as a condition for approval as surety by the Secretary of the Treasury.]]>

Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act Display Title Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act Official Title as Introduced To prohibit discrimination on the basis of certain factors with respect to any aspect of a surety bond transaction. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act Introduced in House 2004-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4455ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4455ih.xml 2004-06-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.