3.0.0 1819 2023-01-11T13:38:34Z 2023-01-11T13:38:34Z Senate S 2017-09-14 115 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-14T21:17:19Z 2017-09-14 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-09-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-09-14 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-09-14 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-09-14 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-09-14 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-09-14 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-09-14 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-09-14 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-09-14 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-09-14 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-09-14 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-09-14 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-09-14 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-09-14 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-09-14 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-09-14 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-09-14 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2017-09-14 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-09-14 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-09-14 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-09-14 True Finance and Financial Sector Consumer credit Employment discrimination and employee rights Personnel records Finance and Financial Sector 00 2017-09-14 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-14T22:05:19Z Equal Employment for All Act of 2017

This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit an employer from using a consumer report containing credit information for either employment purposes or for making an adverse employment action.

The bill makes exceptions to the prohibition when: (1) the consumer applies for, or currently holds, employment that requires a national security clearance, or (2) a consumer report is otherwise required by law.


]]> Equal Employment for All Act of 2017 Display Title Equal Employment for All Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Equal Employment for All Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1819is/xml/BILLS-115s1819is.xml 2017-09-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.