3.0.0 7568 2022-12-29T23:18:23Z 2022-12-29T23:18:23Z House HR 2022-04-25 117 [Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 67 (Monday, April 25, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. NORTON:H.R. 7568.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.[Page H4459]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2022-04-25T16:30:30Z 2022-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2022-04-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E401-402) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2022-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2022-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES N Law Law 00 2022-04-25 Introduced in House 2022-10-28T20:15:41Z District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act

This bill provides for coverage of certain employees of the District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act of 1977. The act prohibits discrimination in the District on the basis of certain protected characteristics (e.g., race) in a variety of settings, including employment.

The bill specifies that nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts and employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered to be employees, and the courts and public defender service shall be considered to be employers, under the act.

The bill also excludes complaints of discrimination that are filed against the courts or public defender service from the District's procedures for handling complaints of governmental discrimination.

]]> District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act Display Title District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act Short Title(s) as Introduced District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To provide for coverage of employees of the District of Columbia courts and the District of Columbia Public Defender Service under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr7568ih/xml/BILLS-117hr7568ih.xml 2022-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. 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.