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IB Union Calendar No. 170 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3128 [Report No. 109–313] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 30, 2005 Mr. Waxman (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Foley, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Engel, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform November 18, 2005 Additional sponsors: Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Honda, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Wu, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Filner, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Capuano, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Berman, Mr. Sabo, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Payne, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, and Mr. Fattah November 18, 2005 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act.

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Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation prohibited

(a)

Repudiation

In order to dispel any public confusion, Congress hereby repudiates any assertion that Federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. (b)

Affirmation

It is the sense of Congress that, in the absence of the amendment made by subsection (c), discrimination against Federal employees and applicants for Federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited by section 2302(b)(10) of title 5, United States Code. (c)

Amendment

Section 2302(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1)by striking or at the end of subparagraph (D); (2)by inserting or at the end of subparagraph (E); and (3)by adding at the end the following: (F)on the basis of sexual orientation..

November 18, 2005 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed