[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4668 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4668

 To affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on 
the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and to repudiate any 
                       assertion to the contrary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2016

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
Lynch, Ms. Norton, Mr. Nadler, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on 
the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and to repudiate any 
                       assertion to the contrary.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL 
              ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY PROHIBITED.

    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 or gender 
                identity;''.
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