[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1590 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1590

 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide protections against 
   pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2015

Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Kirk, and 
 Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide protections against 
   pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTIONS AGAINST PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE.

    Section 701(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e(k)) 
is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``as other persons 
        not so affected but similar in their ability'' and inserting 
        ``as any other applicants for employment with, or employees 
        employed by, the same employer, in work that is performed under 
        similar working conditions, who are not so affected but similar 
        in their temporary ability''; and
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
        ``This subsection shall not permit any labor organization, or 
        agent of such labor organization, representing employees of an 
        employer having employees subject to any provision of this 
        title, directly or through any collective bargaining agreement 
        (agreed to by the labor organization, or agent of such labor 
        organization, and such employer), to cause or attempt to cause 
        such employer to commit an unlawful employment practice against 
        an employee in violation of this subsection.''.
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