[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4738 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4738

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2019

Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Stefanik, and Mrs. Walorski) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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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 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''.
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