H.R. 321: Equal Employment for All Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-19 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Equal Employment for All Act

Plain summary

Equal Employment for All Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a current or prospective employer from using a consumer report or an investigative consumer report, or from causing one to be procured, for either employment purposes or for making an adverse action, if the report contains information that bears upon the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity. Makes exceptions to such prohibition for employment: (1) which requires a national security or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) clearance; (2) with a state or local government agency which otherwise requires use of a consumer report; or (3) in a supervisory, managerial, professional, or executive position at a financial institution.

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Official text

Equal Employment for All Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · 37 cosponsors

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Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), André Carson (D-IN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] reported raising $785,039 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr321.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr321 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112