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H.R. 135: Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019

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H.R. 135: Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-03 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 33 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR135 (2019-01-15), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019

Plain summary

Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019 This bill requires each federal agency to establish a model Equal Employment Opportunity Program that is independent of the agency's Human Capital or General Counsel office, and it establishes requirements related to complaints of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. An agency must publish a notice of any final agency action or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appellate decision involving a finding of prohibited discrimination or retaliation, and it must report certain data with respect to specified equal opportunity complaints. Each agency must establish a system to track complaints of discrimination and include a notation of any adverse action taken against an employee for discrimination or retaliation in the employee's personnel record. The EEOC must refer to the Office of Special Counsel a matter about which it issues an appellate decision involving a finding of discrimination or retaliation within a federal agency, and the Office of Special Counsel shall accept and review such referral for purposes of seeking disciplinary action. An employee who has authority to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action shall not implement or enforce a nondisclosure policy that prohibits or restricts an employee from disclosing information relating to (1) a violation of any law, rule, or regulation; (2) mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority; (3) a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; or (4) any other whistle-blower protection.

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Official text

Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 135, Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019 (2019-11-18)

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Recorded votes

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr135 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116