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H.R. 6636: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020

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H.R. 6636: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2020-04-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-04-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020

Plain summary

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020 This bill addresses sexual harassment and sexual assault involving personnel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Specifically, the bill expands coverage of NOAA's sexual harassment prevention and response policy to include personnel such as observers and at-sea monitors, and voting members and executive and administrative staff of regional fishery management councils; directs NOAA to provide a mechanism for anonymous reports of sexual harassment to its Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights and sexual assault to its Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Program; requires NOAA to ensure that allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment are investigated thoroughly and promptly; provides for a restricted reporting structure that allows survivors of sexual assault to receive services without triggering an investigative process; revises reporting requirements on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and equal opportunity employment; and removes the requirements that acts of assault, resistance, opposition, intimidation, sexual harassment, bribery, or interference with a fishery observer be forcible in nature and occur on a vessel to be unlawful.

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Official text

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6636, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020 (2020-10-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ed Case (D-HI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6636 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116