H.R. 8618: Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-07-29 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-07-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act

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Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act This bill requires every employer that must submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) an Employer Information Report EEO-1 to separately report on an annual basis the number of settlements reached by the employer involving workplace harassment. The bill also requires the EEOC and the Government Accountability Office to report information relating to claims of discrimination.

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Official text

Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 18 cosponsors

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André Carson (D-IN), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr8618.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr8618 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117