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Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextSupporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence with respect to discrimination and harassment faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in schools. 4/23/2007--Introduced. Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each city and state to adopt laws to prohibit discrimination and harassment against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
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Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3625) Bill TextA bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Responsible Education About Life Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged but not required to provide matching funds. Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including delaying sexual and high-risk activity, preventing pregnancy and disease (including HIV/AIDS), and increasing contraceptive knowledge. Requires states receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the state's program by an external, independent entity.
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Latest Action: 09/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12087-12089) Bill TextA bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. 4/12/2007--Introduced. Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence under federal law or a felony under state, local, or Indian tribal laws; and (2) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim or is a violation of state, local, or tribal hate crime laws. Directs the Attorney General to give priority for such assistance: (1) with respect to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one state; and (2) to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Bill TextTo amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the readiness of the Armed Forces by replacing the current policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, referred to as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2007 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation against any member of the Armed Forces or any person seeking to become a member. Authorizes the re-accession into the Armed Forces of otherwise qualified individuals previously separated for homosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexual conduct. Requires such Secretaries to ensure that regulations governing the personal conduct [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextA bill to affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary. 5/9/2007--Introduced. Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act - Repudiates, in order to dispel any public confusion, any assertion that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Prohibits any federal employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation. Affirms that, in the absence of such prohibition, discrimination against federal employees and applicants for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation is already prohibited under current law.
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Latest Action: 05/07/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextTo provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Defines "hate crime" as a violent act causing death or bodily injury because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability of the victim. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of a state, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency, to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence; (2) constitutes a felony under state, local, or Tribal laws; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Alcohol and youth, Budgets, Career education, Child development, Child health, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Contraceptives, Drug abuse, Drugs and youth, Education, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Families, Federal aid to health facilities, Finance, Health education, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Marriage, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, Multicultural education, Parent and child, Personal budgets, Premarital sex, Preventive medicine, Sex education, Sexual abstinence, Sexually transmitted diseases, Social services, Teenage pregnancy
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Responsible Education About Life Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged but not required to provide matching funds. Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including delaying sexual and high-risk activity, preventing pregnancy and disease (including HIV/AIDS), and increasing contraceptive knowledge. Requires states receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the state's program by an external, independent entity.
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Latest Action: 09/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. 4/24/2007--Introduced. Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity by covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees). Prohibits preferential treatment or quotas. Allows only disparate treatment claims. Prohibits related retaliation. Makes this Act inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; and (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces. States that this Act does not repeal or modify any federal, state, territorial, or local law creating a special right or preference concerning employment for a veteran. Provides for the construction of this Act with regard to: (1) enforcement by employers of rules and policies; (2) sexual harassment; (3) certain shared [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Bill TextTo affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary. 5/9/2007--Introduced. Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act - Repudiates, in order to dispel any public confusion, any assertion that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Prohibits any federal employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation. Affirms that, in the absence of such prohibition, discrimination against federal employees and applicants for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation is already prohibited under current law.
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Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479. Bill TextTo prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 11/7/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 - (Sec. 4) Makes it an unlawful employment practice for covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees) to discriminate against an individual on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation, including actions based on the actual or perceived sexual orientation of a person with whom the individual associates or has associated. Prohibits preferential treatment or quotas. Allows only disparate treatment claims. (Sec. 5) Makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against an individual because the individual opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this Act or made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479. Bill TextTo prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 11/7/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 - (Sec. 4) Makes it an unlawful employment practice for covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees) to discriminate against an individual on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation, including actions based on the actual or perceived sexual orientation of a person with whom the individual associates or has associated. Prohibits preferential treatment or quotas. Allows only disparate treatment claims. (Sec. 5) Makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against an individual because the individual opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this Act or made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextA bill to affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary. 5/9/2007--Introduced. Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act - Repudiates, in order to dispel any public confusion, any assertion that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Prohibits any federal employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation. Affirms that, in the absence of such prohibition, discrimination against federal employees and applicants for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation is already prohibited under current law.
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Bill TextTo affirm that Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary. 5/9/2007--Introduced. Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act - Repudiates, in order to dispel any public confusion, any assertion that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Prohibits any federal employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation. Affirms that, in the absence of such prohibition, discrimination against federal employees and applicants for federal employment on the basis of sexual orientation is already prohibited under current law.
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Latest Action: 09/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. 4/24/2007--Introduced. Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity by covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees). Prohibits preferential treatment or quotas. Allows only disparate treatment claims. Prohibits related retaliation. Makes this Act inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; and (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces. States that this Act does not repeal or modify any federal, state, territorial, or local law creating a special right or preference concerning employment for a veteran. Provides for the construction of this Act with regard to: (1) enforcement by employers of rules and policies; (2) sexual harassment; (3) certain shared [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Civil rights, Commemorations, Discrimination in education, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Higher education, Homosexuality, Local laws, School personnel, Sex change, Sex discrimination, Sexual harassment, Special days, State and local government, State laws, Students, Teachers
Latest Action: 07/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextSupporting the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence with respect to discrimination and harassment faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in schools. 4/23/2007--Introduced. Supports the goals and ideals of the Day of Silence (during which students vow to remain silent to bring attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in schools). Encourages each city and state to adopt laws to prohibit discrimination and harassment against students, teachers, and other school staff regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Arson, Budgets, Child abuse, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Congressional reporting requirements, Crime prevention, Crimes against women, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Criminal statistics, Disabled, Emergency management, Executive departments, Explosives, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal-state relations, Firearms, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Hate crimes, Indian law enforcement, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Kidnapping, Law, Minorities, Murder, Police training, Prejudice, Prosecution, Racial discrimination, Rape, Religion, Religious liberty, Rural affairs, Rural crime, Sentencing guidelines, Sex crimes, Sex discrimination, State and local government, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Victims of crimes, Violence, Women, Youth violence
Latest Action: 09/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12087-12089) Bill TextA bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. 4/12/2007--Introduced. Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence under federal law or a felony under state, local, or Indian tribal laws; and (2) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim or is a violation of state, local, or tribal hate crime laws. Directs the Attorney General to give priority for such assistance: (1) with respect to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one state; and (2) to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Alcohol and youth, Budgets, Career education, Child development, Child health, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Contraceptives, Drug abuse, Drugs and youth, Education, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Families, Federal aid to health facilities, Finance, Health education, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Marriage, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, Multicultural education, Parent and child, Personal budgets, Premarital sex, Preventive medicine, Sex education, Sexual abstinence, Sexually transmitted diseases, Social services, Teenage pregnancy
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3625) Bill TextA bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Responsible Education About Life Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged but not required to provide matching funds. Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including delaying sexual and high-risk activity, preventing pregnancy and disease (including HIV/AIDS), and increasing contraceptive knowledge. Requires states receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the state's program by an external, independent entity.
Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Alcohol and youth, Budgets, Career education, Child development, Child health, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Contraceptives, Drug abuse, Drugs and youth, Education, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Families, Federal aid to health facilities, Finance, Health education, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Marriage, Medical care, Medicine, Minorities, Multicultural education, Parent and child, Personal budgets, Premarital sex, Preventive medicine, Sex education, Sexual abstinence, Sexually transmitted diseases, Social services, Teenage pregnancy
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Responsible Education About Life Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged but not required to provide matching funds. Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including delaying sexual and high-risk activity, preventing pregnancy and disease (including HIV/AIDS), and increasing contraceptive knowledge. Requires states receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the state's program by an external, independent entity.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Arson, Budgets, Child abuse, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Communications, Congressional reporting requirements, Crime prevention, Crimes against women, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Criminal statistics, Disabled, Emergency management, Executive departments, Explosives, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal-state relations, Firearms, Freedom of speech, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hate crimes, Indian law enforcement, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Kidnapping, Law, Minorities, Murder, Police training, Prejudice, Prosecution, Racial discrimination, Rape, Religion, Religious liberty, Rural affairs, Rural crime, Sentencing guidelines, Sex crimes, Sex discrimination, State and local government, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Victims of crimes, Violence, Women, Youth violence
Latest Action: 05/07/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextTo provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Defines "hate crime" as a violent act causing death or bodily injury because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability of the victim. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of a state, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency, to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence; (2) constitutes a felony under state, local, or Tribal laws; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Civil rights, Coast guard, Criminal justice, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Discrimination in employment, Executive departments, Families, Homosexuality, Law, Military and naval offenses, Military dependents, Military discharges, Military personnel, Nondiscrimination provisions
Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Bill TextTo amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the readiness of the Armed Forces by replacing the current policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, referred to as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 2/28/2007--Introduced. Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2007 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation against any member of the Armed Forces or any person seeking to become a member. Authorizes the re-accession into the Armed Forces of otherwise qualified individuals previously separated for homosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexual conduct. Requires such Secretaries to ensure that regulations governing the personal conduct [...] show full description
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