Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3229 To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 13, 2021 Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mr. SMUCKER, and Mr. TAYLOR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pregnancy Discrimina- 4 tion Amendment Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROTECTIONS AGAINST PREGNANCY DISCRIMINA- 6 TION IN THE WORKPLACE. 7 Section 701(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 8 U.S.C. 2000e(k)) is amended in the first sentence, by 9 striking ‘‘as other persons not so affected but similar in 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:01 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3229.IH H3229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3229 IH their ability’’ and inserting ‘‘as any other applicants for 1 employment with, or employees employed by, the same em- 2 ployer, in work that is performed under similar working 3 conditions, who are not so affected but similar in their 4 temporary ability’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:01 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3229.IH H3229 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS