US HB1588 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 63-4)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Common Sense English Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that, notwithstanding any other equal employment opportunity provisions of the Act, it is not an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require employees to speak English while engaged in work.

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Title

Common Sense English Act

Sponsors

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]Rep. Nathan Deal [R-GA]
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]Rep. John Kline [R-MN]Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

History

DateChamberAction
2009-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2009-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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