US Congress House Bill 3470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-2)
Status: Introduced on September 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2015 This bill prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer (an offer of employment conditioned upon the results of a criminal history inquiry). The bill sets forth positions to which such prohibition shall not apply, such as positions for which prior consideration of criminal history record information is otherwise required by law, positions with law enforcement and national security duties, and positions requiring access to classified information. The bill prohibits agencies from requiring an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Administrator of General Services, and the Secretary of Defense must: (1) establish procedures for submitting complaints about, and taking adverse actions against, agency employees and contractors for violating such prohibitions and for appealing such an adverse action; and (2) issue regulations to implement this Act. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the requirements of this Act. The Department of Labor, in coordination with the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, must study and report every five years on the employment of individuals who are released from federal prison after completing a term of imprisonment for a federal criminal offense.

Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2015

Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2015-11-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2015-09-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-09-10	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-09-10	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-09-10	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-09-10	House	Referred to House Administration
2015-09-10	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-09-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-09-10	House	Introduced in House

SB2021 (Same As) 2016-01-12 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3470/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3470/BILLS-114hr3470ih.pdf