HOUSE 1076116th CongressPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.

Fair Chance Act

Last Action: 1/24/2020

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2020-01-24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.
2020-01-24Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
2020-01-24Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
2020-01-24Committee on Armed Services discharged.
2020-01-24Committee on Armed Services discharged.
2020-01-24Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2020-01-24Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2020-01-24Committee on House Administration discharged.
2020-01-24Committee on House Administration discharged.
2020-01-24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-380, Part I.
2020-01-24Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-380, Part I.
2019-03-26Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2019-03-26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-02-07Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Education and Labor, 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.

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CRS Summary

As of 2020-01-24 (08)

Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 or the Fair Chance Act

This bill prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment.

Agencies may not require 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 bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) to issue regulations identifying additional positions with respect to which the prohibition shall not apply.

The OPM, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the GSA, and DOD must (1) establish procedures for submitting complaints about, and taking actions against, agency employees and contractors for violating such prohibitions and for appealing such an action; and (2) issue regulations to implement this bill.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in coordination with the Bureau of the Census, must design and initiate a study on the employment of individuals who are released from federal prison after completing a term of imprisonment for a federal criminal offense.

Cosponsors (20)

Doug Collins (R-GA)
JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
David Trone (D-MD)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Ted Budd (R-NC)
MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
TIM RYAN (D-OH)
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Defense
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Employment discrimination and employee rights
General Services Administration
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Public contracts and procurement

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