H.R. 2694 - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 2694 PDF XML

    (as reported)

    H. Rept. 116-494, Part 1 PDF

    Report from the Committee on Education and Labor to accompany H.R. 2694

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE OF 7-3 on Monday, September 14, 2020.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1107: 
Agreed to by record vote of 216-157, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 219-170, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.

MANAGERS: Scanlon/Woodall

1. Closed rule for H.R. 2574.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee Report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
7. Structured rule for H.R. 2639.
8. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
9. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
10. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-62 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
11. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
12. Section 3 provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 4 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
13. Section 4 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
14. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report and amendments en bloc described in section 4.
15. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
16. Closed rule for H.R. 2694.
17. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor.
18. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
19. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
20. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
21. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

22. Closed rule for H. Res. 908.
23. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
24. Waives all points of order against consideration of the resolution.
25. Provides that the resolution shall be considered as read.
26. Amends H. Res. 967, agreed to May 15, 2020 (as amended by House Resolution 1053, agreed to July 20, 2020): (1) in section 4, by striking "September 21, 2020" and inserting "November 20, 2020"; (2) in section 11, by striking "calendar day of September 20, 2020" and inserting "legislative day of November 20, 2020"; and (3) in section 12, by striking "September 21, 2020" and inserting "November 20, 2020".