Skip to main content

H.R. 1065—Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

H.R. 1065 - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Hearing Information

Meeting Information

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 3:30pm Cisco Webex View Announcement »

Bill Text

Text of H.R. 1065PDFXML

(as reported)

H. Rept. 117-27, Part 1 PDF

Report from the Committee on Education and Labor to accompany H.R. 1065

Hearing Documents

H. Res. 379 PDF

H. Rept. 117-28 PDF

Report from the Committee on House Administration to accompany H. Res. 379

Rule PDF

H. Res. 380PDFXML

H. Rept. 117-29PDF

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 380:
Agreed to by record vote of 214-217, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 212-206, on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

MANAGERS: Perlmutter/Reschenthaler

1. Structured rule for H.R. 2547.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services or their designees.
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 Financial Services 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 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 3 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debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the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.
7. Provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Financial Services or her 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 Financial Services or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
8. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee Report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.
9. Provides one motion to recommit.
10. Closed rule for H.R. 1065.
11. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees.
12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
13. 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.
14. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
15. Provides one motion to recommit.

16. Provides that at any time through the legislative day of Friday, May 14, 2021, the Speaker may entertain motions offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the House suspend the rules with respect to multiple measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative days of May 11 or 12, 2021, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered and further proceedings postponed. The Chair shall put the question on any such motion without debate or intervening motion, and the ordering of the yeas and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with respect to such measures is vacated.
17. House Resolution 379 is hereby adopted.

Amendments (click each header to sort table by that column)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Foxx (NC)RepublicanSUBSTITUTE Includes the text of H.R. 1065 and adds Section 702(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ensure religious organizations can make religiously based employment decisions.Submitted
2Version 1Tiffany, Thomas (WI), Herrell (NM)RepublicanBars employers from requiring any pregnant woman to get a COVID vaccine as a condition of employment.Submitted

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 74

Motion by Mr. Cole to add language to the rule that would eliminate the tolling of days for Resolutions of Inquiry. Defeated: 4–8

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chair
Nay
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 75

Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule for H.R. 2547 and H.R. 1065. Defeated: 4–8

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chair
Nay
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 76

Motion by Mrs. Fischbach to amend the rule to H.R. 1065 to make in order amendment #1, offered by Rep. Foxx (NC), which includes the text of H.R. 1065 and adds Section 702(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ensure religious organizations can make religiously based employment decisions. Defeated: 4–8

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chair
Nay
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 77

Motion by Mr. Perlmutter to report the rule. Adopted: 8–4

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mrs. Torres
Yea
Mr. Perlmutter
Yea
Mr. Raskin
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Morelle
Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier
Yea
Ms. Ross
Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chair
Yea
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay