Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting Act

H.R. 5842 · 117th Congress · Nov 3, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To deter, prevent, reduce, and respond to harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, and harassment based on protected categories; and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax treatment of amounts related to employment discrimination and harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, and harassment based on protected categories.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting Act” or the “EMPOWER Act”.

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Nov 3, 2021viewing Introduced in House Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida (for herself, Mr. Katko, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Underwood, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Crist, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Foster, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Ms. Kuster, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Manning, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Newman, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Speier, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wild, and Mr. Rush) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and Financial Services, 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

Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting Act

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