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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-24 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301. | House floor actions |
| 2020-01-24 | Discharge | Committee on Education and Labor discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2020-01-24 | Discharge | Committee on Armed Services discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2020-01-24 | Discharge | Committee on the Judiciary discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2020-01-24 | Discharge | Committee on House Administration discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2020-01-24 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-380, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2019-03-26 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2019-03-26 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2019-03-25 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House committee actions |
| 2019-02-07 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-02-07 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-02-07 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-02-07 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-02-07 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-02-07 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |