Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2015
Subject: 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: 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: Government operations and politics
Description: Fair Chance Act Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits an executive agency, including the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the Executive Office of the President, from requesting an applicant for federal employment to disclose criminal history record information before a conditional offer of employment is made to the applicant. Exceptions to this prohibition are allowed for positions that, by law, require consideration of criminal history, that involve sensitive or classified information, that are law enforcement positions, or that are positions identified in regulations by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as requiring consideration of criminal history information. The OPM regulations must be consistent with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other relevant federal civil rights laws. OPM must develop, implement, and publish a policy to assist agency employees in complying with the disclosure prohibition and a complaint process for employment applicants who are improperly asked to disclose their criminal history information. OPM shall take adverse action against any agency employee who violates the disclosure prohibition. The bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the federal judicial code to apply the disclosure prohibition to the legislative and judicial branches, respectively. (Sec. 3) The bill: (1) prohibits an executive agency from requiring an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a civilian agency or defense contract to disclose criminal history record information before a conditional offer is made with respect to such contract; and (2) requires, as a condition of receiving a contract and payments, that a contractor may not request the disclosure of criminal history record information about an applicant for a position related to work under such contract before the contractor extends a conditional offer to the applicant. Exceptions to the prohibition include sensitive positions, positions that, by law, require consideration of criminal history, and other positions identified in General Services Administration regulations as requiring consideration of criminal history information. (Sec. 4) The Bureau of Justice Statistics in the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Bureau of the Census, must design and initiate a study on the employment of individuals (not including aliens who have been or will be removed from the United States for a violation of the immigration laws) who have completed a prison term for a federal criminal offense. The study must use demographic data and data on employment and earnings of such individuals who are denied employment, including the reasons for denial. The Bureau must report on such study to specified congressional committees not later than two years after the enactment of this Act and every five years thereafter. Such report may not include any personally identifiable information.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.
Last Action Date: January 12, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2021/all-info
Companion Bill: HB3470
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18 sponsors: Cory Booker (D); Ron Johnson (R); Tammy Baldwin (D); Joni Ernst (R); Sherrod Brown (D); Gary Peters (D); Rob Portman (R); Patty Murray (D); Tim Kaine (D); Al Franken (D); Ron Wyden (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Patrick Leahy (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Richard Durbin (D); Mark Warner (D); Robert Casey (D); Thomas Carper (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 12 2016 | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-200. |
| Senate | Jan 12 2016 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344. |
| Senate | Oct 7 2015 | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| Senate | Sep 10 2015 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6606-6608) |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 14 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 13 2016 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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