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H.R. 2991 (97th)
A bill to require Federal agencies to report to the Congress concerning rules and regulations which result in different treatment based on gender and to ensure that words and the effect of words in Federal statutes and regulations are gender-neutral.
Introduced
2 April 1981
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Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights.
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4 February 2025
Summary
Requires the head of each Executive agency to identify agency rules, regulations, or policies that result in different treatment based on gender and to report proposals to eliminate such sex-based discrimination to Congress annually. Directs all agencies to use words that are neutral as to gender in all rules, regulations, documents, and other writings, except where impracticable or inappropriate.
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 April 1981
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/2991
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/hr/2991