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S. 1854 (100th)
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include and regulate a polygraph as a medical device under such Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced
5 November 1987
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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Summary
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to regulate a polygraph as a medical device under such Act. Amends the Civil Rights Act to make it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to sanction polygraph testing procedures which include questions for an employee or an applicant for employment concerning race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to sanction polygraph testing procedures which include questions for an employee or applicant for employment concerning membership in or opinions concerning a labor organization.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 5 November 1987
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1854
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/s/1854