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Main Subject: International Affairs

Dignity for People with Disabilities in the Foreign Service Act

This bill replaces several references to handicapping condition with disability in the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

For example, an existing provision requiring the Department of State to prescribe regulations to ensure that Foreign Service members and applicants are free from discrimination on the basis of a handicapping condition is amended to require regulations to ensure that Foreign Service members and individuals are free from discrimination on the basis of a disability.

House floor actions Actions

IntroReferral
Jun. 09 2022	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Jun. 09 2022	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House bill HR8011-117

To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to revise the terminology used to prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities serving in the Foreign Service.

House bill HR8011-117

To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to revise the terminology used to prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities serving in the Foreign Service.

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