H.R. 493 - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
Civil rights.
- Sponsor:
- Louise Slaughter
- Summary:
- This bill would forbid insurance companies and employers to discriminate based on personal or family genetic information. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has become law.
- Amendments:
- 1 proposed amendment. 1 accepted. View amendments
Senate Vote: On Passage
PASSED on April 24, 2008.
1/2 required to pass
voted YES: 95
voted NO: 0
5 voted present/not voting
Other Votes:
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
H.R. 493 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- This bill would forbid insurance companies and employers to discriminate based on personal or family genetic information. (by CRS)
- Learn More
- At OpenCongress
- Title
- To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.
- Other Titles
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
- Sponsor
- Louise Slaughter
- Co-Sponsors
- Neil Abercrombie
- Gary Ackerman
- Rodney Alexander
- Thomas Allen
- Spencer Bachus
- Richard Baker
- Tammy Baldwin
- Roscoe Bartlett
- Shelley Berkley
- Howard Berman
- Robert Berry
- Judy Biggert
- Timothy Bishop
- Marsha Blackburn
- Earl Blumenauer
- Mary Bono Mack
- Frederick Boucher
- Henry Brown
- Virginia Brown-Waite
- Dan Burton
- Ken Calvert
- Shelley Capito
- Lois Capps
- Michael Capuano
- Michael Castle
- Steven Chabot
- William Clay
- Tom Cole
- John Conyers
- Jim Cooper
- Jerry Costello
- Robert Cramer
- Joseph Crowley
- Elijah Cummings
- Artur Davis
- Susan Davis
- Danny Davis
- Jo Ann Davis
- Thomas Davis
- Peter DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- Rosa DeLauro
- Norman Dicks
- John Dingell
- Lloyd Doggett
- Michael Doyle
- John Duncan
- Vernon Ehlers
- Rahm Emanuel
- Jo Ann Emerson
- Eliot Engel
- Philip English
- Anna Eshoo
- Bob Etheridge
- Sam Farr
- Chaka Fattah
- Tom Feeney
- Michael Ferguson
- Barney Frank
- Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Elton Gallegly
- Jim Gerlach
- Wayne Gilchrest
- Paul Gillmor
- Charles Gonzalez
- Barton Gordon
- Kay Granger
- Raymond Green
- Raul Grijalva
- Ralph Hall
- Jane Harman
- Doc Hastings
- Walter Herger
- Baron Hill
- Maurice Hinchey
- Rubén Hinojosa
- David Hobson
- Peter Hoekstra
- Rush Holt
- Darlene Hooley
- Steny Hoyer
- Duncan Hunter
- Jay Inslee
- Steve Israel
- Timothy Johnson
- Walter Jones
- Paul Kanjorski
- Patrick Kennedy
- Dale Kildee
- Ronald Kind
- Peter King
- Mark Kirk
- Dennis Kucinich
- Ray LaHood
- Steven LaTourette
- James Langevin
- John Larson
- Thomas Latham
- Sander Levin
- John Lewis
- Ron Lewis
- Frank LoBiondo
- Zoe Lofgren
- Nita Lowey
- Frank Lucas
- Carolyn Maloney
- Donald Manzullo
- Edward Markey
- Jim Matheson
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Betty McCollum
- Thaddeus McCotter
- James McDermott
- James McGovern
- John McHugh
- Michael McNulty
- Martin Meehan
- John Mica
- George Miller
- R. Miller
- Dennis Moore
- James Moran
- John Murtha
- Marilyn Musgrave
- Sue Myrick
- Eleanor Norton
- Charles Norwood
- James Oberstar
- David Obey
- John Olver
- Frank Pallone
- William Pascrell
- Donald Payne
- Steven Pearce
- Charles Pickering
- Joseph Pitts
- Todd Platts
- Jon Porter
- David Price
- Deborah Pryce
- Adam Putnam
- James Ramstad
- Charles Rangel
- Ralph Regula
- Thomas Reynolds
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Mike Ross
- Steven Rothman
- Bobby Rush
- Paul Ryan
- Linda Sánchez
- H. Saxton
- Janice Schakowsky
- Adam Schiff
- Robert Scott
- Peter Sessions
- Christopher Shays
- Brad Sherman
- Michael Simpson
- Hilda Solis
- Mark Souder
- John Spratt
- Fortney Stark
- Bart Stupak
- Thomas Tancredo
- Ellen Tauscher
- C. Thompson
- Patrick Tiberi
- John Tierney
- Edolphus Towns
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- Frederick Upton
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Greg Walden
- James Walsh
- Zach Wamp
- Diane Watson
- Henry Waxman
- Anthony Weiner
- Gerald Weller
- Robert Wexler
- Edward Whitfield
- Roger Wicker
- Addison Wilson
- Frank Wolf
- Lynn Woolsey
- David Wu
- Albert Wynn
- C. W. Young
- Randy Neugebauer
- Ben Chandler
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- George Butterfield
- Daniel Lipinski
- Melissa Bean
- Geoff Davis
- Bobby Jindal
- Charles Melancon
- Charles Boustany
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Brian Higgins
- John Kuhl
- Allyson Schwartz
- Louis Gohmert
- Ted Poe
- Michael McCaul
- K. Conaway
- Kenny Marchant
- Thelma Drake
- Dave Reichert
- Joe Courtney
- Kathy Castor
- Mazie Hirono
- Peter Roskam
- Phil Hare
- David Loebsack
- John Yarmuth
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Betty Sutton
- Jason Altmire
- Joe Sestak
- Steve Cohen
- Gus Bilirakis
- Subjects
- Civil rights
- Actions and defenses
- Administrative procedure
- Apprenticeship
- Budgets
- Civil liberties
- Civil rights enforcement
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Damages
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Discrimination in employment
- Discrimination in insurance
- Discrimination in medical care
- Dismissal of employees
- Education
- Employee health benefits
- Employee rights
- Employee selection
- Employment agencies
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Executive departments
- Families
- Family leave
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal employees
- Fetus
- Finance
- Genetic counseling
- Genetics
- Government employees
- Governmental investigations
- Hazardous substances
- Health insurance
- Health policy
- Higher education
- Human embryology
- Insurance premiums
- Job training
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Labor-management committees
- Law
- Legislation
- Loan defaults
- Medical care
- Medical records
- Medical screening
- Medical tests
- Medicine
- Medigap
- Mine safety
- Occupational health and safety
- Position classification
- Punitive damages
- Right of privacy
- Standards
- Student loan funds
- Unfair labor practices
- Related Bills
- H.Con.Res. 340 (110th) : To Make Technical Corrections in the Enrollment of the Bill H.R. 493.
- H.Con.Res. 340 (110th) : To Make Technical Corrections in the Enrollment of the Bill H.R. 493.
- H.Res. 1156 (110th) : Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendment to the Bill (H.R. 493) to Prohibit Discrimination on the Basis of Genetic Information with Respect to Health Insurance and Employment.
- H.Res. 1167 (110th) : Providing for Consideration of Motions to Suspend the Rules.
- H.R. 1424 (110th) : Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
- S. 358 (110th) : Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
- S. 358 (110th) : Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
- Major Actions
Introduced 1/16/2007 Referred to Committee Amendments (1 proposed) Passed House 4/25/2007 Passed Senate 4/24/2008 Signed by President 5/21/2008 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result select this vote House On Passage - House - H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - Under Suspension of the Rules 4/25/2007 This bill PASSED the House 420 voted YES 3 voted NO 9 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate Amendment SA 4573 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 4/24/2008 PASSED by voice vote currently selected Senate On Passage - Senate - H.R.493 as Amended 4/24/2008 This bill PASSED the Senate 95 voted YES 0 voted NO 5 voted present/not votingselect this vote House On Motion to Agree to the Senate Amendment: H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 5/01/2008 This motion PASSED the House 414 voted YES 1 voted NO 16 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 1/16/2007 1/16/2007 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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. 1/16/2007 Referred to House Education and Labor 1/16/2007 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 1/16/2007 Referred to House Ways and Means 1/16/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E120-121) 2/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 2/14/2007 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 2/14/2007 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 3/05/2007 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-28, Part I. 3/05/2007 House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 23, 2007. 3/05/2007 House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 23, 2007. 3/08/2007 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 3/13/2007 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 3/13/2007 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . 3/21/2007 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 3/21/2007 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 3/22/2007 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 3/23/2007 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 3/23/2007 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 3/23/2007 House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 26, 2007. 3/23/2007 House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 26, 2007. 3/26/2007 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 110-28, Part II. 3/26/2007 House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 29, 2007. 3/29/2007 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-28, Part III. Put on a legislative calendar 3/29/2007 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 46. 4/19/2007 Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 110-28, Part IV. 4/25/2007 Mr. Miller, George moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 4/25/2007 Considered under suspension of the rules. 4/25/2007 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 493. 4/25/2007 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. 4/25/2007 Considered as unfinished business. select this vote House Vote on Passage 4/25/2007 On Passage - House - H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - Under Suspension of the Rules 4/26/2007 Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Put on a legislative calendar 4/30/2007 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 125. 4/24/2008 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. 4/24/2008 Message on Senate action sent to the House. 4/24/2008 Amendment SA 4573 proposed by Senator Kennedy for Senator Snowe. select this vote Vote 4/24/2008 Amendment SA 4573 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. currently selected Senate Vote on Passage 4/24/2008 On Passage - Senate - H.R.493 as Amended 4/28/2008 Senate requests return of papers with respect to H.R. 493 by Unanimous Consent. 4/28/2008 Message on Senate action sent to the House. 4/29/2008 Message on Senate action sent to the House. 4/29/2008 Papers returned to Senate Presented to President 5/01/2008 Cleared for White House. 5/01/2008 Mr. Miller, George moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment. 5/01/2008 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1156, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the George Miller (CA) motion to agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 493. select this vote Vote 5/01/2008 On Motion to Agree to the Senate Amendment: H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 5/01/2008 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 340, enrollment corrections on H.R. 493 have been made. Presented to President 5/19/2008 Presented to President. Signed 5/21/2008 Signed by President. Enacted 5/21/2008 Became Public Law No: 110-233. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status select this vote S. Amdt. 4573 Snowe, Olympia [R-ME] April 23, 2008 Passed by voice vote on April 23, 2008. In the nature of a substitute.
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $125,166 | $4,250 | Yes |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $348,900 | $1,500 | Yes |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $6,250 | $0 | Yes |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $366,150 | $5,000 | Yes |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $729,488 | $14,000 | Yes |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $462,429 | $8,350 | Yes |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $179,500 | $9,500 | Yes |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $237,225 | $7,000 | Yes |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $293,977 | $3,800 | Yes |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $328,294 | $26,050 | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $819,979 | $13,500 | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $1,041,448 | $500 | Yes |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $210,700 | $750 | Yes |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $363,150 | $5,450 | Yes |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $747,599 | $19,977 | Yes |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $108,650 | $5,000 | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $594,061 | $16,353 | Yes |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $1,082,025 | $3,000 | Yes |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $175,465 | $6,000 | Yes |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $595,210 | $8,650 | Yes |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $611,303 | $28,100 | Yes |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $2,206,838 | $27,700 | Not Voting |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $413,787 | $6,250 | Yes |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $98,350 | $3,000 | Yes |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $928,534 | $57,665 | Yes |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $465,387 | $24,750 | Yes |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $414,960 | $8,900 | Yes |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $608,239 | $37,250 | Yes |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $1,032,415 | $22,204 | Yes |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $5,250 | $0 | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $127,604 | $8,000 | Yes |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $684,771 | $33,830 | Not Voting |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $407,650 | $14,000 | Yes |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $434,537 | $15,931 | Yes |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $50,200 | $0 | Yes |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $218,250 | $5,750 | Yes |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $814,686 | $9,550 | Yes |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $386,468 | $8,000 | Yes |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $194,349 | $18,000 | Yes |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $708,424 | $2,500 | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $467,064 | $3,250 | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $325,998 | $26,100 | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $606,627 | $20,450 | Yes |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $239,150 | $8,000 | Not Voting |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $32,150 | $0 | Yes |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $661,878 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $272,255 | $12,250 | Yes |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $368,099 | $27,100 | Yes |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $180,983 | $16,725 | Yes |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $291,400 | $16,300 | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $392,150 | $17,700 | Yes |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $319,803 | $4,000 | Yes |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $564,431 | $8,700 | Yes |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $301,747 | $12,720 | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $360,937 | $76,850 | Yes |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $500 | $0 | Yes |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $1,036,430 | $41,750 | Yes |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $744,229 | $15,650 | Yes |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $468,698 | $3,500 | Yes |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $141,900 | $4,200 | Yes |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $623,678 | $1,750 | Yes |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $1,683,241 | $102,550 | Yes |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $457,274 | $16,000 | Yes |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $235,836 | $13,000 | Yes |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $538,029 | $23,805 | Yes |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $179,615 | $5,300 | Not Voting |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $495,876 | $1,600 | Yes |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $1,194,335 | $36,150 | Yes |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $843,278 | $44,350 | Yes |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $426,534 | $2,000 | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $312,933 | $11,305 | Yes |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $514,327 | $20,750 | Yes |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $384,517 | $23,000 | Yes |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $814,604 | $13,650 | Yes |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $1,023,094 | $9,950 | Not Voting |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $305,265 | $5,500 | Yes |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $323,785 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $575,400 | $13,500 | Yes |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $414,450 | $20,100 | Yes |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $431,257 | $16,900 | Yes |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $475,529 | $9,750 | Yes |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $176,840 | $200 | Yes |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $475,470 | $18,800 | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $356,285 | $11,800 | Yes |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $245,350 | $10,500 | Yes |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $588,101 | $16,500 | Yes |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $217,077 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $1,626,103 | $30,800 | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $877,151 | $3,750 | Yes |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $203,100 | $2,900 | Yes |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $218,125 | $12,000 | Yes |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $204,274 | $400 | Yes |
| John Thune | R | SD | $488,165 | $24,002 | Yes |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $626,556 | $12,500 | Yes |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $499,237 | $39,400 | Yes |
| John Warner | R | VA | $2,000 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $207,488 | $1,400 | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $317,421 | $250 | Yes |
| Roger Wicker | R | MS | $402,291 | $13,050 | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $354,425 | $7,250 | Yes |
