H.R. 493 - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007
Civil rights. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- 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
- Philip English
- Edward Markey
- Shelley Capito
- John Mica
- James Walsh
- Deborah Pryce
- Mark Kirk
- Timothy Bishop
- Peter King
- R. Miller
- Peter Sessions
- Dennis Kucinich
- Frederick Upton
- Baron Hill
- Robert Scott
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Tom Udall
- George Butterfield
- Rodney Frelinghuysen
- Ray LaHood
- Paul Kanjorski
- Judy Biggert
- Raymond Green
- Barton Gordon
- James McGovern
- John Tierney
- Wayne Gilchrest
- Artur Davis
- John Conyers
- Michael Simpson
- Raul Grijalva
- Walter Jones
- Dave Reichert
- Dennis Moore
- Greg Walden
- Eliot Engel
- C. Thompson
- Nita Lowey
- David Hobson
- Charles Melancon
- Charles Rangel
- Mark Souder
- Eleanor Norton
- Robert Wexler
- Sam Farr
- Randy Neugebauer
- Kathy Castor
- Steven Pearce
- Geoff Davis
- James Ramstad
- Jo Ann Davis
- Allyson Schwartz
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- Duncan Hunter
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Michael McNulty
- Michael Capuano
- Adam Schiff
- Ralph Hall
- Tom Cole
- Walter Herger
- Anna Eshoo
- Daniel Lipinski
- John Duncan
- Gary Ackerman
- Henry Brown
- Diane Watson
- Thaddeus McCotter
- Steven Chabot
- Michael Ferguson
- Jason Altmire
- Patrick Tiberi
- David Obey
- Ron Lewis
- Robert Cramer
- Edolphus Towns
- John McHugh
- Christopher Shays
- Diana DeGette
- Ted Poe
- Ellen Tauscher
- Hilda Solis
- Addison Wilson
- Gus Bilirakis
- Rush Holt
- Sue Myrick
- Charles Gonzalez
- Mark Udall
- Dan Burton
- Linda Sánchez
- Dale Kildee
- James McDermott
- Chaka Fattah
- David Wu
- Donald Payne
- Thelma Drake
- H. Saxton
- Spencer Bachus
- Thomas Allen
- Zoe Lofgren
- Bobby Jindal
- John Kuhl
- Steven LaTourette
- Fortney Stark
- Jon Porter
- Elton Gallegly
- Rodney Alexander
- Roscoe Bartlett
- Thomas Davis
- John Spratt
- Jim Gerlach
- Jerry Costello
- James Langevin
- Jo Ann Emerson
- Roger Wicker
- David Loebsack
- Ben Chandler
- Virginia Brown-Waite
- Joe Courtney
- Marilyn Musgrave
- Charles Norwood
- Frank Pallone
- Ken Calvert
- Melissa Bean
- Neil Abercrombie
- Rosa DeLauro
- John Dingell
- Joseph Crowley
- Tom Feeney
- John Yarmuth
- Mary Bono Mack
- Betty McCollum
- Jane Harman
- Lynn Woolsey
- Steven Rothman
- Barney Frank
- Michael Castle
- K. Conaway
- Tammy Baldwin
- Phil Hare
- Anthony Weiner
- Steve Israel
- Carolyn Maloney
- C. W. Young
- Joseph Pitts
- Maurice Hinchey
- Robert Berry
- Joe Sestak
- Bobby Rush
- Lloyd Doggett
- Janice Schakowsky
- Thomas Latham
- Jim Matheson
- Thomas Reynolds
- Martin Meehan
- Rahm Emanuel
- James Oberstar
- William Clay
- Mazie Hirono
- Adam Putnam
- Jim Cooper
- Timothy Johnson
- Steny Hoyer
- Frank Lucas
- Bob Etheridge
- Charles Pickering
- Zach Wamp
- Jay Inslee
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Doc Hastings
- Frank LoBiondo
- Steve Cohen
- Danny Davis
- David Price
- Brad Sherman
- Richard Baker
- Betty Sutton
- Frederick Boucher
- Norman Dicks
- Bart Stupak
- Vernon Ehlers
- Brian Higgins
- Marsha Blackburn
- James Moran
- Susan Davis
- John Murtha
- Elijah Cummings
- Louis Gohmert
- Earl Blumenauer
- Paul Ryan
- Ronald Kind
- Peter Hoekstra
- Edward Whitfield
- John Lewis
- Albert Wynn
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Paul Gillmor
- Patrick Kennedy
- Ralph Regula
- Charles Boustany
- Shelley Berkley
- Michael McCaul
- Sander Levin
- Howard Berman
- John Olver
- Mike Ross
- Thomas Tancredo
- Michael Doyle
- Lois Capps
- Henry Waxman
- John Larson
- Todd Platts
- Kay Granger
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Peter DeFazio
- Frank Wolf
- Emanuel Cleaver
- William Pascrell
- Peter Roskam
- Donald Manzullo
- Darlene Hooley
- George Miller
- Gerald Weller
- Kenny Marchant
- 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.
Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…
supported this bill
| Pro-Israel | $13,191,222 |
| Physicians | $9,546,628 |
| Other physician specialists | $8,695,514 |
| Schools & colleges | $6,802,507 |
| Entertainment Industry/Broadcast & Motion Pictures | $2,047,290 |
| Engineers - type unknown | $1,577,543 |
| Non-profit foundations | $1,318,450 |
| Other non-physician health practitioners | $1,222,111 |
| Biotech products & research | $906,608 |
| Nurses | $840,160 |
| Welfare & Social Work | $530,955 |
| Health & welfare policy | $515,981 |
| Medical schools | $343,819 |
| Health professionals | $183,825 |
| Human Rights | $19,800 |
| $47,742,413 |
opposed this bill
| Retail trade | $1,009,894 |
| Manufacturing | $314,404 |
| Chambers of commerce | $289,984 |
| Pro-business associations | $81,369 |
| $1,695,651 |
Interest groups that supported this bill gave 28 times as much as interest groups that opposed this bill
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 | $4,500 | Yes |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $348,900 | $2,500 | 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 | $16,500 | Yes |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $462,429 | $9,350 | Yes |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $179,500 | $10,500 | Yes |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $237,225 | $7,250 | Yes |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $293,977 | $3,800 | Yes |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $328,294 | $32,500 | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $819,979 | $24,800 | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $1,041,448 | $3,750 | Yes |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $210,700 | $1,250 | Yes |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $363,150 | $7,450 | Yes |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $747,599 | $32,227 | Yes |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $108,650 | $6,250 | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $594,061 | $16,603 | Yes |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $1,082,025 | $3,250 | Yes |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $175,465 | $16,600 | Yes |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $595,210 | $9,150 | Yes |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $611,303 | $35,100 | Yes |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $2,206,838 | $43,520 | Not Voting |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $413,787 | $6,500 | Yes |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $98,350 | $3,000 | Yes |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $928,534 | $63,445 | Yes |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $465,387 | $30,450 | Yes |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $414,960 | $9,150 | Yes |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $608,239 | $45,000 | Yes |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $1,032,415 | $29,204 | Yes |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $5,250 | $0 | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $127,604 | $8,000 | Yes |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $684,771 | $53,830 | Not Voting |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $407,650 | $16,000 | Yes |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $434,537 | $16,181 | Yes |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $50,200 | $200 | Yes |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $218,250 | $5,750 | Yes |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $814,686 | $11,800 | Yes |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $386,468 | $9,000 | 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 | $4,250 | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $325,998 | $35,734 | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $606,627 | $24,950 | Yes |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $239,150 | $9,000 | Not Voting |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $32,150 | $500 | Yes |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $661,878 | $1,500 | Yes |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $272,255 | $17,250 | Yes |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $368,099 | $28,350 | Yes |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $180,983 | $16,975 | Yes |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $291,400 | $16,300 | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $392,150 | $26,200 | Yes |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $319,803 | $4,000 | Yes |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $564,431 | $15,200 | Yes |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $301,747 | $12,720 | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $360,937 | $77,600 | Yes |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $500 | $0 | Yes |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $1,036,430 | $45,550 | Yes |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $744,229 | $16,650 | Yes |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $468,698 | $3,750 | Yes |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $141,900 | $4,200 | Yes |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $623,678 | $4,000 | Yes |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $1,683,241 | $104,300 | Yes |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $457,274 | $24,550 | Yes |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $235,836 | $16,000 | Yes |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $538,029 | $29,305 | 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 | $44,150 | Yes |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $843,278 | $45,350 | Yes |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $426,534 | $3,500 | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $312,933 | $15,305 | Yes |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $514,327 | $20,950 | Yes |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $384,517 | $31,750 | Yes |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $814,604 | $14,950 | Yes |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $1,023,094 | $11,700 | Not Voting |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $305,265 | $6,250 | Yes |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $323,785 | $1,500 | Yes |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $575,400 | $16,000 | Yes |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $414,450 | $20,550 | Yes |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $431,257 | $18,650 | Yes |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $475,529 | $9,750 | Yes |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $176,840 | $200 | Yes |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $475,470 | $20,300 | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $356,285 | $17,300 | Yes |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $245,350 | $12,700 | Yes |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $588,101 | $19,500 | Yes |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $217,077 | $1,250 | Yes |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $1,626,103 | $49,350 | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $877,151 | $9,000 | Yes |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $203,100 | $2,900 | Yes |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $218,125 | $19,000 | Yes |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $204,274 | $900 | Yes |
| John Thune | R | SD | $488,165 | $25,702 | Yes |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $626,556 | $16,500 | Yes |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $499,237 | $43,400 | Yes |
| John Warner | R | VA | $2,000 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $207,488 | $2,400 | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $317,421 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Roger Wicker | R | MS | $402,291 | $19,050 | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $354,425 | $8,250 | Yes |
