S.Amdt. 1450
What it does: Adds SEC. 653. LIMITATIONS ON INQUIRIES BY EMPLOYERS REGARDING SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES OF PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES at the end of subtitle E of title VI
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)What it changes
1 change to S. 1042 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 653. LIMITATIONS ON INQUIRIES BY EMPLOYERS REGARDING SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES OF PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES at the end of subtitle E of title VI
Adds a sectionIn S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(ii) would assist such members in establishing habits of financial responsibility during their initial enlistments in the Armed Forces.
Inserted: SEC. 653. LIMITATIONS ON INQUIRIES BY EMPLOYERS REGARDING SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES OF PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES.
Inserted: Section 4311 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
Inserted: "(c) A prospective employer shall not ask or inquire, whether orally or in writing, about the membership in the uniformed services of a person seeking employment with such employer unless--
Inserted: "(1) such membership is a condition of employment; or
Inserted: "(2) such employer has a formal written policy of providing preference in hiring to current members of the uniformed services, veterans, or both."; and
Inserted: (3) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section--
Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "or" at the end;
Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; or"; and
Inserted: (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Inserted: "(4) under subsection (c), if the employer makes an inquiry prohibited by that subsection.".
Original wording
At the end of subtitle E of title VI, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1450. Mr. OBAMA (for himself and Mr. Salazar) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 653. LIMITATIONS ON INQUIRIES BY EMPLOYERS REGARDING SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES OF PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES.
Section 4311 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
“(c) A prospective employer shall not ask or inquire, whether orally or in writing, about the membership in the uniformed services of a person seeking employment with such employer unless--
“(1) such membership is a condition of employment; or
“(2) such employer has a formal written policy of providing preference in hiring to current members of the uniformed services, veterans, or both.”; and
(3) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “or” at the end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) under subsection (c), if the employer makes an inquiry prohibited by that subsection.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 25, 2005