Civil Rights/Elimination of Discrimination

118th Congress

9/16/2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
ABA Letter Supporting the Countering Antisemitism Act

8/6/2024
Senators Blumenthal, Coons, and HironoABA Update Letter to Senators on Bar Admissions Process

7/30/2024
Senate Majority Leader Schumer
ABA Truth and Healing Commission Letter

9/14/2023
Senate Judiciary Committee
ABA Letter Submission for Senate Hearing on Book Bans

6/16/2023
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ABA Comments on Proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

3/24/2023
Food and Drug Administration
ABA Comments Supporting FDA Blood Donor Eligibility Recommendations

117th Congress

12/5/2022
Senate Majority Leader Schumer
ABA Letter Urging Swift Passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

11/21/2022
House Committee on Natural Resources
ABA Letter in Support of H.R. 3587, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Effective Consultation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act

9/15/2022
United States Senate
ABA Letter in Support of the Respect for Marriage Act

5/11/2022
House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States
ABA Letter Supporting H.R. 5444, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

2/28/2022
Senators Feinstein, Durbin, Murkowski, and Ernst
ABA Letter in Support of S. 3623, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA)

2/16/2022
Florida Senate and House of Representatives
ABA Letter Voicing Opposition to Florida SB1843/HB1557 “Parental Rights in Education”

6/8/2021
U.S. Senate
ABA Letter in Support of the Paycheck Fairness Act

4/13/2021
U.S. House of Representatives
ABA letter Urging Passage of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act

4/12/2021
Senate Leadership
ABA Letter in Support of Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act

116th Congress

9/22/2020
Department of Housing and Urban Development
ABA Letter on Proposed Rule Making Admission or Placement Determinations Based on Sex in Facilities Under Community Planning and Development Housing Programs 

2/28/2020
Committee on House Administration
ABA Letter Regarding the Committee on House Administration's Recent Hearing on Native American Voting Rights

12/18/2019
South Carolina General Assembly
ABA Letter in Support of ERA Ratification

9/17/2019
Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
ABA Letter to the OFCCP on Religious Exemption

4/5/2019
House Committee on Education and Labor
ABA Letter in Support of the Equality Act of 2019

4/2/2019
House Judiciary Committee
ABA Letter in Support of H.R. 5, The Equality Act of 2019

3/27/2019
Senator Steve Daines
ABA Letter in Support of S. 528

3/27/2019
Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works
ABA Letter in Support of S. 528

3/26/19
U.S. House of Representatives
ABA Letter to the House of Representatives in Support of H.R. 7

2/12/19
Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Alma Adams
ABA Letter in Support of the Paycheck Fairness Act

115^th Congress

1/2/19
VA Senate Majority Leader
ABA Support for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

1/2/19
VA Senate Minority Leader
ABA Support for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

1/2/19
VA House of Delegates Leadership
ABA Support for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

7/30/18
Department of Health and Human Services
ABA Comments Regarding the Proposed Rule on Title X Family Planning Clinics

6/20/18
Senator Edward Markey
ABA Letter in Support of Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act

6/6/18
Representative Carolyn Maloney
ABA Letter on Equal Rights Amendment

11/16/17
Senator Cory Booker
ABA Letter Supporting S. 1996, the Environmental Justice Act

114^th Congress

6/17/16
Senator Mazie Hirono
ABA Supports S. Res. 373, recognizing the historical significance of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II

3/2/16
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ABA Supports Proposed Revision of the Employer Information Report to Include Collection of Pay Data

1/5/15
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
ABA Supports Proposed Regulations to Collect Pay Data from Federal Contractors to identify and rectify wage discrimination